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tata, rarius agariciformia, integra. Achzenium calyce sicco inclusum (rarissime semi-exsertum), len- 
ticulare aut pyramidato-triquetrum, sepius stylorum basi acuminatum, angulis obtusis acutisve 
apteris integerrimis, pericarpio tenui crustaceo, Semen sessile, achenio conforme; hilo basilari 
latiusculo; testA tenui membranaceé. Embryo lateralis, angulo albuminis cornei vel rarius farinosi 
accumbens vel semi-immersus, arcuatus; cotyledonibus foliaceis angustis; radiculé supera brevi.— 
Stirpes multiformes, herbaceze y. perennes, raro suffruticoss, prostrate erectze vel volubiles; ecir- 
rhose, caulibus sepe nodosis vy. fistulosis; ocreis membranaceis decoloribus vel rarius herbaceis 
cylindricis, ciliatis nudisve v. bipartitis v. demum lacero-multifidis, floralibus (bracteis) plernmque 
aphyllis; foliis herbaceis (raro subcoriaceis vel subcarnosis), sparsis (dispositione spirali = vel rarius 
4), penninerviis, nonnunquam cordatis vel sagittatis, rarissime pinnatisectis, rarissime glaucis, szepe 
glanduloso-punctatis quandoque maculatis; floribus axillaribus solitariis v. aggregatis v. racemoais 
spicatis capitatis paniculatisve, parvis, albis v, rubris; pedicellis articulatis plerumque fasciculatis. 
—Lagunea, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. vol. i. p. 271. Ampelygonum, Lindl, in Bot. Reg. 1838; Mise. 118. 
Echinocaulus, Hassk, Hort. Bogor, p. 85, 
1. P. glabrum, Willd. Spec. vol. ii. p. 447; DC. Prodr. vol. xiv. p. 114; glaberrimum; ocreis 
longis infra medium foliigeris bracteisque eciliatis; foliis elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis attenuato- 
petiolatis glanduloso-puncticulatis etiam in margine nervoque glaberrimis; spicis geminatis v. pawi- 
culatis anguste cylindricis; bracteis subimbricatis breve turhinatis oblique truncatis subacutis 2—4- 
floris; calyce eglanduloso fructifero ovato; staminibus 6 (raro 7-8) inclusis; stylo semi-bifido sub- 
exserto; achzenio biconvexo (raro trigono) nitido.—In swampy places, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 
370). Also collected in the Hawaiian Islands (Macrae! Barclay! Seemann!). Common in India, 
China (Hance !), Brazil, and the La Plata States. 
Orpo LXXVIII. LAURACE. 
I. Cinnamomum, Burm. FI. Zeyl. p. 62; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. vol, xv. parsi. p. 9. Flores 
hermaphroditi v. polygami, paniculati, nudi, Calyx infundibuliformis, 6-(v. passim 4- v. 8-)fidus, 
subcorollinus, demum coriaccis; lobis basi v. supra basin transverse rumpentibus et a tubo cupuliformi 
deciduis, rarius persistentibus. Stamina perfecta 9 (raro passim pauciora y. co), exteriora 6 basi 
eglandulosa, interiora 3 extrorsa supra basin glandulis 2 stipitatis v. sessilibus munita. Antheree 
filamento tenui subequilonge, ovate v. oblong, superposite 4-locellate (interiores passim 2-loc.), 
locellis superioribus minoribus. Staminodia 3, ovata v. oblonga; stipite brevi nudo v. rarius 2-glan- 
dulifero. Stylus ovarium zequans, tenuis; stigmate obtuso v. discoideo interdum subtridentato. 
Bacea calycis basi cupuliformi incrassata truncato-6-fida vy. integerrima suffulta.—Arbores v. frutices 
sempervirentes, fere omnes cortice foliisque aromaticis insignes; gemmis phyllogenis subnudis v. 
squamatis; foliis oppositis v. suboppositis v. passim alternis 3- y. 3-pli-(rarius 5-)nerviis ; paniculis 
axillaribus, seepius in corymbum terminalem congestis; ramis cymoso-3-<o-floris ; floribus mediocri- 
bus paryisve albis y, flavis, omnibus quidem 2-sexuahbus et plerumque ex parte sterilibus iisque 
minoribus magisque globosis.—Cinnamomum, Camphora, et Cecidodaphne, Nees ab Esenb, Laur. 
pp. 19, 21, 87, 292, 102. Parthenorylon, Blume, Mus. Lugd. Bat. vol. i, p. 916. Lauri et Persee 
sp. auct. 
1, C. pedatinervium, (sp. nov.) Meisn. in DC, Prodr. l.c. p. 15 (Tab. XLVIII.) ; foliis op- 
