Sooner ka^iristhan. 



tJula pedicellat, Perianth foliaceo membranacea, 4^ sepalos, e 

 purpurascenti virida. Antheris-flor hermaprodit scrotinis, 

 elastice demum dissilient, typicalibus. Ovar basi pilis^ cinc- 

 tum viride glabrum. Stigmat 2 magnis, medio sulcatis, cunei- 

 formi bus, carnosis, papillosis. Stylo no. Ovul 1 pendulum ex 

 apice. 



Fruct non vissus. Cultivated, Otipore. 

 The inferior situation of the males, is worth consideration as 

 well as the decided hermaphroditism of the upper flowers, 

 the singleness of which is not owing to the greater nisus re- 

 quired for the production of the additional organ, but depends 

 upon the lesser luxuriancy of growth, always visible in a sim- 

 ple raceme as we proceed upwards. 



The stipules are true scales of leaf buds : so that there are 

 two sets of buds : one general, and one partial. Query do they 

 really belong to the leaf, or rather to the bud present in the 

 axilla of the leaf. To prove that the structure of stipulas has 

 been quite mistaken, I am quite able. Several orders supposed 

 to be stipulate are not really so : for there is a primary dis- 

 tinction between genuine stipulae and mere processes of the 

 petiole. 



46«. Dodonaea. — Frutex 3-4 pedalis, ramis flexuosis, angulatis ; fol. 

 ascendent pagina utraque stomatosa ? set pjesertim inferne ? 

 superne vernical lineari lanceolata vel spathulat. 



Flores dioica vel raro monoica, flor faemin racemoso-panicu- 

 lat, terminalis, deflexo cernua aestivat : angulato valvata. 



Stylus longe exsertus apice tri, raro bifidis. Stigmata 2-3 

 obtusa. Ovar : bi-trilocul. Ovula plura. 



Succus Terebinthaceus. 



Otipore. In profusion on the low barren Hills, females rare 

 in comparison to the males. 



I am not aware of the transition forms, but unless they are 

 very gradual, and consequently numerous, Dodonsea should be 

 separated from Sapindaceae. Is not this species a genuine Aus- 

 tralasian form. 



47. Urticacea.— Arbuscula hu mills Cortice tenaciae, fol. acuminate 

 lanceolata aspera, serrata, supra praerugosa, subtus nivea, stipu- 

 lis scariosis parviusculis deciduis ^tivat conduplicat. Flores di- 



