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petala. Petalis oblongis, acutis, planis, e flayicanti-albis, duas lineas longis. Filamenta quatuor, filiformia, 
fundo corolle inserta, petalis paulo longiora. Anthere oblonge, pallide faves, erectee. Feminei flores in 
apice ramulorum panicule subeapitati, duodecim ad quinguedecim sessiles, basi subconnati intra singulam 
bracteam. Gractee ovate, acuminate, vix quatuor lineas longe. Calyx ex herbacco-albidus, plerumque 
octo-dentatus dentibus paryis, ovalis, acutis, apice conniventibus,, Corolla wulla, Germen inferum, mag- 
num, subrotundo-ovatum, basi ealycis indutum. Sfy/i nulli. Stigmata octo, divaricutissima, reflexa, supra 
canaliculata. | Pericarpium (adhue immaturum) crassum, earnosum, elabram, subrotundum, §-loculare. 
Semana solitaria.”’"—Solander, * Primitiw Flore Insularum Oceani Pacifici,’ p. 339, 
2. MM. macrophylla, Seem. in Bonplandia, 1862, p. 294.  Botryodendrum meerophyllum, Rich in A. 
e 
Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 732, t, 97.—Samoan and Tongan Islands (U.S. Expl, Exped.). . 
3. lM, latifolia, Seem, in Boupl, l.c. p. 295. Botryodendrum latifolium, Endl. ¥). Nort, p. 62; Ferd. 
Bauer, lustr. Pl. Nort. t. 188, 185, 209, 211 (ined). Aralia macrophylla, Cum. ex Loudon, Hort. Brit. 
Suppl. vol. i. p. 58.—Norfolk Island. Cultivated in European gardens. 
4. M. angustifolia, Seem. in Bonpl.1.¢, p. 295. Botryodendrum angustifolium, Endl. Fl. Norf. p. 64; 
Ferd. Baner, Ilustr. Pl. Ins. Norf. +. 184, 208 (ined.).—Norfolk Island. 
5. M. Sinclairii, Seem, in Bonplandia, 1862, p. 295; Hook. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. p. 104 (1865), 
Botryodendron Sinclairti, Hook. Fl. N. Zeal. vol. i. p. 95.—New Zealand (Sinclair! Colenso !), 
MM. Denhami, Seem, in Bonpl. lc. p. 295; foliis obovato-ellipticis utrinque attenuatia v, elongato- 
lineari-lanceolatis; calyce hermaphr. 5-9-partito, laciniis ovatis acuminatis v. acutis recurvis; stvlis 5-9; 
ovario 5—9-loculare.—Isle of Pines, off New Caledonia (Capt. Denham’s Hxpedition !),—Cultivated at Kew, 
Orvo XLIX, CORNACEAs, 
I. Rhytidandra, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p, 502, et in Proceed, Am. Acad. vol. vi. p. 55. 
Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx parvulus, tubo cum ovario connato, limbo cupulari truncato, margine 
6-7-denticulato. Petala 6-7, lincaria, conniventia, zestivatione valvata. Stamina 6-7, petalis alterna, 
cum lisdem inser'ta, libera; filamenta brevissima, intus barbata; anthers lineares, introrsum adnate, 
dithees, 4-locellatse, locellis transversim annulato-rugosis v. cameratis. Discus epigynus. scutelli- 
formis. Ovarium inferum, l-loculare, 1-ovulatum; ovulo ex aptce loculi parvi suspenso., Stylus 
elongatus, sulcatus, 2-fidus, lobis seepius apice 2-3-dentatis; stigmatibus terminalibus parvis, Drupa 
ovata, subacuminata (ultra pollicaris), sarcocarpio tenui, putamine osseo ruguloso, Seminis testa 
membranacea. Albumen carnosum, copiosum, per cotyledones tenui-foliaceas orbiculares fere 2-par- 
titum. Radicula supera, cylindrica, quam cotyledones dimidio brevior.—I'rutex sarmentosus; foliis 
ovatis obliquis ; pedunculis axillaribus cymulam paucifloram gerentibus. Species unica. 
1, R. Vitiensis, A. Gray, l.c. p. 503, t. 28.—Viti Islands, particular habitat not recorded 
(U.S. Expl. Exped.). 
At first referred by A. Gray to Olacacez, but afterwards removed by him to the neighbourhood of 
Marlea. © 
Orvo L. LORANTHACEZ, 
I. Viscum, Tournef. Inst. 380; Linn. Gen. n. 1105; Endl. Gen. n, 4584; Oliver in Journ. 
Linn. Soc, Lond. yol, vii. p. 108. Flores unisexuales, dioici y, monoici. Masc.: Perigonium sim- 
plex, coriaceo-carnosum, 4-partitum, rarius 6—5-partitum, laciniis triangularibus, erectis, restivatione 
valvatis. Antherze numero loborum perigonii, singule iisdem medio adnatz, o0-cellulose, poris co 
dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum, glandulare v. sepius 0. Foem,: Calyx tubo cum ovario connato, 
limbo obsoleto. Petala 4, nunc 3 v. 5, coriaceo-carnosa, summo calyci inserta, valvata. Staminum 
rudimenta nulla. Ovarium infernm, 1-loculare; ovulo 1, pendulo. Stylus 0 v. brevis, stigmate 
obtuso. Bacca pulposa, l-sperma. Semen inversum. Embryones intra albumen carnosum seepis- 
