— 184 — 



Gerarde, Hist. p. 1301 (1597)— Bauhinus, Pinax p. 429 (1623)— Raius, 

 Hist. II, p. 1417 (1688)— TOURNEFORT, Instit. Rei Herb. p. 592, t. 365 

 (1700)— Bcerhaave, Index PI. II, p. 211 (1720)— LlNN^US, Gen. PL 

 p. 307, no. 755 (1737)] ; Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 1034 (1753) ; Gen. PL ed. 5, 

 p. 456, no. 996 (1754)-Duhamel, Traite Arb. II, p. 177 (1755)— Hill, 

 Brit. Herb. p. 512 (1756)— Scopoli, Fl. Cam. p. 411 (1760)-Adanson, 

 Fam. PL p. 376 (1763)— Schreber, Gen. PL p. 693, no. 1531 (1789)— 

 JUSSIEU, Gen. PL p. 409 (1789)— Necker, Elem. Bot. Ill, p. 261 

 (1790)— Gartner, Fruct. Sem. PL II, p. 56, t. 90, fig. 4 (1791)— 

 Mcench, Method. I, p. 337 (1794)— Desfontaines, FL Atl. II, p. 369 

 (1798)— Ventenat, Tab. Veg. Ill, p. 555 (1799)— J. St. Hilaire, Ex- 

 posit. Fam. PL II, p. 317 (1805)— Lamarck & DC. FL Franc, ed. 3, 

 III, p. 298 (1815)— Lindley, Syn. Brit. Fl. p. 238 (1829)— Endlicher, 

 Gen. PL p. 290, no. 1904 (1836)— Meissner, PL Vase. Gen. I, p. 348 

 (1836)-Spach, Hist. Veg. X, p. 378 (1841)— Hartig, Forst. Cult. 

 Deutsch. p. 427 (1851)— Trautvetter in Ledebour, Fl. Ross. Ill, 

 pt. 2, p. 625 (1851)— Petzold et Kirchner, Arb. Muse. p. 589 (1864)— 

 Wesm^el in DC. Prodr. XVI, pt. 2, p. 323 (1868)— Koch, Dendrol. 



II, p. 482 (1872)— Lauche, Deutsch. Dendrol. p. 313 (1880)— Bentham 

 & Hooker, Gen. PL III, p. 412 (1880) -Bentham & Hooker, Brit. 

 Fl. ed. 5, p. 637 (1888)— Pax in Englar & Prantl, Nat. Pfianzenfam. 



III, Abt. 1, p. 35 (1887)— Kcehne, Deutsch. Dendrol. p. 77 & 78 

 (1893)- Schneider, Illus. Handb. I, p. 23 (1904)— Ascherson & 

 Gr^bner, Syn. IV, p. 14 (1908). 



Arbor dioica. Gemma glabra vel pubescens vel viscosa. Folia annua 

 alterna petiolata aestivatione convoluta stipullata serrata vel dentata vel 

 integra. Stipulae caduca?. Amenta preecocia sessilia vel pedunculata 

 spicata vel racemosa rarius paniculata. Bractese caducas vel subpersis- 

 tentes laciniatse. Perigonium 1-seriale cupulare. Stamina 5-25 (4-60). 

 Filamenta libera. Antheraa extrorsae biloculares. Ovarium carpellis 

 binis compositum 1-loculare. Placenta 2 basilari-parietalia. Ovula 

 2-serialia anatropa. Capsula 2-valvis oligo-polysperma. Semina oblonga. 

 Radicula infera. 



