DESCRIPTION OF BUCKLANDIA, 



IX. 



DESCRIPTION 



OF 



TWO GENERA OF THE FAMILY OF 

 HAMAMELIDEiE, 

 TWO SPECIES OF PODOSTEMON 



AND 



ONE SPECIES OF KAULFUSSIA. 



By WILLIAM GRIFFITH, Esq., 



'- Asst.- Surgeon, BJadras Estahlishment, 



1. BUCKLANDIA. 



R. Brown in Wall. Catal. No. 7414, (sine charactere). 

 Syst. Linnean Dodecandria Digynia. 



Char. gen. Flot^es polygami, capitati, nudi. Antherce valva dehis 

 centes. 



Ord. Nat. Hamamelide^. R. Brown loc. citat. 



Char. gen. Flores capitati : capitula 8-flora. Atithen^ valva dehis- 

 centes. Capsula bilocularis, 12-sperma : semina bina infima cuj usque 

 loculi perfecta, hinc alata. 



Arbor magna, facie Populi cujusdam. Raimili abrupte terminati, 

 apice gemmiferi. Sqiiamee vel tegmenta gemmarum binae oppositse ! Folia 

 alterna exstipulata. Pedunculi terminales. 



