680 Mr. Bentham's Account of two new Genera allied to Olacineae. 



9. Apodytes*. Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx parvus, immutatus. Petala 



'4 — 5. Stamina totidem, iis alterna, sterilia nulla. Oyan'wm 1-loculare. 

 Friictus ovato-reniforniis subcompressus, hinc appendice carnosa auctiis. 

 Injlorescentia terminalis. 



10. LERETiAf. F/ores hermaphroditi V. abortu masculi. C«/_y.r parvus, immu- 



tatus. Petala 5, intus villosa. Stamina totidem, iis alterna, sterilia 

 nulla. Ovarium 1-loculare. Fructus (ex icone Fl. Flum.) depresso- 

 globosus. Injlorescentia axillaris, laxa. 



11. Pogopetalum;}:. Flores hermaphroditi. Calyj: parvus (fructifer parum 



auctus?) Petala A — .S, intus villosa. Stamina totiûcva, iis alterna, ste- 

 rilia nulla. Ovarium triloculare. Fructus depresso-globosus ? Injlores- 

 centia axillaris, densa. 



Among the above genera, Schœpjia is, I believe, here placed for the first 

 time. It has usually been referred to some of those orders in which the co- 

 rolla is essentially, or at least usually, gamopetalous and the ovary adnate. 

 De Candolle§ adds it to Lorantliaceœ, from which it is far removed by the 



* A. dimidiata, described below. 



t L. cordata, Velloso, Fl. Flum. iii. t. 2. I am indebted to Mr. Miers for a flowering specimen of 

 this hitherto undescribed genus, from which, as well as from Mr. Miers's notes, I have drawn up the 

 above generic character and the following specific description : — 



Frutex. Ramu/i glabri, subangulati, cortice laxo verrucoso. Folia oblongo-elliptica 4-6-pollicaria 

 obtusa v. breviter acuminata, margine integerrima nunc undulata v. irrcgulariter sinuata, basi ob- 

 tusa V. breviter cuneata, tenuiter coriacea, glabra, irrcgulariter penninervia et reticulato-venosa, 

 petiolo semipollicari. Panicula axillares, laxœ, bis terve ramosse, multiflorae, foUo dimidio bre- 

 viores. Bractea nullœ. PedicelU flore parum breviores, apice sub flore articulati, bracteis ad 

 articulationem 2 minutis deciduis. Ca/yj; minimus, patens, 5-fidus, laciniis acutis. Corolla 2 lin. 

 longa. Petala crassiuscula, oblonga, extus minute tomentella, intus medio longitudinaliter bar- 

 bata. Stamina petahs breviora ; filamentis ut primum corollse adhasrentibus demum liberis, gla- 

 bris. Anthera ovatse, versatiles, glabrae. Ovarium in disco crassiusculo sessile, ovoideum, vil- 

 losum, ovulis prope apicem hinc aflixis. Stylus excentricus fihformis apice incurvus, stigmate 

 obliquo integio. Drupa (ex icone citata) major quam in caeteris Olacineis, depresso-globosa. 

 Seinen unicum, subcordatum, unde forte nomen specificum Vellosianum. 



Emmotum. faglfolium. Desv. (in Hamilt. Prod. Fl. Ind. Occid.), may possibly be a Leretia or a Po- 

 gopetalum, but cannot be determined from his very imperfect character. 



X p. orbicxilatum and acuminatum, described below. I have not seen the ripe fruit. 



§ Prodromus, vol. iv. p. 319. 



