PBOTEACE^J. 417 



ovules 2, more frequently 1, descending- orthotropous ; style slender 

 exserted, straight or curved ; apex obtuse or capitate, stigmatiferous. 

 Fruit drupaceous; endocarp 1, 2-celled; seeds 1,2; embryo fleshy ; 

 radicle inferior. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate (more rarely all 

 opposite), entire flat, or maple-like; flowers either solitary or few 

 axillary, or rarely (the leaves being reduced to bracts) in terminal 

 racemes {Australia, New Zealand). See p. 393. 



25. Symphyonema R. Br. 1 — Flowers nearly of Persoonia; pe- 

 rianth 4-partite deciduous ; leaves equal valvate. Stamens adnate 

 up to middle of perianth ; filaments finally coherent below free 

 anthers. Germen shortly stipitate ; ovules 1, 2, orthotropous de- 

 scending ; style stigmatiferous at apex. Fruit a 1 -seeded nut. — 

 Undershrubs or herbs ; leaves alternate (or lower opposite), 3-fid- 

 laciniate ; flowers in axillary and terminal spikes ; bracts cuculate 

 persistent, 1 -flowered (Australia 2 ). 



26. Faurea Harv. 3 — Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Perianth- 

 leaves equal, 1 finally separating from the rest, making perianth 

 2-labiate ; style protruding between lips. Stamens 4 ; filaments 

 short, concave within ; anthers oblong muticous ; cells 2, discrete 

 parallel 2-rimose. Hypogynous scales 4, triangular-subulate, equal. 

 Germen sessile; ovule 1, suborthotropous obliquely descending; 

 style straight, subclavate at apex. Nut ovate bearded, long sur- 

 mounted by persistent style, longitudinally 4-ribbed. — A shrub ; 

 leaves alternate simple ; flowers 1-bracteate in terminal spikes 4 

 (South Africa*"). 



27. Brabejuni L. 6 — Flowers regular, polygamous. Perianth- 

 leaves 4, linear free deciduous. Stamens 4. Disk hypogynous 

 continuous. Germen sessile ; ovule ] , descending suborthotropous ; 



1 In Trans. Linn. Soc., x. 48, 157; Prodr., 4 A genus recalling And ri pet alum in some 

 370 ; Suppl., 11. — Endl., Gen., n. 2137. — ■ respects, and the Abyssinian species of Lcueo- 

 Meissk., Prodr., 327. spermum in others, but differing from the former 



2 Species 2. R(em. & Sch., Syst., Mant., iii. chiefly by its ovule being solitary, from the 

 273. — Reichb., Hort. Pot., ii. 3, t. 107. — latter by its being descending and orthotropous. 

 Enul., Iconog., t. 12. — F. Muell., Fragm., vi. 6 Species 1. F. saligna H.utv., toe. cit. 



223. — Benth. & F. Muell., Fl. Austral., 6 Gen., n. S5.— J., Gen., 79.— Lamk., Diet., 



v. 377. 459; Suppl., i. 694; III., t. 847 15.— K. Hk., 



3 In Hook. Journ., vi. 373, t. 15. — Endl., in Trans. Linn. Soc., x. 48, 164.— Endi... Gen., 

 Gen., n. 2139 ' (Suppl., iv. p. ii. 82).— Meissn., n. 2139.— MBISSN., Prodr., %4A.—Brdbyla L., 

 Prodr., 344. Mantiss., 137. 



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