Class 



XX11I. 



I'olygrimia 



348 



#74.. UmMlaia. Guinea. 

 *75. Polita. Guinea. 



"77. Ovala. Guinea. 

 *78. Calyptrata. Guinea. 



* 79- Macrocarpa. Do. 



* 80. Lccrigctn. W. Ind. 

 *81. Cotonecefolia. Indies. 



BOTANY. 



* 82. Mdcrophylla. New 



Holland. 



* 83. Laurifolia. Soutli 



America. 



* 84. Rubivinosa. New 



Holland. 



* 85. Excelsa. India. 



* 86. Pallida. St Martha. 



87. Orisea, *91. Rubra. Mauritius. 



* 88. Symphytifolia. Java. 92. Eudis. India and 

 *89. Roslrata. Java. Madagascar. 



* 90. Rhomboidalit. East * 93. llirta. China. 



Indies. 



Sp. 173 shrubby. 



For an account of these new species, see Vahl' 

 Enumeratio Plantarum, vol. ii. p. 201. 



Pol- 



NEW GENERA. 



Nt vr Ge~- 



MoNffiCIA. 



I. THAUIIEA. Glumce 3-ftors 1 -valves, in racht di- 

 latata spicatx, 1 -laterales, infimz androgynse, reliquce 

 masculae. Perianth, (androgynx) ext. hermaphrodi- 

 tum ; int. masculum, valvula exteriore glumseformi. 

 SquaniulcB 2 hypogynx. Starn. 3. Styli 2. Sttg. 

 plumosa. Semen perianthio inclusum, et rachi in- 

 durata involuta clausa tectum ! ( Thuars, and R. 

 Brown's Prodr. p. 197.) 



1. Lalifolia. N. Holl. 2. Media. N. Holl. 

 3. Sarmentosa. Madagascar. 



II. POTAMPPHILA. Flares polygami sajpius monoi- 

 ci. Hermaphrodito-Masculi. superiores. Fern, cum 

 rudimentis staminura, stigmatibus majoribus : utri- 

 uscpie gluma 1 -flora, 2-valvis, minima. Perianth. 

 2-valve, muticum, membranaceum, valvula ext. 5- 

 nervi, int. 3-nervi. Squamulee 2. hypogynz. 

 Stam. 6. Sty I. 2. Slig. plumosa. (Id. p. 211.) 



1. Parviflora. New South Wales. 



III. SEAFORTHIA. Perianth, duplex, utrumque 3- 

 part. HER. MAS. Stam. numerosa. Ovar. 1-sper- 

 mum. Styl. 1. Slig. obtusum. FEU. aolitarii in- 

 ter duos hermaphrodite masculos. Stam.O. Ovar. 

 1-spermum! Styl.O. Stig. 3, obtusa. Bac. ovalis. 

 Sem. striatum. Albumen ruminatum. Embryo ba- 

 silaris. (Id. p. 267.) 



1. Elegans. New Holland. 



IV. DYSPHANIA. HER. Perianth. 3-part., coloratum, 

 foliolis cochleariformibus. Stam. 2, distincta, imo 

 perianthio inserta. Styl. indivisus. Stig. simplex. 

 FEM. Perianth, et Pist. ut in herm. Pericarp. 

 turbinatum semini adnatum, perianthio aucto cinc- 



tum. Sem. albuminosum ; Embryons peripherico, 

 Radicula supera. (Id. p. 411.) 

 1. Litloralis. New Holland. 



DICECIA. 



V. ASTKLIA. Hen. MAS. Perianth. 6 part, semiglum- 

 aceum. Stam. 6, imo perianthio inserta. Pist. 

 imperfectum. HER. FEM. Perianth, ut in ma?culo, 

 persistens. Stam. imperfecta. Ovar. 3-loc. ; v. 

 1-loc. placentis 3 parietalibus : polyspermum. 

 Styl. 0. Stig. 3, obtusa. Bac. 1. 3-loc., poly- 

 iperma. (Id. p. 291.) 



1. Alpina. Van Diemen's Island. 



VI. CARGILLIA. Cal. semi 4- fid. Cor. limbo 4-fid. 

 MAS. Slam, basi cor. inserta (nunc hypogyna ?) 

 ejusdem laciniis dupla. Fil. duplicata. Rudimen- 

 tum pistilli. HER. FEM. Stam. efFoeta, pauciora. 

 Ovar. 4-loc. loculis 2.spermis. Bac. globosa calyce 

 appressa cupulaeformi infra cincta. (Id. p. 526.) 



1. Laxa. New Holland. 



2. Ausfralis. New South Wales. 



VII. MYRSINE. Cor. 5. raro 4-fid. Anth. subses- 

 siles. Ovar. ovulis definitis (4-5). Stig. sxp'ms 

 lobatum v. laciniatum. Dnipa pisiformis, puta- 

 mine crustaceo, 1-spermo. (Id. p. 535.) 



1. Variabilis. New South Wales. Shrub. 



2. Crassifolia. New Holland. Shrub. 



3. Urceolata. New Holland. Shrub. 



See p. 143. This genus, as reformed by Mr Brown, 

 contains several species already'given under other 

 genera. See particularly his Prodromus, p. 535. 



Ne* 

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REMARKS ON THE CLASS POLYGAMI A. 



The following plants might be expected in this 

 class ; but they belong to natural genera, the species 

 of which ought not to be separated, and which fall 

 under other classes. 



MON(ECIA. 



JEsculus. Mammea. Euphorbia. Melothria. 

 Ilex. Guilandina. Moringa. Silene. Saxifrage 

 Cleome polygama. 



