at heros per macesæ

pl. [From the typical genus at hero sperm a (q.v.).] Bot. An order of exogenous plants placed by Lindley in his Men is per mal Alliance. Their English name is Plume Nutmegs. They PLUME NUTMEG. are unisexual plants, having neither calyx nor corolla, but only an involucre. In the male flowers the stamens are numerous; in the females they are le so. Each involucre has several ovaries, with solitary erect ovules, which afterwards become feathered at the summit by the persistent styles. They are natives of New Holland and South America. In 1846 Lindley estimated the known species at four only.