Mr. J. Miers on the Menispermaceae. 49 



pressis ; costulis i. radiantibus, et liris spiralibus traaseuntibus, 

 ill spira iii. supra co^tas conspicuis, unaque in sutura, dense in- 

 sculpta; interstitiis alte caelatis ; apertura subquadraU ; labro in 

 medio incrassato. Long. '19, lonir. spir. -12, Ut. -08 poll., 

 dir. 30°. o -o r f , 



51. J Anachis fugcostriffata. 

 IJ. testa parra, turrita, livida, nitida ; xonis rufo-fuscis, subspiralibus, 

 in spira circ. iii., interdum, maxime ad banm, confluentibus, con- 

 spicue cincU ; lirulis radiantibus sabobaoletii, circ. x., prope su- 

 turam se monstrantibus ; apertura subqnadrata. Long. '13, long. 

 spir. 095, lat. -045 poll., div. 20°. 



52. Pisania elaia, 



P. testa minore, valde turrita, Latmndea ; alba, ntfo-fiuco antiee et 



poatice Tarie maculata seo itrigata; anfr. nucl. ? ; norm. vL, 



eonrexis, suturis impreans; oostis radiantibus n.-riii., obtaata» 

 interstitiis undatis ; lirulis spiralibus distantibus, in spira plerum* 

 que iii., aliis minoribus intercalantibos ; canali angusto, sub- 

 recurrato ; apertura suborata ; pariete postke dentata ; columdb 

 parum contorta. Long. '68, long. spir. '37, lat. '29 poll., dir. 38^. 



VI. — On tfie .Mnii^j>ermacc«. 

 By John Miers, F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. 



[CoDtintted fron ?oL aii. p. 491.] 



9. Anaxirta. 



This genus was proposed in 1819 by Colebrook for the typi- 

 cal species, of which he had only seen the male plant : the male 

 and female plants were afterwards described, with more pre- 

 cision, and figured by Dr. Amott : but there are some few inac- 

 curacies in those details ; for the anthers in the male flower are 

 aggregated upon a scarcely elevated receptacle, not raised upon 

 a stipitated cf>Iumn, as is there shown, and in the female flower 

 the monadolphous ring of 10 sterile stamens is alt(^ther over- 

 looked, as is likewise the 5-lobed raised gynseciam. Anamirta 

 resembles Paralxena in the aggregation of its numerous stamens 

 upon a receptacle, their number varying in different species 

 from 15 to 55. It is stated by Dr. Amott, as well as by the 

 authors of the ' Flora Indica,' that the female flower bears 3 

 ovaries ; I have found constantly 4 or 5, and have never met 

 with a smaller number in the many flowers I have examined. 

 The normal number would seem to be 5, judging from the pro- 

 portion of the sterile stamens that surround them, these being 

 invariably 10, in a single series, united in an annular ring (not 

 9, as stated by those authorities). The number of sepals is in- 



Ann. i^ Mag. N. Hi*t. Ser. 3. Fb/. xiv. 4 



