. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. le the amen-taceous inflorescence isan indication of an affi-nity with apetalous Orders of a lower giade. The sameBotanist indicates its relation to Chloranths in the structm-eof the filament, and to Samyds in that of the fiiiit, themonadelphous stamens of both which may be perhaps con-sidered a higher kind of evolution of the fleshy disk in thebottom of the flower of Lacistema. In habit the speciesare said to be something hke Peppers, but more me, however, they
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. le the amen-taceous inflorescence isan indication of an affi-nity with apetalous Orders of a lower giade. The sameBotanist indicates its relation to Chloranths in the structm-eof the filament, and to Samyds in that of the fiiiit, themonadelphous stamens of both which may be perhaps con-sidered a higher kind of evolution of the fleshy disk in thebottom of the flower of Lacistema. In habit the speciesare said to be something hke Peppers, but more me, however, they look much more hke Casearias withan amentaceous inflorescence, and they might easily be mis-taken for them, when not in flower. They differ, however,from Samyds in their leaves not being dotted, in their scaly,not perfect tubular and half-coloured, calyx, and their cm*iousunilateral stamens. No doubt they aie a transition fonnfrom the more perfect to the diclinous Orders, as is suffi-ciently indicated by their polygamous flowers. Natives of low places in woods in equinoctial properties are Fig. CCXXV. GENERA. Synzyganthera, Ruiz et , Willd. Lacistema, , L. C. Rich. Numbers. Gen. 2. Sp. 6. Position. — Fig. CCXXV.— Lacistema semilatum.— pistil and calyx ; 4. fruit in its state of dehiscence. 1. amentum in flower; 2. pistil and stamen 330 S^MYDACE^. [Hypogynous Exogens. Order CXII. SAMYDACE^E.—Samyds. Samydeae, Vent. Mem. Inst. 2. 142. (1807); G(srtn. fil. Carp. 3. 238. 242. (1805); Eunth. Nov. Gen. 5,360. (1821) ; DC. Prodr. 2. 47. (1825) ; Endl. Gen. cxciv.; Meisn. p. 72. Diagnosis.— Violal Exogens, with scattered apetalous tubular hermaphrodite flowerSf peri-gynous stamens, and both round and linear transparent dots in the or sluubs. Leaves alternate, often somewhat distichous, simple, entire ortoothed, evergreen, with stipules, usually with
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