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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



Perianth-leaves 4-6, deciduous. Stamens 6 (in female flower 4-6 

 sterile, ligulate or tongue-shaped) ; inner 2-glandular ; anthers in 

 all introrse, 4-locellate. Germen (in male flower sterile or 0) 

 free. Berry supported on flat discoid persistent receptacle ; pedicel 

 slightly thickened or obconical below fruit. — Trees or shrubs ; leaves 

 alternate or more rarely subverticillate, 3-ribbed or tripli veined, 

 rarely penniveined ; florigenous buds axillary ; scales imbricate de- 

 ciduous ; flowers glomerate (Asia, tropical and subtropical Australia}). 



43. Daphnidium Nees. 3 — Flowers of Actinodapline, many in the 

 scaly bud ; stamens 9 ; inner 3 2-glandular at base ; anthers in all 

 2-locellate (in females flower sterile). Germen rudimentary in male 

 flower. Berry supported on entire receptacle, sometimes surrounded 

 at base by 6-lobed perianth, or possessing a thickened pedicel. — Trees 

 or shrubs ; leaves alternate palmiveined or more rarely penniveined ; 

 florigenous buds axillary subsessile ; flowers glomerate fascicled or 

 very rarely solitary, concealed in scales, sometimes subumbellate and 

 possessing a proper 4-leaved involucre (Tropical and Subtropical Asia?). 



44? Polyadenia Nees. 4 — Flowers nearly of Daphn id/ urn ; perianth 

 deciduous. Stamens 6-9 all glanduliferous, berry supported on flat 

 entire receptacle. — A tree ; leaves alternate coriaceous penniveined ; 

 flowers arranged in fascicled-agglomerate axillary umbels possessing 

 proper 4-leaved involucres (India 6 ). 



45. Aperula Bl. 6 — Flowers nearly of Daphnidium ; perianth 

 4-leaved deciduous. Fertile stamens 6-9 ; inner 2-6, 2-glandular 

 at base. Berries on flat entire receptacle. — Trees or shrubs; leaves 

 alternate or subopposite persistent penniveined ; leaf-buds incom- 

 plete. Flower-bearing buds axillary small umbellate or (female) 



586, 621.— Endl., Gen., n. 2066— Meissn., 

 Prodr., 220, 515.— Tetradenia Nees, in Wall. 

 PI. Asiat. Bar., ii. 61, 64 ; Progr., 19.— Bar- 

 winia Dennst. (ex Liudl., Teg. Kingd., 537, 

 nee Rudg.). 



1 Species about 30. Bl., Mus. Lugd.-Bat., i. 

 315. — Don, Prodr. Fl. 'Nepal., 65 (Tetranthera). 

 — Thxjnb., Fl. Jap., 173 (Laurus). — Miq., Fl. 

 Ind.-Bat., i. 972. — Bhth,, in Hook. Journ., v. 

 199.— Wight, Icon., t. 132, 1844.— Bentu. & 

 P. Mttell., Fl. Austr., v. 306. 



2 In Wall. PI. Asiat. Bar., ii. 61, 63 ; Syst., 

 586, 606.— Endl., Gen., n. 2065. — Meissn., 

 Prodr., 228, 516. 



3 Species about 17. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal., 

 64 (Laurus) ?. — Bl., Bijdr., 553 (Laurus) ; 

 Mus. Lugd.-Bat, i. 551. — Zoll., Verz., 114. — 

 Miq., Fl. Ind.-Bat., i. 9G3 (Polyadenia) 975. — 

 A. Braun, Preuss. Crartenb., xxi. 14. 



4 In Wall. PI. Asiat. Bar., ii. 61; Syst., 

 502, 571 (part.).— Endl., n. 2060.— Meissn., 

 Prodr., 232. 



5 Species 1, P. reticulata Nees, loc. cit., 62. 

 — Tetranthera reticulata Hamilt. (ex Wall., 

 Cat., n. 2551). 



6 Mus. Lugd.-Bat., i. 365. — Meissn., Prodr., 

 210, 516. — Polyadenia Miq., Fl. Ind.-Bat., i. 

 960 (part., ncc Nees). 



