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raphigera, raphide siiuplici hilo orta per marginem superiorein 
protensa et chalazam attingeiite percursa ; tunica tertia hya- 
lina, tenuiter membranacea, areolis elongatis reticulata, versus 
anguluin superiorem chaluza majuscula incrassata; tunica 
quarta pellucida, paullo crassior, areolis ininutissiuiis hexa- 
gonis reticulata, ad albumen arete adbserens. Albumen co- 
piosuni, carnosum, hexagonoideo-cellulosum, ovale, paullo 
compressum, versus bilum rostratum, bine enibryonem mini- 
mum claudens, radicuta cylindrica, bilum versus spectante, et 
in cotyledonibus obtusis brevissimis centripetis fissa. 
Arbusculse Indica, Chinenses, Japonicce, et bureali-Americance 
eempervirentes ; folia alterna, oblonga, iategerrima, glabra, co- 
riacea, pellucido-punctulata, scepe conferta ; flores axillares vel 
in ramulis annotinis terminates, tandem ramuli novelli elonga- 
tione later ales, pedunculis solitariis aut terms 1-^0775, petalis 
purpureis aut flavescentibus, capsulis aromaticis vel insipidis. 
1. Illicium anisatum, Linn. Sp. 664; Gaertii. Fr. i. 338. t. 69; 
Diet. Meth. i. 351 ; Lam. 111. t. 493. f. 2; DC. Syst. i. 441 ; 
Prodr. i. 77 ; De Vriese et Hoeven, Tijd. i. 31-45. t. 2. — In 
Japonia et China*. 
2. Illicium religiosum, Sieb. et Zucc. FI. Jap. i. 5. 1 . 1 ; Bot. ^lag. 
t. 3965; Walp. Rep. i. 74. — In Japonia. 
3. Illicium Griffithii, Hook. f. & Th. FI. Ind. i. 74. — In montibus 
Khasia. 
4. Illicium Floridanum, Ellis, Phil. Trans, lx. 524. t. 12; Diet. 
Meth. i. 352 ; Lam. 111. t. 493. f. I ; Gaertn. Fr. i. 339 ; Bot. 
Mag. t. 439; DC. Syst. i. 441; Prodr. i. 77; Gray, Gen. 
Un. St. i. 56. t. 21. — In Florida. 
5. Illicium parvijlorum, Mich. FI. Bor. Amer. i. 326 ; \ ent. Cels, 
t. 22; Hb. Am. t. 330; DC. Syst. i. 44.2; Prodr. i. 77. — In 
Florida. 
4. Temus. 
Of this genus nothing is known beyond the very imperfect 
description given by the Abbe Molina in bis Mlistory of Chile;’ 
and as no plant corresponding with it has since been found by 
any of the numerous collectors who have visited that country, 
the genus must be considered a very doubtful one. It was 
placed bv DeCandolle between Illicium and Drimgs, although 
the character ascribed to it by Molina was incompatible. with 
them ; but he considered that character to be, in all probability, 
* Analytical details of the fruit and seed of this species are shown in 
plate 27 c. 
