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positis, terminales v. interpetiolares, parvi, co- 

 lore in variis vario. 

 Patria. America Meridionalis et Australasia. 



Obs. The American species of this genus, viz. 

 Echites corymbosa J acq. floribunda Sw. and 

 spicata J acq. differ considerably from the rest, 

 which are natives of New Holland and New 

 Zealand. Among these, the only published 

 species is Periploca capsularis, Forst. prod, 

 n. 126. When the fruit of all has been exa- 

 mined, they will probably be divided in the 

 following manner : 



f Americans. Ovariis duobus. Folliculis 

 distinctis. 



f f Austra las lenses. O vario biloculari. Fol- 

 liculis longitudinaliter cohaerehtibus. 



The genus is named in memory of Dr James 

 Parsons, the author of a Dissertation on the 

 Analogy between the Propagation of Animals 

 and that of Vegetables, and of an unfinished 

 work, entitled, " The Microscopical Theatre of 

 Seeds." The Parsonsia of Brown, which Lin- 

 naeus reduced to Lv thrum, is a species of 



