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his assistance in determining the species, by whom it was 

 first discovered in New South Wales. 



Bot. Mag. 2091 (1819). 



Chloranthus monostachys. 



monandria monogtnia. 



* Flores Apetali. 



Anthera lateri ovarii insidens (indivisa, bilocularis ; vel 

 triloba, 4-locularis). Ovarium monospernum, ovulo pen- 

 dulo. Btigma capitatura. Brupa. — Brown. 



Chloranthus monostachys, antheris incurvis trUobis indi- 

 visisve, spicis solitariis, floribus alternis. Br. 



By the advice of Mr. Brown we have placed Chloranthus 

 in the first class of the Linnean system, although, he 

 observes, that only one known species is really and at the 

 same time constantly monandrous {C. monander, Br.) ; for 

 in inconspicuus and elatior {Br.) the three-lobed, four- 

 celled anther, hitherto regarded as an antheriferous petal, 

 is according to him composed of three confluent anthers, of 

 which the middle one only is perfect or two-celled, corre- 

 sponding with the anther of monander, the lateral being 

 dimidiate or one-celled; and in monostachys both simple 

 and compound anthers are found on the same spike. 



Bot. Mag. 2190 (1820). 



RULINGIA PANNOSA. 

 Pentandria PENTAGYNIA. 

 (Inter Maherniam et Coramersoniam.) 

 Petala 5, e cucullata basi ligulata. Stamina sterilia 5, 



