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often dimerous or nearly entire, forms a sort of cupule at the base 

 of the flower, which, even in a very young bud, does not surround 

 the interior organs completely. 



In another species from New Caledonia, which we have called 

 J), cramfolidy the calyx presents the same characters as in B. axillaris; 

 but the flowers are grouped at the top of the branches into false 

 compound umbels of cymes several times* ramified. The abortion 

 of the terminal shoot seems constant in this species, which, in this 

 respect, approaches certain forms of D. Winieri. 



II. Brown has made a special genus, Taamannia^ of some Australian 

 and Tasmanian species of Drimj/s, with flowers often diclinous like 





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Drimys {Tasmannia) lanceolata. 

 Fio, 205. 



those of ]). axillaris, carpels few in number, and pericarp not very 

 thick. In T. aruimlica' (ligs. 205-207), which has been rightly 



* Adatisonia, viii. 190. This species has very 

 lar^e niid thick leaves, iirst flesliy iind aftorwurdii 

 coriaceous; the midrib is covered with minuto 

 pits. Tlie calyx, very thick at its how?, consists 

 of two or three lohcs with variable depth. The 

 carpels, usually fiair in uuinbir, bfconie thinner 

 and wcil^'e-shaped at the base. We make it the 

 type of a section called Sarcudr'uiii/.t. 



■ Kach of the |)eduncles is ramifietl four or 

 live times. The cymoso arran^jcmcnt is sonie- 

 tiines very manifest. A terminal llower on a 

 very bUort uxiu in ucconii>auied by two lateral 



pedicels, far longer and more slender, whicli 

 arise nearly on a level, and belong to the tlowcrs 

 of the next generation. 



• Ex DC. Syst. Vrff., i. 445 ; Prodr., i. 78.— 

 Endl., Gen., n. 4741. — MiKUS. Cuninh., i. 138. 



* U. Hit.. Prodr. yov.-IloU. (ined.). ex IK'., 

 lor. rtf. — Wniieran'ui htnceolnla 1V)IK., Dirt., 

 viii. 7ttl) (18()H). — Jh'imi/surumatira F. MlKll.., 

 J'l. I'ict., i. 20; 15KNTU.. /7. Atitlr., i. lit. 

 Tliete species must now take the name of I>. 

 liinctulula. 



