78 GENERAL REMAEKS ON THE 



the pitcher itself, but more probably consists merely of 

 rain-water received and preserved in it. The lid of the 

 pitcher in the full grown state was found either accurately 

 closing its mouth or having an erect position and therefore 

 leaving it entirely open ; and it is not unlikely that the 

 position of the lid is determined by the state of the atmo- 

 sphere, or even by other external causes. 



ANTIARIS. 



Ord. Nat, Urlicea, inter Brosimum et Olmediam. 

 Syst. Linn. Moncecia Teirandria. 



Char. Gen. Masc. Involucrum multiflorum, basi orbi- 

 culata florifera, apice multifido. Calyx 4-ph. Btam. 4. 



Fem. Involucrum uniflorum, urceolatum, apice multi- 

 fidum. Calyx 0. Ovarium cum involucro cohserens, 

 monospermum, ovulo pendulo. Stylus bipartitus. 

 Dru])a ex involucro aucto formata. Semen exalbum- 

 inosum. Embryonis radicula supera. 



Antiaris macrophylla. Tab. 5. 



A shrub or very small tree observed in barren stony places, on the shores 

 of the Company's Islands, adjacent to Arnhem's Land, on the north coast of 

 New Holland, in about 12° S. lat. ; bearing both flowers and ripe fruit in 

 February, 1803. 



DBSC. Frutex orgyalis ramosissimus glaber lactescens. Ramuli ieiti&s. 

 Folia alterna, petiolata, stipulata, oblonga cum brevi acumine, basi inaequali 

 snbcordata, glaberrima integerrima coriacea, suprk nigro-viridia nitida subtus 

 viridiora, venis fere reotangulis juxta marginem anastomozantibus, venulis 

 603] divaricatis, dum sex uncias longa ultra tres uiicias lata. Petioli teretiusculi 

 cinerascentes semunciales. Stipula intrafoliacea conduplicata lauceolata acu- 

 minata foliacea. Fedunculi axillares solitarii, brevissimi, androgyni, pedicellis 

 6-8 alternis, inflino femineo prseoociore, reliquis masculis. Masc. Involucrum 

 subcyathiforme apice multiSdo, laoiniis imbrioatis acutis ciliatis conniventibus, 

 demum expansum orbiculare marginibus reflexis, diametro quinquelineari. 

 Flosculi numerosi dense conferti sessiles. Ccili/x 4.ph. foliolis subspathulatis 

 apice conniventibus. Corolla 0. AnlhercB biloculares : Fallen album. Nullum 

 rudimentnm pistilli. Fem. Involucrum uniflorum ovatum parvum glabrum 

 viride apice multifidum, laoiniis numerosis lanoeolatis ciliatis conniventibus, 

 nonnuUisque dorsalibus sparsis similibus. Calyx 0. Stamina 0. Ovarium ac- 

 ci-etum et inclusuni ventre involucri, monospermum, ovulo pendulo : Stylus 



