M0NIMIAGE2E. 



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V. GOMOETEGA SERIES. 



The flowers of Gomorlcga} are regular and polygamous. In the 

 hermaphrodite (fig. 371), we find a concave sac-like receptacle, and 

 on its edges a perianth and androceum, each made up of eight 

 pieces, or perhaps a few more, the number being very variable. The 

 perianth-leaves are in two sets ; the outermost are thicker and more 

 hairy, while the inner are broader, more membranous, and more like 

 petals. All are imbricated in the bud. The stamens are also in two 

 whorls. There are usually about four larger external ones, always 



Gomorter/a Keale, 



Fig. 371. 

 Longitudinal section of flower (|^). 



Fig. 372. 

 Lont^ituclinal section of fruit. 



fertile, and each consisting of a filament bearing a basifixed introrse 

 anther, dehiscing by two valves, as in Afhcrospenna. The smaller 

 ones, of which there are as many or a few more, are similarly 

 organized ; but the anther may be sterile, and its two valves are im- 

 perfectly shown on the inner surface, and do not separate from it. 

 All the stamens possess two unequal, irregular, shortly-stalked glands, 



the former is made into a distinct section 

 being, that its receptiicle is deft longitudinally 

 into unequal segments (iigs. 369, 370) nearly as 

 in Doryphora. But, in the order Monimiacece, 

 this character can have no generic value. The 

 time will no doubt come when all the Athero- 

 spermece as yet known will be collected into a 

 sin<rle genus, whose only essential diiVerences from 

 Cali/cdiithnxwiW be the lateral appendages to the 

 stamens, the cujiious albumen, and the noncon- 

 volnte cotyledons of the embryo. 



' R. & Pav., Prodr. Fl. Per. et Chil. (1794), 

 108. — H. Bn., Adansonia, ix. 118. — Adenoste- 

 mum Pers., Sj/nops., i. (1805), 467, n. 1058, — 

 Nees, Si/st. Later., 651. — Meissn., ap. DC. 

 Prodr., XV. s. i. 67, 507. — Adenostemon Speeno., 

 Syst., 370, n. 1870.-C. Gat, Fl. Chil, v. 303, 

 t. 60 (nee Bertet?.). — Keulia Mol., ex Nees 

 loc. cit.—Lucumm spec. Moi... ///*/. Chil. (1782) 

 202. — Cryplocaryce spec. Endl., Gen., n. 2036, c. 

 (uec K. Br.). 



