468 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
19. Acrodiclidium Ness. '—Flowers hermaphrodite ; : receptacle 
obconical tubular or suburceolate, more or less narrowed in throat ; 
perianth-leaves 6, subequal to receptacle or shorter. Stamens 9 
inserted in throat of receptacle; outer 6 sterile, scale-like or 
glandular; innermost 3 fertile ; filaments thick, often short; more or 
less coherent. Anthers extrorse 2-celled; cells dehiscing by a 
little oblique lid which early disappears. Germen inserted in bottom 
of receptacle. Berry more or less dry, included in truncate, or: in- 
serted on finally flat receptacle; rim single or double—Trees or 
shrubs; leaves alternate or more rarely opposite, penniveined ; in 
florescences axillary and subterminal; bracts small or eens 
(Zropical America’). 
20. Silvia AtLEM.*—“ Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx infundibu- 
liform; limb 6-cleft; lobes equal, shorter than tube (receptacle), 
persistent. Outer stamens 0; stamens of third row 8, inserted in 
throat, opposite outer calyx-lobes, extrorse glandular; anthers ovate 
‘obtuse tapering into short. flat glabrous filaments, obliquely 2- 
porricidal a little below apex. Staminodes 0. Germen closely in- 
cluded in calyx-tube, free ovate; style filiform; stigma peltaté 
umbilicate. Berry dry oval, surrounded at base by spreading, 
scarcely enlarged, 6-lobed calyx.—Trees, with altogether habit of 
Acrodiclidium ; flowers small naked panicled” (Brazil), -- 
21. Endiandra R. Br.'—Flowers polygamous ; receptacle ob- 
conical thick ; perianth deciduous; 3 outer leaves equal to inner or 
a little shorter. Stamens 9, 6 outer sterile small or gland-like, 
nearly free or connate into a ring; 8 inner fertile; filaments 2-glan- 
dular or glandless at base; anthers extrorse 2-celled. Berry im- 
497.—W.. Spec., ii. 482 (Laurus) ?—SPrene., 
Syst., ii, 269.—H. B. K., Nov. Glen. et Spec. 
ii, 266 (Ocotea) —Mnuissn., in Mart. Fl, Bras. 
Laurac., 176, t. 62-66, 105 (ii.).—Waxe,, Ann., 
iii. 308. (To this must be ascribed Persea hype- 
ricifolia Nuxs, Syst., 165.—Laurus hyperici- 
folia W.—Cryptocarya? dubia H, B. K., Nov. 
Gen, et Spec., ii. 167.) 
1 Syst., 244, 266.—ENDL., Gren., n. 2042.— 
Merssy., Prodr., 84, 510. 
2 Species about 14. Sw., Prodr., 65 (Laurus) ; 
Fl. Ind, Occ., ii. 706, 709. —SPRENG., Syst., 
ii. 176 (Endiandra).—Nexs, in Linnea, xxi. 
500.—Mrissy., in Mart. Fl. Bras., Lawrac., 
172, t. 59-61. 
2 Deser. Gen, Silvia Impress. (ex MEIssN., 
Prodr., 84, nec VELLOZ.). — Sileea MEIssn., 
loc. cit. (nec Purzirr., nec H. By.). 
4 Species 1. S. navalium ALLEM., loc. cit., ic. 
—Mrissn., in Mart. Fl. Bras., Lourac., 171 
(Silvea).—Tapinhoan of the natives. 
5 Prodr., 402.—Nxzs, Syst., 193.—ENDL., 
. Gen., n. 2083.—Metssn., Prodr., 78, 509. 
