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stamina ; but even these occupy the place of the glands or 

 scales usually found in the order, and the resemblance they 

 bear to stamina in this genus, may assist in explaining 

 their nature in all : nor does their being in most cases 

 secreting organs render this view of their origin improba- 

 ble ; for the function of secretion, which, as it is far from 

 universal, must be considered as only of secondary im- 

 portance in assisting impregnation, is more frequently 

 accomplished by the modification of some of the usual 

 parts of the flower than by the production of an additional 

 organ. 



Cenarrhenes nitida. Labill. Nov. Holl. \, p. 36,* 

 /. 50. 



Hab. In Insulee Diemen plagis australioribus. La- 

 billardiere. (v. s. cum fructu sed fioribus delapsis in Herb. 

 D. Lambert.) 



20. PERSOONIA. Smith in Linn. Trans, iv. Gcert. 

 Carp. 3, p. 218, t. 220. Pentadactylon. Gcert. I. c, 

 p. 219, t. 220. Linkia. Cav. Ic. 4. 



Char. Gen. CaJya: tetraphyllus, regularis, foliolis medio 

 staminiferis, supra recurvis, deciduus. Stamina exserta. 

 GlandulcB quatuor hypogynse. Ovarium pedicellatum, aeo 

 l-loculare, 1 — 2-spermum. Stigma obtusum. Briipa 

 baccata ; Nuce 1 — 2-loculari ! 



Habitus. Frutices v. Arbusculse, cortice in quibusdam 

 scarioso-lamelloso. Folia sparsa, integerrima, smpius plana. 

 Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, ebracteati, v. racemosi, uni- 

 bracteati. Flores flavi. Pedicellus ovarii in quibusdam 

 articulatus ! Cotyledones scspiiis plures ! 



*1. P. teretifolia, foliis filiformibus exsulcis, peduncuHs 

 unifloris solitariis, antheris acuminatis, stylis ovario brevi- 

 oribus. 



Hab. In Novae HoUandise ora australi ; Lewins Land : 

 in collibus saxosis. (ubi v. v.) 



