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or less long winged at apex; embryo exalbuminous, nearly straight 
or oblique; cotyledons ovate or flat (Polyspora'), sometimes slightly 
undulate-plicate ; radicle superior short.—Trees or shrubs; leaves 
alternate (evergreen), entire or crenate; flowers pedunculate, soli- 
tary, axillary or collected at summit of twigs ; bractlets 2-5, inserted 
on sometimes elongated peduncle (Worth America, Trop. 2 sia, Ind. 
Arch) See pP. 201. 
3. Hæmocharis Satiss.’—Flowers hermaphrodite ; perianth and 
androceum of Gordonia. Germen 5-10-locular; styles short diver- 
gent or stigmate wide sessile distinct; ovules in each cell 4-0, 
descending. Capsule thin, or oftener woody oblong loculicidal ; colu- 
mella persistent; seeds , winged at apex ; embryo exalbuminous, 
straight ; cotyledons oblong flat; radicle short superior.—Trees or 
shrubs, glabrous or hirsute; leaves alternate; flowers in upper axils 
subsessile‘ or subterminal’ (Zrop. America, Ind. Arch). 
4. Steuartia Carrss.’—Flowers 5, 6-merous, nearly of Zee (or 
Gordonia) ; germen 5-locular ; styles 5, distinct (Malachodendron) or 
oftener long connate (Husteuartia); ovules in each cell 2, oblique 

ascendent. Capsule ligneous-crustaceous, loculicidal; seeds naked 
1 Swert, Hort. Brit. 61.—Curria Garpn., nom. Laplacee, quam, adjecta tertia spec. 
in Cale. Journ. of Nat. Hist., vii.'7.---Anthe-  asiat. cum quarta cubensi, a Hemocharide 
ischima Kortu., Verh. Nat, Gesch. Bot., 137, t. Sautss. disting., sed charact. nos effugit, Ha- 
27.—Diplerospermnn Grirr., Notul., ix. 564  bitus, calyx, stili, ete., haud differunt.” (B. H., 
(ex B. H.). 
2 Some 20 species, of which 2 are American, 
Cuoïs., in Mém. Gen., xiv. 138, 140 (Polyspora). 
—A. Gray, Man., ed. 5, 104.—CHarM., Fl. 8. 
Unit, States, 60.—BENTH., Fl. Hongk., 29.— 
Mio, Fl. Ind.-Bat., i, p. ii. 489,—Tuw., 
Enum. Pl. Zeyl., 40.— Hoox. F., in Trans. Linn. 
Soc., xxiii. 162.— Bot. Mag., t. 4019 (Poly- 
spora).— Watp., Rep., i. 374; ii, 802; Ann., ii. 
177 ; vii. 367. 
3 Par. Lond., n. 56.—Cuots., in Mém. Gen., 
xiv. 142 (where reasons are more fully given 
for preferring the generic rame). — Laplacea 
H.B. K., Nov. Gen. et Spec,, v. 207, t.451.—DC., 
Prodr., i. 527.—Campess., in Mém. Mus., 
xvi. 407, t. 1 A—Spacu, Suit. a Buffon, iv. 
76.—Enpu., Gen, n. 5416.—B. H., Gen. 
186, n. 23.—Wickstremia ScuraDd., in Gœtt. 
Anz. (1821), 710 (nec SPRENG.).—Zindleya 
Nees, in Flora (1821), 209 (nec K.), 
‘ Handsome or ordinary, recalling Gordonia. 
5 « KorrHALSIUS (in Verh. Nat, Gesch, Bot.) 
gen. 2 vindic.: Laplaceam H. B. K.(KORTH., 
loc. cit., 136, t. 26), et Closaschimam (KORTH., 
loc, cit., 139, t. 28), Cuorsyus has 2 junxit sub 
loc. cit.). 
5 Twelve species, of which nine are American. 
A. S. H., Fl. Bras, Mer., i. 299.—Marr. & 
Zucc., Nov. Gen. et Spec., i. 106, t. 66, 67.— 
Moric., Pl. Nouv. Amer., t. 11.—A. Ricu., Fl. 
Cub., t. 26.—GRISsEB., in Mem, Amer, Acad, 
(1860), 166; Fl. Brit. W.-Ind., 104.—A, 
Gray, Amer. Explor. Exped., Bot., 213.— 
Mio. Fl. Ind.-Bat., i. p. ii. 490; Suppl., i. 
482—Tr. & Pu. in Ann. Se. Nat. sér. 4, 
xvii, 268.—Watp., Rep., i. 372; ii. 801; v. 
132; Ann., i, 121; ii. 177; iii, 833; vi. 367 
(Laplacea). 
7 Nat, Hist. of Carol., ete., iii. 13 (1743). 
—L., Gen., n, 847 (perp. Stewartia).—J., Gen., 
292.—Porr., Dict., vii. 340; Suppl., v. 249; 
Tll., t. 593.—DC., Prodr., i. 528.—SpPACH, 
Suit, à Buffon, iv. 78—Cambess., in Mém. 
Mus., xvi. 406.—ENDL., Gen.,n. 5423.—CHors., 
in Mém. Gen., xiv, 136.— S'uarlia B. H, 
Gen.,185, n. 17.—H. BN., in Payer Fam. Nat., 
266. 
8 Cav., Diss, v. 302, t. 158. — DC. 
Prodr., i, 528.—Spacu, Suit. à Buffon, iv. 
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