110 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
The flora of Eastern India is enriched by the genera Cuwllenia’ and 
Decaschistia due to Wicnr AND Arnort,’ and, later, by the genus Ju/o- 
styles, proposed by Tawarres.® KorrHars' had discovered Boschia in 
the Indian Archipelago. In Australia A. CunnincHam’ made known 
Hoheria, and F. Muezzer, in his special works upon the plants of 
the same country, the three genera Hamafordia,’ Howittia, and Lysio- 
sepalumS The American flora has been recently enriched by the 
Herrania of Goupor, the Hampea of Scuiectenvat,” and the 
Sidalcea of M. A. Gray." Bunrnam, in the preparation for his 
Genera of Malvacee and Sterculiacee discovered as hitherto undescribed 
genera Cælostegia, Dicellostyes, Cheirolena” and Scleronema“ MASTERS 
has demonstrated" the affinities of the Leptonychia of Turczantnow” 
with the new African genus that he had just described under the 
name of Scaphopetalum.’ Finally, last year, we made known the 
characters of the singular Oceanian genus J/asfersia. ‘Thus, besides 
the doubtful and imperfectly known types” which study must re- 
arrange, the family, such as we define it, comprehends a total of 
cighty-eight genera. 

1 Wient, Icon, t. 1761, 1762 (1852). The 
type of the genus wasthe Durio zeylanica GARDN., 
according to the text (p. 23) of WiauT himself, 
2 Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. (1834). 
3 Enum. Pl. Zeyl. (1864). 
4 Verhand. Nat.Gesch. d. Nederl., 257 (1842). 
5 In Ann. Nat. Hist., sér. 1, iii. (1839). 
5 Fragm., ii. (1860). 
7 In Hook, Journ., viii, (1856). 
8 Fragm., i. (1859). 
9 In Ann. Se, Nat., sér. 3, ii. (1845). 
10 In Linnea, xi. (1837). 
1 Pl, Fendler. (1848). 
12 Gen., 207, 213, 222 (1862). 
13 Tn Journ. Linn. Soc., vi. (1862). 
4 In Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr., i, (1868). 
15 In Bull. Mose. (1858). 
16 In B. H. Gen., 983 (1865). 
17 These are besides those which have been con- 
nected, not without hesitation, to some of the 
genera previously described : 
1. Arcynospermum Turoz. (in Bull. Mose. 
(1858), i. 191), Mexican plant, of which BENTHAM 
& Hooker (Gen, 119) says: “ Si revera est 
Malvacea, ad Ureneas pertinet ob stylos ovarii 
loculis 2-plo plures, sed loculi 3, 1-ovulati di- 
euntur et petala a columna staminea libera.” 
(Zuphorbiaceæ ? ?) 
2. Biasolettia PRESL (in Rel, Hænk., 141). 
Placed by ENDIICHER (Gen., n. 5359) among 
the Bueltnerieæ, in continuation of Philippo- 
dendron syn., according to BENTH. & J. Hoox. 
(Gen,, 217) of Hernandia, ought to be ranged 
among the Lauraceæ (vol. ii, p. 449, note 2). 
3. Covilhamia Korvu. (in Ned. Kruik. Arch., 
i. 307). This genus is considered as related to 
Sterculia, from which it differs by its 6-merous 
calyx and its 3-merous ovary (Luphorbiacee ? ?), 
4, Peripter DC. (Prodr., i. 459). A genus 
proposed for the Sida periptera Sims (in Bot. 
Mag., t. 1644 ;—S. Malvaviseus Sess. et Mog. 
—$. rubra Ten. ;—Anoda punicea L46G., Nov. 
Gen., t. 21), ought, probably, according to Brn- 
THAM (Gen, 199), to be connected with the genus 
Abutilon, 
5. Plychopyxis Miro. (F1. Ind. Bat., Suppl. 
i, 402), A plant of Sumatra, with exstipulate 
leaves compared to those of Shorea, with a cap- 
sule (“ swbbaceata”’) much wrinkled covered out- 
wardly with folds and various exerescences and 
with a red down. Attributed doubtfully to 
Sterculiee (B. H.. Gen., 217). 
6. Pyrospermum Mia. (loc. cit). Fam. ? ? 
7. Peltostegia (Turcz., in Bull. Mose., 
(1858), i. 223, (B. H., Gen. 217). The cha- 
racters attributed to the flower seem to be 
those of the Malvacee; but what is said of 
the seed would seem to indicate that it belongs 
to Turnera, a genus in which the vegetative 
characters are often those of Malvacee. 
