1 80 Johnson . — The Nursing of the Embryo 
zodendron in Bentham and Hookers Genera Plantarum 1 is 
inserted : — 
Tribe II. OSYRIDEAE. 
Myzodendron, Banks et Sol. ; DC. Prod. iv. 285 ; Mem. 
Loranth. t. 11, 1 % (errore Misodendron) Flores dioici. Peri- 
anthium in flore £ o. Stamina 2-4, circa discum parvum glan- 
duliformem affixa, filamentis crassiuscule filiformibus ; antherae 
terminales, erectae, ovoideae v. globosae, uniloculares, vertice 
2-valvatim dehiscentes. Perianthium floris ? ovario adnatum, 
margine supra ovarium libero brevissimo, extus angulis 3 
longitudinalibus interdum in alam dilatatis et inter angulos 
rimis totidem setam unicam pluresve foventibus instructum. 
Staminodia o. Ovarium inferum, disco vix conspicuo corona- 
tum ; stylus brevis, crassus, stigmatibus 3 brevibus ; ovula 3, 
ab apice placentae centralis crassiusculae pendula. Fructus 
parvus, nuceus v. utriculosus, extus setis lateralibus valde 
elongatis plumosis instructus v. rarius nudus. Semen con- 
forme ; embryo in centro albuminis carnosi teres, radicula 
supera crassa ex albumine prominula cotyledonibus minimis 
v. vix distinctis multo longiore. — Suffrutices ramosissimi, in 
arboribus parasitici. Folia alterna parva v. o. Flores minuti, 
secus ramos alterni ebracteati v. in spiculas parvas amenti- 
formes dispositi. 
Species 4, Chili australis et terrae Magellanicae incolae , . . 
Genus habitu et embryonis radicula ad apicem albuminis pro- 
minula Loranthaceis accedit, ovarium caeterique characters 
tamen potius Santalacearum. 
Vegetative Organs. 
The surface of the stem of M. punctulatum is covered by 
innumerable swellings, visible to the naked eye (Fig. 1). Each 
swelling consists of cortical parenchyma overlaid by a well- 
developed epidermis. At the tip of each swelling there is a 
stoma of peculiar form. The air-chamber is very large, con- 
tributing considerably to the size of the swelling. Though the 
1 Bentham and J. D. Hooker, Genera Plantarum, vol. iii (1883), p. 229. 
