MYRIST1C/I. 



Staminal column cylindrical or spindle-shaped ; anthers linear. Flowers in simple 



racemes. 

 Arillus lacerate and lobed, aromatic, crimson ; flowers on very long slender pedi- 

 cels, ^- moschata. 



Staminal column pyriform or globular, covered toith anthers all over or only along 



the depressed apex. Pcrigon globular or nearly so, 2-Z-cle/t. Flowers minute, 

 ^ forming larger or smaller compound panicles. 



fVuits oblong, the size of a cherry, the inflorescences rusty scurvy -tomentose, . .. .M. Irya. 

 Fruits oblong, the size of a prune, the inflorescences glabrous or nearly so, . ,M. amygdalina. 



Staminal column clavate, at apex dilated into a concave or convex disk, bearing the 



anthers along its border. Perigon of females globular, of the malen turbinate, often 

 lengthened in a stalk. Flowers clustered or almost umbellate on axillary tubercle- 

 like or elongate thick peduncles. 



Leaves large, often l-lj ft. long, petioles thick, sourvy-tomentose ; fruits tomentose, nearly 2 

 in. long, M. longifolia. 



Leaves up to 7-9 in. long ; petiole \ an inch long, rather slender, glabrescent ; fruits glab- 

 rescent, only an inch long,. M. corticosa. 



LAUBINE^. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Anther-cells opening by upwards-turning valves. 



O Flowers in naked inflorescences, not sarroanded by a proper involucre or imbricate bracts. 

 X Anthers 4-locollate. 



t Fruits superior and &e, not enclosed in the pericarp. 

 CiVNAMOMTJil. ^Perianth-segments breaking off at their middle, leaving a persistent 6-lobed cup or disk under the 



fruit. 

 FhtEBE. Perianth wholly persistent and indurating, the segments erect and adpressed to the fimit, resting on a 



more or less thickened pedicel. 

 Macbilus. Perianth wholly persistent, not indurating, the segments in fruit reflexed or spreading ; pedicels 



usually not thickened. 

 ALSEODA.PHNE. Perianth nearly wholly deciduous, the fruit (large) resting on the thickened often fleshy pedicel. 



1 1 Fruit entirely enclosed in the enlarged perianth. 

 EusioEEoXTLON. Fertile stamens only 3, free, the outer 6 reduced to petaloid, the 3 innermost to subulate, stam- 

 inodes. Fruit very large. 



X X Anthers a^elled. 



t Prnit superior and quite free, not adnate. 

 Bbilscrviedia. Perianth wholly deciduous, the segments nearly equal, or (in Haasia) the outer lobes minute. 

 Ovary 1- or imperfectly 2-celled, Berry resting on a thickened often fleshy pedicel. 



+ t Fruit wholly enclosed in the enlarged perianth, but rarely adnate to it, only the 



apex sometimes exserted. 



Cetptocakta. Fertile stamens 9, free. Fruits free, not adnate to the perianth. Flowers in racemes or panio'es. 

 E.NDIAKDRA. Fertile stamens only 3, free, the 6 outer stamens reduced to glands or to a glandular ring. Fruit en- 

 closed in the truncate perianth-tube. Flowers in panicles. 



Flowers in umbels or clusters, either surrounded by a 4- to 6-leaved persistent or more or less 

 deciduous involucre or covered by several rows of imbricate bracts and, while in bud, 

 entirely enclosed by them. 

 f Flowers in longer or shorter pednncled umbels, subtended by a 4-to 6-phyllou8 involucre. 

 X Anthers 4-Iocellate. 

 Teteantheba. Perianth 6-cleffc or truncate. Fertile stamens 9-12, rarely 15-30, tho inner 3-6 bearing glands at 

 base. Fruit resting on a flat or concave often large and thick cup, or half-immersed in the same. 

 X X Anthers 2-loceUate. 

 LtNDEKA. Perianth 4-6-cleft, deciduous. Fertile stamens 6-9, the inner 2-6 bearing glands at base. Fruit resting 

 on a small entire or 6-cleft disk. Usually aromatic trees. 



f f Flowers in bnd enclosed in an imbricate-soaled globular sessile bud, after expansion 

 surrounded by several rows of imbricate bracts. 

 X Anthers 4JoceIlate. 

 DoDECADEXlA. Plowers solitary. Perianth 6-9-cleft. 



Litsaea. Flowers several together. Perianth 4-6-clefl, the segments deciduous. Stamens 4.-6 or 9, the inner- 

 most ones 2-glanded at base. Berry seated on the more or less thickened pedicel or perianth-base. 

 X X Anthers 2-locellate. 

 Dafhnidivh. Flowers several together. Perianth 6-9-cleft with the segments deciduous. Stamens 9 (rarely more), 

 the 3 innermost ones 2-glanded at base. Berry seated on the more or less thickened pedicel en the entire 

 or 6-lobed perianth-base. 



Antliers opening laterally, the valves separating laterally from the inner to the outer edge. 

 Hkenandia. Flowers monoecious, the females with an involncel enlarging and enclosing the fruit. Seeds without 



albumen. 



