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 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. 671

his assistance in determining the species, by whom it was first discovered in New South Wales.

Bot. Mag. 2091 (1819).

��Chloranthus MONOSTACHYS. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA.


 * 1) Flores Apetali.

Anthera lateri ovarii insidens (indivisa, bilocnlaris ; vel triloba, 4-1 ocularis). Ovarium monospernuni, ovulo pen- dulo. Stigma capitaturn. Drupa, — Brown.

Chloranthus monoslachgs, antheris incurvis trilobis indi- visisve, spicis solitariis, floribus alternis. Br.

By the advice of Mr. Brown we have placed Chloranthus in the first class of the Linnean system, although, he observes, that only one known species is really and at the same time constantly monandrous (C. monander, Br.) ; for in inconspicuus and elatior {Br.) the three-lobed, four- celled anther, hitherto regarded as an antheriferous petal, is according to him composed of three confluent anthers, of which the middle one only is perfect or two-celled, corre- sponding with the anther of monander, the lateral being dimidiate or one-celled ; and in monostachys both simple and compound anthers are found on the same spike.

Bot. Mag. 2190 (1820).

RULINGIA PANNOSA. Pentandria PENTAGYNIA. (Inter Maherniam et Commersoniam.) Petala 5, e cucullata basi ligulata, Stamina sterilia 5,

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