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10-15 cent. longi. Limbus ad 16 cent. longus, 9 cent. latus, supra in sicco 

 dense viridis, subtus multo pallidior. Inflorescentiae ad 25 cent. longae, 

 3 cent. latae (v. s.) 



8. P. oblonga (Wall. Pl. As. rar. III. 12), scandens, ramis crassiusculis, cortice 

 striato fuscato, fnliis remote alternis , petiolo crasso inaequali-rugoso, limbo 

 oblongo-lanceolato utrinque breviter acuminato integerrimo subcoriaceo 

 penninervio venoso, supra glabro, subtus pallidiore tenuiter pubescente, 

 nervis reticulatis subtus pallidis valdeque prominulis, fioribus masculis in 

 racemos « axillares » e ligno ortos (fasciculatos ?) dispositis, racemis siu- 

 gulis simplicibus gracilibus dense cum pedicellis, bracteis foliolisque perian- 

 thii fuscato-hirsutis , pediceilis plerumque 3-floris filiformibus , singulis 

 bractea iineari pedicello 2-midio breviore basilari v. pedicello plus minus 

 alte inserta stipatis, perianthii foliolis obovato-concavis, saepius 4, involucelli 

 foliolis .3 v. 4, conformibus sed brevioribus apice rotundatis, staminibus 3, 4 

 circa gynaecei rudimentum minutum fuscato-hirsutum insertis. 5 In India 

 or., ad Insul. Princip. Galliae (G. Porter, in hb. Comp. Ind. colleg. Wallich. 

 n. 4948, nunc in hb. Kew., Mus. Brit. DC, Mus. Par.; Wight, in hb. Kew.). 

 Gynocephalum oblongum Trec. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 3. VIII. 149. — Ramus 

 suppet. |- cent. crass. Petiolus 1-1 £ cent. long., circ. \ cent. crassus. Limbus 

 ad 15-20 cent. long., 9, 7 cent. lat. Eacemi ad 6-8 cent. longi. Pedicelli ad 

 l cent. longi. Bracteas i- £ cent. longae (v.s.). 



II. MIQUELIA Meissn. Gen. 152; Comm. 109; R. Br. in Benn. Pl.Jav.rar. 245; 

 Endl. Gen. 795. n. 4564; Bl. Rumphia. IV. 37; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 354. 

 n. 32; Miq. Fl. Ind.-Bat. I. p. I. 797; H. Bn. in Adansonia. X. 262. 768. — 

 Jenkinsia Griff. in Calc. Journ. IV. 231. t. 12. — Phytocrene spec. Wight. 

 IU. II. 62. — AraKacea spec. WiglU et Arn. 



Flores dioici umbellati. Flos masculus. Perianthium (corolla?) 

 4, 5-merum; foliolis oblongis v. laneeolatis, liberis, sedplus minusinter 

 se in alabastro cohserentibus, valvatis; apice nuno inflexo. Stamina to- 

 tidem alterna libera oirca gynascei rudimentum hypogyne inserta; fila- 

 mentis brevibus; antheris erectis introrsis; loculis 2, basi discretis lon- 

 gitudinaliter rimosis. Flos foemineus. Perianthium fere maris, crassius 

 autem breviusque; foliolis 4, 5, valvatis, apice demum recurvis. Sta- 

 minodia 4, 5, alterna brevissime linguiformia, hypogyna. Germen ses- 

 sile, 1-loculare; stylo brevi v. subnullo in cupulam concavamv. crasse 

 discoideam stigmatiferam dilatato; ovulis 2, sub apice loculi insertis, 

 collateraliter descendentibus ; altero ssepius abortiente minimo; altero 

 autem fertili anatropo; raphe dorsali; micropyle introrsum supera. 

 Drupa oblonga, plus minus compressa, perianthio basi cincta; meso- 

 carpio tenui; endocarpio crustaceo, extus rugoso, intus sajpius ver- 

 rucoso. Semen descendens; integumento tenuissimo; albumine carnoso, 

 extus ruguloso ; embryonis subaequalis radicula brevi supera; cotyle- 

 donibus ellipticis v. ovalibus, crassiuscuio-foliaceis planis, basi digiti- 

 nerviis. — Frutices alte scandentes volubiles; ligno insigniter poroso; 

 foliis alternis obiongis membranaceis, integris v. dentatis, basi digiti- 

 nerviis. Pedunculi cum gemmis 1, 2 superpositis supraxillares 1-ce- 

 phali, fasciculati v. breviter racemosi. Pedicelli singuli in floribus 

 foemineis breves crassiusculi, in masculis valde elongati filiformes 

 (corollEe tubus Auctt.), basi articulati et calyculo brevi (calyce Auctt.) 

 3-5-fido muniti. — Gen. Phytocreni proximum, imprimis floribus longe 

 pedicellatis differt fructibusque subumbellatis. 



1. M. Kleinii (Meissn. 1. c. ann. 1836-1843), scandens, ramis teretibus glabris, 

 foliis remote alternis lanceolatis v. oblongo-lanceolatis, basi apiceque Ieviter 

 acutatis, nunc rarius ad basin longe attenuatis v. plus minus loDge, nunc 



