DESCRIPTION OF BUCKLANDIA, 



oblique terminantia, longiuscule petiolata, late cordato-ovata, interdum fere 

 deltoidea, longe cuspidato-acuminata, soepissime indivisa, aliquando bi- 

 triloba, coriacea, integeriima, subrepaiida, margine cartilagineo, supra 

 Iffite viridia lucidaque, subtus subglaucescentia, novella utrinque, sed 

 prsesertim subtus (vel in gemmis extus) ad venas et ad margines pilis antea 

 memoratis cito deciduis hispidissima. Venatio : vena primaria (costa 

 auctorum) ad apicem recte excurrit, secondariis duabus infimis utrinque 

 basi folii approximatis, ideoque folium basi subquinquevenium, omnibus sed 

 his prsesertim arcuatis et mediantibus venis tertiariis connexis ; venules 

 intramarginales inconspicuse. Pagina cseterum areolatim reticulata est. 

 Cuticula infera tantum stomatosa, utraque e cellulis varie angulatis parvis 

 conflata. Stomata ovalia, parva.* Petioli longitudine valde variabiles, 

 interdum 4-unciales, seepius 2-unciales, utrinque incrassati transverseque 

 rugosi, supra a medio usque ad apicem sulcati. Flores polygami, herma- 

 phroditi nempe et foeminei in arboribus distinctis, capitati ; octo in singulo 

 capitulo vertcillis binis alternantibus dispositi. Capitula subterna, in 

 pedunculis solitaria, globosa, viridescentia, interstitiis florum prsesertim 

 fcEmineorum dense pubescenti-pilosis. Pedimculi teretes, longutidine varii, 

 semiunciales, vel unciales fere. Calyx semisuperus, subcampanulatus, ore 

 truncato carnoso repando sub-5-lobo, lobis medio sulcatis, sinubus alternis 

 profundioribus ; fructus induratus, ^-superus, cseterum parum mutatus. 

 Petala perigyna, floris hermaphroditi numero varia, sinubus profundioribus 

 oris calycini opposita, lineari-spathulata, carnosa, integra, decidua, per 

 sestivationem arcuatim incurva, ssepe in stamina incomplete mutata ; floris 

 foeminei subquaterna, rudimentaria, subulata, cito sphacelata deciduaque. 

 *S'tomma 10-14 (an unquam plura?) perigyna, diutius persistentia ; floris 

 firminei nulla, ne rudimentaria quidem. Filamenla subulata, subsequalia, 



* These bodies consist of a central opaque areola, generally furrowed along the middle, 



surrounded by a transparent ring. But in other states the central areola is neither opaque nor 



farrowed, and appears under an indifferent leus of the focal distance of ^ of an inch to be 

 closed by a membrane. 



