THE SPECIES OP JIYIilSTICA
Sect. JR.—IRYA {JJooh fl. noms. cj- A. DC.) Panicles as in Pyrrhosa; poriantli
b i f id or 3-toothed, sonietimcs 4.tootlied; andicccium globoso or depressed-globose, sessilii,
sometimes elongated transrersely ; anthers for the most part attached to the cohinin
b y their bases only (quite connate to it iu J/. biualoU).' their «ides
f r e e ; the apices sometimes much incurved. Fruit as in Pyrrhosa.
apices quite
Teriantl: of S flowers bi-valved, never 3 or 4-tootlied.
Androeciuru o sessile cup, bearing about 30 elongate, connate,
much inflesed autliers IT.
Androeoium elongated transversely, witli 10 anthei's partially
attached io the column and to each other a6. ilf.
Androeoium slightly elongated transversely ; anthera 10, their
tips incurved ; S panicles mfous-pubescent ; fruit globular . . 37. M.
Perianth of â fioTrers 2 or 3-toothed ; androecium ovate or subglobular;
anthers about 10; i panicles and aU other pai'ts
glabrous ; fruit ovoid 38
Perianth usually 3-toothed ; sometimes 4-tootlied.
Leaves glabrous.
<? panicles rather few-flowered, scurfy, stout, 3-5 in.
S ft. "1 in. long; fi'uit 1-75 in. long; young
bU-alv's.
-cmm/olia.
Inja.
glabra.
5 panicles many-flowered, 4 to 6 in. long, slender, spreading,
glabresoont; (? fls. about -05 in. in diam.; fruit
in. long; young braaehcs distinctly 2-ridgod . . . 40. M. bracMuta.
<? panicles scurfy or almost glabrous, not more than 2 in.
long; cT fls. -05 in. in diam.; female panicles under vo
in. long
6 panicles many-flowered, 2*5 to 3*5 in. long, nearly
glabrous; <J fl. less than -Oo in. in diam.; fruit l-2o
to 1 5 in. long
Eidki/ana.
Colkitiam.
Leaves glabrous, escept the lower surface of the midrib in young
leaves,
c? panicles many-flowered, 2 to 4 in. long; rusty-tomentosc,
spreading; 3 fl. -05 in. in diam,; female panicles I'O
in. long; fruit -75 in. long 42. Jf, pol;,ipheruk.
Sect. r.-KNEMA {Bhme, H. f . TL, ^ A. DO.) Male flowers pedicelled, in
clusters of from 3 to 15 from short axillary tubercles; pedicels with a persistent bracteole
about the middle (close to the periauth in 3i. Canthyi and M. oUoiifiifolia). Staminal
column peltate, concave or flat, rarely convex, usually stalked; the anthers ovate,
u s u a l l y sessile, attached by their bases to its edge, or sometimes with short filamentsotherwise
free, radiating more or less horizontally from the edge of the flattened
column and dehiscing downwards, or sub-erect and extrorse.
OF BRITISH iy.DI.i.
StaTTiinal disc and anthers almost as in Irya; bracteole close to the
flowei- 44. i/". ohlongifolia.
Anlliers with filaments.
Disc Oat or sub-concavo.
Lunvcs less than 10 in. long.
Fruit broadly ovoid, apiculate, '5 to 'To in. long; arillus
laciniate at its apex; anthers 9 to 12 45. i/". Kunstleri.
Fi-uit ovoid, blunt, 1'5 in. long; arillus laciniate at the
apex; anthers 15 40. confcrta.
Pniit oblong, not pointed, 1 to 1-75 in. long, always
glabresceat; arillus entire 47. J/. Wnn/i.
Fi-uit pointed at each end, 1 to 1-5 in. long, furfuraceous
tomentose when young, glabresceat only when
old; arillus entire 48, jj/. altoiuatn
Leaves more than 10 in. long 49. M. ScortcchiMi.
Diäc convex go. J/, intermedia.
Anthers sub-sessile; staminal disc large, flat, or sub-conoave . . 51. M. fiirfuraeea.
Anthers sessile, sub-eroot; staminal disc small, concave.
Fruit -To to 1'2 in. long, densely and harshly i-uious-tomentose . 52. M. laitvwa.
Fruit -75 to 1-25 in. long; glabrous when old Ö3. M. >jhaca.
Anthers sessile (sub-sessile in II. Cantkyi), horizontal.
Disc flat or concave.
Anthei-s 11, or fewer.
Fniit spherical 54. 3/". Mhmnk.
Fruit oblong, gibbous 65. J/l gibb.sa.
Fruit oblong, not gibbous.
Fruit -75 to 1 in. long; stigma not persistent;
arillus entire Ö6. J/, gcininala.
Fruit '5 in. long; stigma persistent; arillus
fimbriato at apes 57. glaticesceiis.
Anthers 14 to 18.
Leaves under 10 in. long öS. iii. ervatica.
Leaves 10 to 20 in. long.
Eipe fruit blunt, densely covercd with coarse,
short, rusty tomentum 59. 2f. tongifolia.
Ripe fi'uit pointed at each end; glabrous . . . 60. M. Clarkeuna.
Ilipo fi-uit 2 to 3 in. long, thickly coated with
silky wool 61. J/. ILoolcenana.
Anthei's 45 (j2. M. Ciirtisii.
Disc .convex (mammillate).
Perianth of ? flower accrescent, and persistent at the base
of the fi-uit; anthei-s with short filaments Cu. M. Cantkyi.
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