132 ON THE PROTEACEiE OF JUSSIEU. 



18. AGASTACHYS. 



Char. Gen. Calyx regularis, tetraphyllus, basi coliserens, 

 medio staminifer. Filamenta distincta. Glandula nullse 

 hypogynae. Ovarium sessile, nionospermum, trigonum. 

 Stigma unilatcrale. 



Habitus. Frutex glaherrimus. Folia sparsa, integerrima, 

 2olana. Spicse nvmeroscB, terminales et e summis alis, sim- 

 plices. Flores alterni, sessiles, vnihructeati. Calyx fla- 

 vescens, deciduus. Pistillum staminibus brevii/s. Bracteae 

 cumllatcB , persistentes . 



Etym. a-^aoTa^vQ spicis abundans. 



*Agastachys odorata. 



Hab. In Insulse Diemen plagis australioribus ; prope 

 Adventure Bay : ubi primiim ai). Nelson detecta, niiperius 

 lecta a B. G. Caley. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.) 



19. CENARRHENES. Lahitt. Nov. Holl. \,p. 36, 



t. 50. 



Char. Gen. Calyx tetraphyllus, regnlaris, foliolis supra 

 angustatis, deciduus. Stamina basi calycis inserta. Glandula 

 159] quatuor hypogynse, staminiformes. Ovarium sessile, 

 nionospermum. Stigma simplex. Drupa baccata. 



Habitus, kxhov glabra. Folia alterna ; plana, den- 

 tato-serrata, nitida. Spicse axillares, simplices. Flores 

 alterni, sessiles, unibracteati. 



Obs. Labillardiere considers this genus as most nearly 

 related to Lauri. Jussieu, however, has (in Jnnales du 

 3[useum, v. 5, p. 224) stated sufRcient reasons for ex- 

 cluding it from that order, but has not attempted to de- 

 termine its affinity. I have ventured to place it in Pro- 

 teacese, from the structure of its fruit, stamina and calyx, 

 and the only circiun stance in which it differs from them, 

 consists in its having (according to Labillardiere) four barren 



