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CIX. MONIMIACE.dE. 
[ Piptocahjx. 
anthers oblong-linear, adnate, the cells distinct and parallel, opening longitu- 
dinally ; no rudimentary carpels in the male flowers. Hermaphrodite flowers 
with stamens as in the males and a single carpel, with a single pendulous anatro- 
pous ovule and a sessile broad stigma. Fruit unknown. — Woody climber. 
Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers in simple racemes, the males opposite with the 
terminal flower hermaphrodite. 
The genus consists of the single Australian species. The habit is that of Palmeria, but the 
flowers are very different. 
1. P. IVIoorei (after Charles Moore), Oliv. in Herb. Keir. ; Bcnth. FI. Anstr. 
v. 292. A woody climber of 30 to 40ft. ( C. Moore j, the branches, inflorescence 
and principal veins on the underside of the leaves ferruginous with rather long 
soft hairs. Leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, with a long narrow point, entire 
or obscurely crenate, rounded at the base, 4 to 5in. long, l^to lfin. broad, rather 
thin, shining above, pale opaque and minutely glandular-dotted underneath, the 
veins conspicuous on both sides. Petiole J to |in. long. Racemes, terminal 
ones 1 to lMn long, the axillary ones shorter, the pedicels very short. Bracts 
small and very deciduous. Perianth-segments very deciduous, the outer ones 
ovate-orbicular, 1J line long, hirsute outside, the inner ones elliptical or obovate- 
oblong, thin, all more or less dotted with immersed glands. Stamens about 15, 
about 1 line long, the filaments rather shorter than the anthers ; anthers tipped 
by a short appendage to the connective. Ovary glabrous, oblong, about 1 line 
long. — F. v. M. Fragm. x. 10G. 
Hab.: Towards Wallangarra. 
6. ATHEROSPERMA, Labill. 
(Seed awned.) 
Flowers dioecious. Perianth-tube campanulate, lobes 8 or rarely 10 in 2 rows- 
Stamens usually from as many to twice as many as perianth-lobes, without 
staminodia in the males ; filaments flat, with a wing-like appendage on each side ; 
anthers short, extrorse, with 2 distinct cells opening from the base upwards in 
convex valves, the connective truncate. Carpels in the females numerous in 
several rows, the outer ones imperfect, the inner ones with one erect ovule in 
each and tapering into long styles. Fruiting perianth-tube persistent, slightly 
enlarged, enclosing numerous narrow dry carpels, the long persistent terminal 
plumose styles exserted, the lobes deciduous. Pericarp and testa of the seeds 
thin ; albumen fleshy. Embryo very small, with short erect cotyledons. — Trees. 
Leaves toothed or entire. Flowers axillary, in the Australian species solitary, in 
others in cymes of 3 to 7. The whole plant highly aromatic. 
Besides the Australian species which is endemic, the genus comprises one from Xew Zealand. 
1. A. moschata (musk scented), T.abill. FI. Nov. Jloll. ii. 74, t. 224 ; Bcntli. 
FI. Austr. v. 284. A tree attaining a large size, the young branches tomentose. 
Leaves ovate elliptical oblong or lanceolate, acute, coarsely and irregularly 
toothed or entire, contracted into a rather short petiole, H to 3in. long, 
coriaceous, glabrous above, glabrous glaucous or white-tomentose underneath, 
the primary somewhat branched veins alone conspicuous. Flowers solitary on 
axillary peduncles of J to ^in. long, at length recurved. Bracts 2, close under 
the flower, ovate, acute, 4 or 5 lines long, silky inside and out, very deciduous. 
Male perianth-tube ovate-campanulate, about 3 lines long, silky outside, glabrous 
inside, the lobes 4 to 5 lines long, the outer ones broader than the inner. Stamens 
about 12, inserted round the top of the tube in about 3 rows, without staminodia 
or imperfect carpels. Female perianth with rather smaller more silky lobes than 
the males, the tube broader and villous inside. Carpels very numerous, villous, 
lining the whole disk and tube in numerous rows, the two or three outer rows 
abortive, considered by some as staminodia, but with the shape and hairs of the 
