BOTANY OF TERRA AUSTRAL] S. 73 



EUPOMATIA. 



Ord. Nat. Aimonacea ! 



Syst. Liiiii. Icosandfia Pohjgynia, v. Monadelphia Tolyaudria. 



Char. gbn. Operculum superum integemmum deci- 

 duum (integumentis floralibus prseterea nullis). Sta- 

 mina numerosa : exteriora antherifera : inieriora 

 sterilia petaloidea imbricata. Ovarium multiloculare, 

 loculis indefinitis (numero et ordine), polyspermis. 

 Stigmata ; areolse tot quot loculi, in apice planiusculo 

 ovarii. Bacca polysperma. 



EuPOMATlA I.AURINA. Tab. 2. 



In woods and thickets in the colony of Port Jackson, especially in the 

 mountaiuous districts, and on the banks of the principal rivers ; flowering in 

 December and January. 



DESC. Frulex erectus ramosus glaberrimus 5-10 pedes altus, trunco gracili, 

 ramulis teretibus subporreotis. Folia alterna, in ramulis bifaria, petiolata ex- 

 stipulata, inipunctata coriacea utrinque nitida nip:ro-viridia, integerrinia plana 

 oblonga acumine brevi, basi acuta sequali, dum 5 uncias longa sesquiunciam 

 lata. FeduncuH axiliares, uniflori folio breviores ramuliformes, foliis 3-4 al- 

 ternis nanis instructi. Perianthium superum, limbo juxta basin transversim 

 dehiscente : Opemdo oaduco semielliptico, paulo ante dehiscentiam albo-vires- 

 centi, e calyce et corolla concretis forsan coniiato. Stamina margine persis- 

 tent! limbi perianthii inserta, multiplioi serie, basibus connatis ; exteriora anthe- 

 rifera numerosa patula vel arete reflexa; Fitamentis e ha,si dilatata subulatis ; 

 Antheris ochroleucis linearibus, adnatis apice filamenti in mucronulum ultro 

 producti, bilocularibus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus ; Folline globoso IkvI ; 

 interiora sterilia petaloidea, arete imbricata multiplici serie, basi invicem et 

 antheriferis connexa simulque decidua, interioribus seusim minoribus arctiusque 

 imbricatis. Ovarium turbinatum multiloculare, loculis sparsis neo verticillatis, 

 polyspermis, ovuiis ellipticis angulo interiori loculi insertis. Stigma sessile 

 planiusculum integrum, areolis subrotundis numero loculorum notatum. Bacca 

 turbinato-obovata glabra, basi angusta lirabi persistentis perianthii coronata, 

 apice truncato areolato. Semina solitarie vel quandoque geminatim inclusa 

 celluHs clausis, mutua pressione varie angulata, circumscriptione subovata [598 

 glabra impresso-punctata, altera extremitate, ssepius obtusiore, afhxa ; chorda 

 ventrali ab umbilico parvo ducta ad extremitatem oppositam ibique in ohalazam 

 integumento interiori adnatam desinente; Integumentum duplex; exieriusmem- 

 brauaceum intus uudique emittens processus breves inter rugas albuminis 

 demissos, et secundum chordam ventralem processum continuum altiorem nu- 

 cleum semibipartientem ; inierius tenuissimnm albumiue arctissime adnatum ; 

 Jlbtimen semini conforme carnosum lobatum. Fmhryo in regione umbilici, 

 albumine 5-6ies brevier, dicotyledoneus albicans : Cotijledones lineares foliacca; ; 

 Radicula teres recta longitudiue cotyledonum. 



