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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



than long. — Unarmed shiaibs or spiuescent at apex of twigs ; leaves 

 alternate penninerved, entire or dentate pellucid punetulate ; axil of 

 secondary nerves depressed-glandular below, and pilose ; flowers ia 

 fasciculate axillary pnlvinulcs. ' {Tmp. N. and S. America.^) 



49. Bernardia Houst. ^^ — Flowers monoecious or dioecious 

 (nearly of Jiicinella'), 3-6-merous ; male calyx valvate ; female im- 

 bricate. Stamens » , central free ; anthers 2-locular ; cells subglobose 

 short more or less adnate to receptacle, introrsely or laterally rimose. 

 German (in male flower rudimentary minute or 0) 3-locular ; cells 

 alternating with interior sepals, 1-ovulate ; style discrete at base and 

 inserted round subhians vertex of germen, stigmatiferous 2- fid at 

 apex. Fruit capsular ; seeds exarillate. — Shrubs or undershi-ubs ; 

 indumentum simple or stellate ; leaves alternate, sometimes minute 

 squamiform, 2-stipulate ; flowers spicate or subsolitary axillary ; spikes 

 simple or oftener the male alternate cymiferous or glomeruliferous, 

 sometimes shortly subcapitate ; bracts often closely imbricated ; 

 female 1-floroixs ; male co -florous pedicels articulate.* (Trap. 

 America N. and S.^) 



50. Adenophsedra M. Arg.* — Flowers dioecious (nearly of 

 Bernardia) generally 3-merous ; male receptacle eglandular. Stamens 

 3 , alternating with valvate sepals (or more rarely 6); filaments 

 inserted below small rudiment of gynseceum ; anthers short, 2- 

 rimose ; connective at apex bearing large glands. Other characters 

 of Bernardia. — Trees and shrubs ; indumentum simple ; leaves alter- 



1 A genus allied to Acidocroton and Bemardia, 

 and hence to TonriiesoUa, Echinus, and 

 Acahipha^ 



2 Spec. 7, 8. L. Amoen. y. 410 {AdeUn).—V. 

 Br. Jam. 361 {Bernardia 2). — Lamk. Diet. i. 40 

 (^*:Z/a). — Rich. F}. Cub. 210 (Adelia). — 

 ScHLTL. in Linnaa, vi. 362 [Adelia). — Scheele, 

 in Linncea^ Kxv, 581 [Ti/tin^. 



' Jam. 361 (part, nee ViLL.). — Adans. Fnm. 

 des PL ii. 3.56. — M. Arc. in Zim/ceci, xxxiv. 171 

 (part.); I'rodr. 915 (part). — H. Bn. in Adan- 

 soniit, xi. 102. — Adilia L. n. 1137 (part.). — J. 

 Oeii. 388 (part.).— H. Bn. Euplwrb. 417 (part.). 

 — Bivoiiiii Spreng. N. Fiild. ii. 116 (nee DC). — 

 Traganthm Kl. in Eiichs. Arc/i. (1841), 188, t. 

 9 A.— H. Bn. Fuphorh. bO^.—Ti/ria Kl. ex 

 Endl. Gen. Suppl. iv. 88, n. o787-\ — Phadra 

 Kl. ex Endl. loc. cit. n. 6787.*. — Pulyhaa Kl. 

 ex Endl. loc. cit. n. 67855. — H. Bn. Euphorb. 



60-}.— Pffsv^aH. Bn. Etiphorb. 507, t. 18, fig. 

 28-35.— ^fcita H. Bn. op. cit. 508. 



^ Allied to preceding genus differing by tho 

 insertion of the style. — Sect. 6, soil. ; 1. Ti/ria 

 (Kl.). — 2. Pohjbtea (Kl.).— 3. Phi/Uupassita (M. 

 Aug.). — 4. Tragnnthus (Kl,). — 5. Passcea (H. 

 Bn.).— 6. AUvia (H. Bn.). 



=■ Spec, ad 20. L. Spec. ed. 3, 1473 [Cntmi). 

 — Geis. Crot. Monot/r. 15, 50 {Crotmi). — Jacq. 

 Sel. Stirp. Amir. 254 {Acnlyplia). — W. Spec. iv. 

 553 [Cmton].—^!.. in Eouk. Joiirii. (1843), 46 

 {Tragiinthus). — Hook, tt Akv. Betch. Voy.Bot. 

 309 [Rermesia ?). — Schltl. in Lmneea (1832), 

 386 \Acahjpha).—k. Rich. Cuba, 209 [Adelia). 

 — Griseb. pi. might. 159 ; Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. 

 45. — H. Bn. in Adaiisonia, iv. 372, t. 10, 11 

 11 [Adelia). 



» In Mart. Fl. Bras. Eiijilwrb. (afterwards 

 taken out of common order). 



