296 PHANEROGAMIA. 



3. Anterior view of a stamen. 4. The calyx and abortive pistil. 5. 

 Immature drupe. 6. Same, with the upper part of the sarcocarp re- 

 moved. 7. Transverse section of a drupe.— The details magnified. 



3. BY R ONI A, Endl. 



Florcs polygami. Calyx S-A-lobus, lobis scepius irregulariter crenulatis. 



Corolla 5-9-partita. Stamina imce corolla inserta, ejusdem lobis 

 numero cequalia rarimve dupla; anther is fl. fert. plus minusve effcetis. 



Ovarium 12-lS-loculare, fl ster. imper/ectum, stlgmate sessili late 

 discoideo radiato centro umbilicato coronatum. Ovula in loculis soli- 

 taria, ex apice pendula; rliaphe dorsali. Drupa baccata, 12-18- 

 pyrena; pyrenis fibroso-cartilagineis. Embryo in apice albuminis 

 carnosi minimus.— Arbuscidce Sandwicenses et Taitenses, foliis coria- 

 ceis lucidis, floribus axillaribus cymosis. 



A genus, now strengthened by a second species, differing from Ilex 

 (including Prinos) in the petals being more numerous than the lobes 

 of the calyx, and the cells of the ovary of double their number. The 

 number of the stamens, also, is sometimes doubled in the sterile flowers. 



1. Byronia Sandwicensis, Endl. (Tab. 26.) 

 B. foliis ovalibus seu ellipticis; ovarii loculis pyrenwque fructm 12-18. 



Byronia Sandwicensis, Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mus. 1, p. 184, & Gen. p. 1093. 

 Ilex? anomala, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. Ill t. 25. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. Kaala Mountains, Oahu. Forests on 

 Mouna Kea, and near the crater of Lua Pele, &c, Hawaii (Also 

 gathered by Macroe, Lay & Collie, &c.) ' 



A small tree, or sometimes a shrub, glabrous throughout. Leaves 

 coriaceous, shining above, alternate, oval or elliptical, mostly obtuse or 

 rounded at both ends, 2* to 3* inches long, sometimes 2 inches wide 

 reticulate-vemy, entire, or occasionally serrulate on vigorous shoots- 

 the petioles from half an inch to an inch long. Flowers 2 >olygamous' 



