290 MR. S. T. DUNN: A REVISION 
A Revision of the Genus Ziligera, Blume. By STEPHEN TROYTE Deny, 
B.A., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Depart- 
ment, Hongkong, China. 
(Read 16th January, 1908.) 
ILLIGERA, Blume, Bijdr. 1153 (1826); Ann. Sei. Nat. 2 ser. ii. 95 (1834); 
Nees, Syst. Laur. 703 (1836); Endl. Gen. 324 (1836); Lindl. Key to 
Nat. Syn. 202 (1836); Meissn. Gen. (1843) 327; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 
718 (1846); Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 1. (1853) 1094; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 
xv. i. 250 (1864); Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 214 (1860); 
Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1. 689 (1865); ВаШ. Adans. v. 186 (1865), 
Hist. des Pl. ii. 445 (1870); C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. ii. 460 
(1879); Pax in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflanzenfam. IIT. ii. 126 (1889); 
Boerl. Fl. Ned. Ind. i. (1890) 480; King, Mat. Fl. Malay Penins. No. 9, 
in Journ. Аз. Soc. Beng. lxvi. п. (1897) 342. 
Henschelia, Presl, Rel. Haenk. ii. 81, t. 63 (1831). 
Gronovia, Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. i. 186 (1837), non Linn. 
Coryzadenia, Griff. in Proc. Linn. Soc. i. (1846) 281, Notul, iv. 356 (1854). 
Frutices ope petiolorum scandentes. Folia alterna, 3-(vel 5)-foliolata, 
foliolis petiolatis. — Inflorescentise cymosie, bracteolate. Flores herma- 
phroditi ; calycis tubus ovoideus, superne constrictus, ovarlo adnatus; 
limbus 5-partitus, lobis patentibus, valvatis, oblongis, deciduis; petala 5, 
sepalis textura similia; stamina 5 cum glandulis 5 oppositipetalis alternantia, 
ima basi nectariis duobus lateralibus vel dorsalibus appendiculata, nectariis 
tubulosis extrorsis eonspieuis vel solidis obscuris, antheris ovatis, lateraliter 
valvatim dehiseentibus ; ovarium 1-loculare; ovulum unicum pendulum; 
stylus brevis, in stigma peltatum undulatum vel varie incisum expansus ; 
fructus indehiscens, siccus, 2—4-alatus; semen oblongum, cotyledonibus plano- 
convexis, radieula inclusa. Genus gerontogeum tropicum species 12 asiaticas 
incladens et unam africanam. 
Blume founded the genus in 1826 (1. с.) on two Javan climbers with 
trifoliolate leaves, inferior one-celled ovaries, and a remarkable floral structure 
recalling that of the Lauracew. Eleven more species sharing these peculiar 
characteristics have now been added, some of which were at first thought to 
represent distinct genera. Henschelia was founded by Presl on a Philippine 
specimen collected by Haenke, and a full description with an elaborate figure 
was published by him (Rel. Haenk. ii. 81, t. 63) ; from a perusal of these it 
would appear as though his plant differed from Blume's species in many 
important partieulars, the ovary being represented as superior with two 
erect basal ovules and the staminal whorl as also widely different. The 
