52 The Genus Azima. 



having shown in one of his earliest botanical works, (Prop, 

 Med. ed. 2, p. 206,) that the two orders were at least not 

 very nearly related, from the fact, that the members of the 

 one would not graft on those of the other. 



The following is the essential character we propose for 

 the new natural order. 



AziMACEvE. 



Flowers dioecious. Male : Calyx urceolate, 4-cleft. Pe- 

 tals 4, hypogynous, equal, estivation valvate. Stamens 4f t 

 hypogynous. Anthers 2-celled, introrse, dehiscing longitu- 

 dinally, connective, shortly produced, apiculate. Ovary abor- 

 tive. Female : Calyx irregularly 2-4- cleft. Corolla as in 

 the male. Stamens rudimentary. Ovary hypogynous, tur- 

 gid, 2-celled, with a single ovule in each cell. Style none. 

 Stigma sessile, peltate, somewhat 2-lobed. Fruit a globose 

 berry, 2-celled, or rarely by abortion 1-celled : cells 1-seed- 

 ed. Seeds erect, plano-convex : testa coriaceous, rugose. 

 Albumen none. Embryo lenticular : Cotyledons fleshy, cor- 

 date-auriculate at the base : radicle inferior. A rambling 

 shrub, with opposite leaves, from the axills of each of which 

 spring two long, divaricate pungent prickles. Flowers small, 

 axillary, sessile, solitary, or aggregated. Fruit a white fleshy 

 berry. 



Azima. Lam. Ency. Meth. l,p. 343,(1783.) lllus. des 

 Gen. t. 807. Juss. Gen. Plant, p. 465. Person Syn. Plant. 

 1, p. 145.— Monetia. U Herit. Stirp. Novae. 1, t. 1, (1784.) 

 Schreb Gen. n. 198. Wild. Sp. Plant. 1, p. 669. Gaert. 

 fil. p. 247, t. 225. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1, p. 369. G. Don. 

 Diet. 4, p. 105. Harvey Gen. p. 411. Meis. Gen. p. 252. 

 Endl. Gen. n. 5711 et 6891. 



Character the same as that of the order. 



1. Azima tetracantha, Lam. bb. cc. Monetia barlerioi- 

 des, U Herit. I. c. 



