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the anthers upon more elongated filaments differ from that 
genus. 
The following is offered as an emendated character : — 
Tasmannta, R. Br. — Flores monoid, polygarni, ant hermaphro- 
diti. Cahjx in alabastro clausus et indivisus, ovato-globosus, 
summo apiculatus, demum lacerato-partitus in laciniis 2, 
rarius 3, concavis membranaceis parallele nervosis pcllucido- 
pnnetatis reHexis, deuique circumscissus, et deciduus. Petala 
5-10, lineari-oblonga, 3-nervia, pellucido-punctata, expansa, 
2-serialia, aestivatione parallela, apicibus quincuncialiter im- 
bricatis. Stamina plurima, gynophoro subgloboso inserta, 
4-seriata, quorum exteriora breviora, interiora gradatim lon- 
giora ; filamenta longiuscula, loriformia ; antherce parvae, 2-lo- 
culares, loculis oblongis, sejuuctis, fere parallelis, margine 
filameuti utrinque subextrorsim adnatis, rima longitudinal! 
dehiscentibus. Pollen globosum, obscurum, sulcis 3 signa- 
tum. Ovaria saepe solitaria, aut interdum dua vel quatuor, 
staminibus 2-4-plo breviora et superposita, oblonga aut glo- 
bosa, gibbosa, 1-locularia, in cj paullo minora et sterilia, 
in $ pluriovulata : ovula reniformia horizontalia in placentam 
parietalem longitudinalem ventralem biseriata. Stylus nullus. 
Stigma sessile, e summo introrsim decuri’ens, undulato-crena- 
tum. Bacca solitaria (rarius plures), carnosa, globosa aut 
oblonga, 1-locularis. Semina plurima, reniformi-cochleata, 
angulata, apice afiixa ; tunica externa dura, nitida, atra, ciy- 
stallino-crustacea, fragilis ; tunica intermedia raphigera, bul- 
lata, carnosula; raphe immersa, simplex, e summo ad chalazam 
sinu proximam percurrens ; integumenta interiora biua, tenuis- 
sime membranacea, distincta, sed ad chalazam crassiusculam 
inter se coalita. Albumen copiosum, cylindricum, in formam 
virgulse curvatum, extremitate basali (chalaza tecta) hinc su- 
perne spectanti, apical! recta; embryo in verticem valde mi- 
nutus cyliudricus, radicula supera, cotyledonibus minutissimis 
centripetis. 
Frutices sempervirentes in Australasia, insulis Novee Zelandiee et 
Borneo indigeni, monticoli, glaherrimi, plerumqne oleo aromatico 
repleti ; folia sparsa, integerrima, pellucido-punctata, petiolata ; 
pedunculi terminates aut axillares brevissimi aut obsoleti ; pe- 
dicelli plurimi, umbellatim aggregati, graciles, folio multo bre- 
viores. 
1. Tasmannia aromatica, R. Br., DC. Syst. i. 445-; Prodr. i. 73 ; 
Del. Icon. i. tab. 84 ; Bot. Reg. 2 ser. xvii. tab. 43 ; Hook. FI. 
Tasm. i. 11. ^Tin^erania lanceolata, Poir. Z)id.Me7A. viii. 799. 
— In Australasia et Insula Van Diemen. 
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