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



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



4 — 5. Stamina totidem, iis alterna, sterilia nulla. Ovarium 1-loculare. 

 Fructus ovato-reniformis subcompressus, hinc appendice carnosa auctus. 

 Injlorescentia terrainalis. 



10. LERETiAf. i^/ore* hennaphfoditi V. abortii masculi. Ca/i/x 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. Calyx parvus (fructifer parum 



auctus ?) Petala 4 — 5, intus villosa. Stamina totidem, iis alterna, ste- 

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

 centia axillaris, densa. 



Among the above genera, Schcepjia 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 Loranthacece, 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. Ramuli glabri, subangulati, cortice laxo verrucoso. Folia oblongo-elliptica 4-6-pollicaria 

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

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

 petiolo semipollicari. PanicultB axillares, laxse, bis terve ramosse, multiflorse, folio dimidio bre- 

 viores. Bractece nullse. Pedicelli flore parum breviores, apice sub flore articulati, bracteis ad 

 articulationem 2 minutis deciduis. Calyx minimus, patens, 5-fidus, laciniis acutis. Corolla 2 lin. 

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

 bata. Stamina petaHs breviora ; filamentis ut primum corollse adhaerentibus demum liberis, gla- 

 bris. Anther (B ovatse, versatiles, glabrae. Ovarium in disco crasslusculo sessile, ovoideum, vil- 

 losum, ovulis prope apicem hinc affixis. Stylus excentricus filiformis apice incurvus, stigmate 

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

 Semen unicum, subcordatum, unde forte nomen specificum Vellosianum. 



Emmotum fagifolium, 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. orbiculatum and acuminatum, described below. I have not seen the ripe fruit. 

 § Prodromus, vol. iv. p. 319. 



