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 132 ON THE PROTl.Ai T..i: OF JUSSIEU,

��18. AGASTACIIYS.

Char. Gen. Calyx regularis, tetrapliyllus, basi cohaerens, medio staminifer. Filamenta distincta. Glandule nullse hypogynae. Ovarium sessile, monospermum, trigonum. Stigma imilaterale.

Habitus. Frutex glaberrimus. Folia sparsa, integer rim a, plana. Spicae numerosa, terminates et e summis atis, sim- plices. Flores atterni, sessiles, unibracteati. Calyx Jia- vescens, deciduus. Pistillum staminibus brevius. Bracteae cucullatce, p ersisten tes.

Etym. ayaGTayryq spicis abimdans.


 * Agastachys odorata.

Hab. In Insulse Diemen plagis australioribus ; prope Adventure Bay : ubi primum a I). Nelson detecta, nuperius lecta a D. G. Caley. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.)

��19. CENARRHENES. Labill Nov. Holt. I, p. 30,

/. 50.

Char, Gen. Calyx tetrapliyllus, regularis, foliolis supra angustatis, deciduus. Stamina basi calvcis inserta. Glandule 159] quatuor hypogynae, staminiformes. Ovarium sessile, nionospermum. Stigma simplex. Drupa baecata.

Habitus. Arbor glabra. Folia alterna ; plana, den- tato-serrata, nitida. Spicae axillares, simplices. Flores atterni, sessiles, unibracteati.

Obs. Labillardiere considers this genus as most nearly related to Lauri. Jussieu, however, has (in Annates du Museum, v. 5, p. 224) stated sufficient reasons for ex- cluding it from that order, but has not attempted to de- termine its affinity. I have ventured to place it in Pro- teaceae, from the structure of its fruit, stamina and calyx, and the only circumstance in which it differs from them, consists in its having (according to Labillardiere) four barren

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