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GENERA. 



I. EMBOTHRIEiE. 



1. Embothrium Forst. — Flowers hermaphrodite, slightly ir- 

 regular; perianth slender elongated, inserted obliquely at base, 

 sometimes longitudinally cleft ; perianth-leaves 4, subequal valvate, 

 finally revolute, at apex antheriferous concave dilated. Stamens 4, 

 superposed to perianth-leaves ; filaments nearly absent ; anthers 

 ovate-oblong introrse 2-rimose. Disk hypogynous posterior semi- 

 annular. Grermen free stipitate ; ovules go, 2 -seriate, inserted on a 

 posterior placenta, imbricated ascending ; micropyle extrorse inferior ; 

 chalaza wing-shaped ; style slender persistent ; apex vertically or 

 obliquely (Oreocallis) clavate, stigmatiferous. Follicle oblong or 

 cylindrical {Oreocallis), 1-valved. Seeds oo, compressed ascending; 

 chalaza produced to form a superior membranous pellucid imbricated 

 wing ; embryo inferior, exalbuminous fleshy ; radicle straight in- 

 ferior. — Small trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate simple entire ; 

 flowers in cylindrical or corymbose, terminal racemes ; pedicels, each 

 pair axillary to a bract {South-western and Antarctic regions of 

 America). See p. 383. 



2. Telopea E. Br. 1 — Flowers almost those of Embothrium ; peri- 

 anth usually cleft above, 1-labiate. Disk hypogynous subannular. 

 Style obliquely lateral ;" stigmatiferous at apex. Follicle and seed, 

 almost those of Embothrium . — Shrubs ; leaves alternate simple 

 entire or dentate ; flowers in short corymbose spikes; bracts 2- 

 flowered ; inflorescence surrounded by an imbricated coloured involucre 

 of x> bracts {Australia 3 ). 



1 In Trans. Linn. Soc, x. 197 ; Prodr. Fl. — Cat., Icon., iv. 60, t. 388.— Labill., Nouv.- 

 Nouv.-Hull., 388 ; Snppl., 32.— Endl., Gen., n. Roll., i. 32, t. 44.— Reicub., FL Exot., t. 159 

 2154. — MeiSSN., Prodr., 446, 699. — Iljilogyne {Embothrium). — F. Iuukll., Frugm. Phut. 

 Knjght & Salisb., Protectees (1809), 126. ' Austral., ii. 170; v. 39.— Waxp., Ann., i. 592. 



2 Persistent in T. speciosissima R. Bk. — Benth. & F. MtlELL., FL Austral., v. 583. 



3 Species 2. G.krtn. f., FrucL, iii. 214, t. 218. 



