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and suggest the following emended character from my own 
observations. 
Drimys, Forst. Wintera, Murr. — Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx 
in alabastro clausus et indivisus, demum lacerato-partitus in 
segmentis 2-3 concavis, reflexis, deciduis. Petala 6 ad 24, 
oblonga vel lineari-lanceolata, 1-3-seriata, calyce 3-4-plo lon- 
giora, toro subcylindrico cum staminibus insita, patentia, 
decidua, aestivatione apicibus replicatis imbricata. Stamina 
plurima (15 ad 40), indefinita, pluriseriata, hypogyna, brevis- 
sima ; filamenta compressa, crassiuscula : antherce 2 -lob 2 e, lobis 
ovatis, sejunctis, subdivaricatis, ad margines versus apicem 
.filamenti utrinque aflSxis, vix extrorsis, linea longitudinali 
2-valvatim dehiscentibus. Ovaria 5-8, distincta, summo tori 
uniseriatim affixa, ovata, gibba, unilocularia : ovula plurima, 
reniformia, e placenta solitari parietali, ventrali, medio funi- 
cula brevi, biseriatim appensa. Stylus subnullus. Stigma 
parvum, breve, pulvinatum, umbilicatum, infra apicem latere 
ventrali situm. Baccce 4-8, distinctse, oblongse, gibbse, car- 
nosae, summo tori elevati sessiles, 1-loculares. Semina in qua- 
que 3-10, cochleato-reniformia, hilo apicali punctiformi hori- 
zontal iter suspensa : tunica externa (arillus) dura, crystallino- 
crustacea, subfragilis, nitida, atra, nucleum valde gibbum et 
crasso-virgulseformem claudens : tunica intermedia (arillina) 
crassiuscula, celluloso-spongiosa {raphide conspicuo chordi- 
formi sigmoideo ab apice usque ad chalazam percursa), et ad 
integumentum tertium membranaceum adhserens ; chalaza late- 
ralis versus sinum spectans : integumentum quantum membra- 
naceum, reticulatum. Embryo in verticem albuminis carnosi 
copiosi minutissimus, breviter cylindricus, utrinque obtusus, 
cotyledonibus brevissimis, radicula hilo proxima, supera. 
Arbores sempervirentes in America, a Mexico usque ad Fretum ' 
Magellanicum et in insulis Mari Pacifici crescentes, cortice 
aromatico ; folia exstipulata, alterna, integerrima, coriacea, 
glaberrima, subtus^ scepius glauca, pellucido-punctata, petiolata ; 
flores pedunculati, aggregati, e gemma acuminata foliolis con- 
volutis cito deciduis orti, scepius terminales, rarius axillares, 
pedunculis aut unifloris, aut apice pedicellis plurimis umbellatis 
floriferis imo bracteolatis gerentibus, bracteolis involucratis par- 
vis caducissimis. 
Div. 1. Pedunculi plurimi, aggregati, axillares, \-jiori. 
1. Drimys axillaris, Forst. Gen. 84. tab. 42 ; DC. Syst. i. 443 ; 
Prodr. i. 78; Hook. Icon. 576 ; Hook. fil. Fl.Nov.Zeland. i.l2. 
D. colorata, Raoul, PL Nouv. Zel. 24. pi. 23. — Nova Zelandia. 
This is admitted on all hands to be a good species, concerning 
