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IV. ATHEROSPEKMA SERIES. 



We shall begin the study of this series by examining Athcrosperma 

 Sassafras,' which has been made the type of the genus Doryphora:' 



Doryphora Sassafras. 



Fig. 357. 

 Three-flowered cyme (f). 



Fig. 35S. 

 Longitudinal section of flower. 



It possesses regular hermaphrodite flowers (figs. 357 



The 



» A. CUNN., Eerh., ex Tul., Mon., 42k 

 2 Endl., Oen., n. 2022; Icon., t. x.— LiNDL. 

 Veg. Klngd., 300, fig. ccviii.— Ttri., Mon., 422.— 

 A. DC, Frodr., xvi. s. post., 642, G7G.— H. Bn. 



AJansonia, ix. 128.— Learosa Reichb., NomencL, 

 n. 2612, ex EuDi. et Tul., locc. cift. Tliis genus 

 may perhaps he rightly made only a section of 

 the genus AVierosperma. Its fruit is but little 



