390 CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. iMyrietm. 



Ord. LIV. GARRYACE^. Lindl. 

 GARRY A. Lindl. 



Dioica. Masc. Calyx tetraphyllus. Stamina 4. Fem. Calyx ovario cohajrens, bidentatus. Ovarium 

 l-loculare, ovula duo ab apice funiculorum totidem pendula. Styli duo setacei. Pericarpium baccatum, 

 indehiscens, dispermum. Semina oblonga pendula. Albumen carnosum, prope hilurn embryonem minimum 

 fovens. Radicula supera. — Frutex ramosus. Folia opposita, exstipulata, undulata, breve petiolata, acuta, 

 coriacea, sempervirentia. Flores intra bracteas connatas,in spicis amentacies pedunculis dispositi. Lindl. 



1. G. elliptica. Lindl. in Bot. lleg. t. 1C86. 



First found by Mr Menzies in California. 



Ord. LV. SAURURE^. 



ANEMOPSIS. (Anemia.; Nutt.) 



Involucrum 5-8-phyllum, coloratum. Spadix simplex ; floribus hermaphroditis bracteatis. Perianthium 

 nullum. Stamina epigyna, 6 nunc 8 ; filamenta crassa, anthera ovales biloculares, loculis lateralibus con- 

 nective crasso disjunctis. Styli 3 nunc 4, subulati, ovaria coadunala, apice hiantia, 1-locularia. Placenta 

 3-4 inter stylos laterales, pauciovulatas. Fructus cum spadice coalescens. Capsida uniloculars, 3-4 

 valves, apice solo dehiscentes, sub G-spermce. Semina subrotunda, punctulata. — Herba perennis, sub- 

 aquatica, stolonifera. Caulis monophyllus, proliferus, monocephalus. Folia radicalia slipulata cordato- 

 obovalia, obtusa, petiolata ; caidinum amplexicaule. 



1. A. Californica. Nutt. in Tayl. Ann. Nat. Hist, hp, 136.— (Tab. XCII.) 



This has likewise been found at Zacatecas in Mexico, by Hartweg, and is No. 4 of his collection. We 

 regret that our specimens will not, without the destruction of them, enable us to exhibit a representation of 

 the base of the germen or young fruit, which is incorporated with the spadix. In their structure the fructi- 

 fication and inflorescence have a very close affinity with Houttuynia, (see Hook, in Bot. Mag. p. 2731) : — 

 the chief difference being that our plant has (not 3) stamens. 



Tab. XCII. Fig. 1. A floral bractea ; fig. 2. A flower, the bractea being removed ; Jig. 3. Portion of the 

 pistil which is free, not united with the spadix ; the epigynous stamens being removed : — magnified. 



While this part of the work was in the press, we were gratified by the arrival of an interesting collection of 

 plants made on the Pacific coasts of America, by Dr Sinclair, surgeon of H.M. surveying ship, the Sulphur, 

 dispatched to those seas under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey, and upon that officer's return, on 

 account of ill health, of Captain Belcher. Some of the Californian plants, as in the present instance, will be 

 here introduced, and a portion from a more interesting field will form another Supplement, and conclude 

 this work. We gladly acknowledge Dr Sinclair's invaluable exertions in the cause of Botany by dedicating 

 a new species of Pine (see p. 392) to him. 



Ord. LVI. PLATANEiE. Lest. 

 1. Platanus occidentalis. L. — supra, p. 160. 



Ord. LVI I. MYRICEiE. Rich. 

 1. Myrica Californica (Ch. et Schl.) ramis angulatis, foliis anguste lanceolatis acutis 



