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stamina ; b\«t even these occupy the place of the glands or scales usually found in the order, and the resemblance they bear to stamina in this genus, may assist in explaining their nature in all: nor does their being in most cases secreting organs render this view of their origin improba- ble ; for the function of secretion, which, as it is far from universal, must be considered as only of secondary im- portance in assisting impregnation, is more frequently accomplished by the modification of some of the usual parts of the flower than by the production of an additional organ.

Cenarrhenes nitida. LabilL Nov. Roll. 1, p. 36,* t. 50.

Hab. In Insula? Diemen plagis australioribus. La- billardiere. (v. s. cum fructu sed floribus delapsis in Herb. D. Lambert.)

��20. PERSOONIA. Smith in Linn. Trans, iv. Gart. Carp. 3, p. 218, /. 220. Pentadactylon. Gmrt I. c, p. 219, t. 220. Linkia. Cav. Ic. 4.

Char. Gen. Calyx tetraphyllus, regularis, foliolis medio staminiferis, supra recurvis, deciduus. Stamina exserta. Glandules quatuor hypogynae. Ovarium pedicellatum, [ieo 1-loculare, 1— 2-spermum. Stigma obtusum. Drupa baccata ; JYuce 1 — 2-loculari !

Habitus. Frutices v. Arbuscula3, cortice in quibusdam scarioso-lamelloso. Folia sparsa, integerrima, scepius plana. Pedunculi awillares, solitarii, ebracteati, v. racemosi, uni- bracteati. Flores flavi. Pedicellus ovarii in quibusdam articulatus ! Cotyledones scepius plures !

unifioris solitariis, antheris acuminatis, stylis ovario brevi- oribus.
 * 1. P. teretifolia, foliis flliformibus exsulcis, pedunculis

Hab. In Novae Hollandiae ora australi ; Lewins Land : in collibus saxosis. (ubi v. v.)

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