DIOCEIA. TRIANDRIA. i 753 — 1 75 6. 



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1753. OSYRIS. Calyx 3 -cleft: corol o. 

 Male. Filaments very fhort. 



Fern. Stigma round ifh, 3-parted; forry globular, i- 

 cellcd, umbilicated. 



*/£*. Leaves linear. Poet's Caffta. 



Sou th o f E u r o pe. Calvx and corol yellow. . 



japcnica* Leaves ovate, fioriferous. 



Japan. Tbunb. Jap. 30. Leaves fetaceous ferrate. 



1754- MYRISTICA. Calyx 3~ckft y corol o. 



Male. Anther^ un'ting round the upper-part of the 

 filament. 



Fern. Stigma cloven: capfule fuperior, drapaceous, 2- 

 valvcd: nut invdled with a variously lacerated 

 membrane. Nutmeg- tree. 



trotnatica. Calyx ovate, 3-cleft at top: leaves elliptic, pubefeent under- 

 neath: fruit glabrous. 



Esft Indies. Woodv. t. 194. Rumpb. Amb. 2. t. 14. 



Tree with a reddifh brown bark: leaves alternate, pointed, undu- 

 late: peduncles axillary, folitary, 2 or 3-flowered; ««/furrounded 

 with a fulvous tough reticulate covering, called Mace. 



Leaves hearted, oblong, downy underneath: fruit downy. 

 Guiana. Aubl. Guian. 904./. 345. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, pubefeent underneath; calyx and 

 fruit villous. 

 Tobago. Swar(z, prodr. 96. 



1755. ST II., AGO. Calyx 1 -leafed, cap-(haped: corol o. 

 Male. Filaments 1 or 3, on the germ. 



Fern. Stigma fefTile: drupe with a 1 ot 2-celled nut. 



Triandrous: nut 2-celled. 



India. Rheed. Mai 4. /. 56. Rumpb. Amb. 3. /. 151. 



Diandrous: nut 1 -celled. . 



Eaft Indies. Rcxb. Coromand. z.p. 35. /. 166. 



1756. CATURUS. Male. Calyx o*. corol 3-clefc. 

 Fern. Calyx 3-parted: corol o : Jlyles 3: capfule 3- 



grained, yczWtfr. Jeeds folitary. 



Spikes axillary, pendulous: ftem arboreous. 

 Eaft Indies. Rbeid. Mai. 5. /. 32. Rumpb. 4. /. 37. 



Spikes axillary, ereft: ftem climbing. 

 Cochinchina. Lour. Cochinch* biz. 



Bunt as. 



iiandra. 



spicifiorust 

 feandens* 



