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da, fifty feet high, flowers pale yellow. 



868. Tamala palustris Raf. frutesc. fol. lan- 

 ceol. subtus pallidis pubesqens, pedunc. paucifl. 

 fascicul. drupis ceruleis — Shrub 8 to 10 feet 

 high, with the last, but in swamps. 



8t>9, Tamala acuminata Raf. Arborea, ra- 

 mulis, ped. pet, et nervis rufis pubescens, fol. 

 longe lane, basi acutis, apice acum. obt — Lou- 

 isiana and Texas, tree 30 feet high, leaves 5 to 8 

 inches, fl. whitish, seen dry. 



870. LiNDERA Th. auct. cal. Gpart. stam. 6 

 epigynis ! ovar libero, stylo, stig. 2 refl. caps. 

 2Ioc. fol. alt, fl, umb. — Altho' akin to Laurels, 

 this G. belongs to my Meborides by stamens 

 and fruit, it is also akin^to Lerchea L. by pistil, 

 but this has a corolla not staminif. as Ericoides 

 and united stamens. 



871. Lindera umbellata Th. ramis flex, fol. 

 pet. ovatobl. integris subtus villosis, umb. term. 

 — Shrub of Japan. 



872. Knema Lour, dioica, fl. m. cal. col. 3fid. 

 fllam. unico, antheris 10-12fereng, fl, fern. cal. 

 trunc. pers. stig. sessile dent, bacca mollis mo- 

 nosp. arillata, fol, alt, fl, panic — probably of 

 Laurines family, although akin to some mo- 

 nosperm Euphorbides. 



873. Knema hicolor Raf. fol. pet. lane, gra- 

 bris integris — large tree of Anam, flowers brown 

 outside, orange inside, berries red. 



874. LiNociERA Schr. diff*. Chionanthus,stam. 

 2 basi coalitis, bacca 21oc. 4sp. — Type L. ligtis- 

 trina Raf Thouinia do Sw. Chion. do Pers. <fec, 

 fol. lane, panic, term — Shrub of Jamaica, 



875. Tetrapilus Lour. cal. camp. 4fid. cor. 

 camp. 4sulc. 4fida lac. concavis, stam. 2 brevis, 

 stig. bif. bacca biloc. polysp. fol, opp, fl, spie. 

 dioicis — akin to last and Ligustrum. 



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