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inferior. This curious arrangement was first made known by 

 Dr. Brown.* 



Among the Capparidece, is a species of Capparis, the flowers 

 of which are exquisitely fragrant, and the ovaria have 4-parietal 

 placentae. 



Cruciferce are represented by two or three cultivated species, 

 and an indigenous species of Nasturtium. 



Hypericinece. — An Elodea, of Jack. 



Ternstrazmiacece. — A species of Gordonia, and a genus 

 apparently intermediate between Cleyera and Eurya, which I 

 propose calling Erythrochiton. 



ERYTHROCHITON, Griff A 



Flores dioici, bibracteolati. Calyx inferus profundi 5-parti- 

 tus. Petala 5, hypogyna, libera, sepalis opposita ! ! Stamina 

 00, hypogyna, multiplici serie. Antherce adnatae, apicibus 

 truncate. Ovarium 2-loculare, 4 ovulatum. Styli 2. Stigmata 

 2-reniformia, foliacea. Bacca supera, 2-locularis 2-4 sperma. 

 Semina pendula, arillo ? punctulato carnoso inclusa, albumi- 

 nosa. Embryo curvatus. 



CI. Linneana. Dicecia. Polyandria. 



Ord. Naturalis. TERNSTRCEMiACEiE. 



Habitus. — Arbor, mediocris, foliis stipulatis perennantibus 

 integris, pedunculis extra axillaribus. 



Erythrochiton Wallichianum. — Herb. prop. No. 866, 

 Dec. 1834. In sylvis secus littora Insulae Madamacan Mergui 

 proximse. 



Arbor mediocris, dioica ; ramulis teretibus. Folia alterna 

 et ad apices ramularum subverticillatim conferta, oblongo- 

 obovata obtusa et breviter acuminata, integerrima, coriacea, 



* This arrangement is also remarked in Wight's Illust., part I. page 217, 

 where the species of Medinilla referred to is also mentioned. 



+ Erythrochiton has been published by Nees and Martius as a genus of 

 Rutaceous plants, and the present name by Griffith is consequently super- 

 seded. 



