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which latter, however, I refer to C. excavata, Burm. I have only seen 

 cultivated specimens from India and the Mauritius. It is probably a native 

 of Southern China, as stated by Retzius. Loureiro did not find it wild 

 in Cochin China, nor Blanco in the Philippines. Hasskarl and Miquel 

 have confused Micromelum with this well-known species ; the latter gives 

 the Moluccas, Timor, and Java as localities. It is probably introduced,] 



fC. (sp. nova ?). Ovario glabro 5-loculari, ovulis superimpositis, stylo* 

 pentagono ovario sequilongo, foliis inflorescentiaque plus minus hir- 

 sutis. 



Loc. Philippines! Cuming, 1872, Hb. Hook. 



Ramuli inflorescentiaque cinnamomeo-velutino-pilosi. Folia 11-21- 

 foliolata, 12-20 poll. Foliola petiolulata (1^-3 lin.), valde obliqua, 

 rhomboideo-laneeolata v. ovato-lanceolata, leviter acuminata, margine 

 obsolete crenulata, utrinque praecipue ad costam nervasque sparse 

 pilosa v. hirsuta. Panicula hirsuta, 15-17 poll., valde ramosa, floribus 

 in cymis aggregatis, brevissime pedicellatis v. sessilibus. Calyx pro- 

 funde 5-lobatus, lobis ovatis vix acutis. Petala elliptica, navicularia, 

 submembranacea, glabra. Stamina 10, filamentis glabris, infra di- 

 latatis crassioribus, sursum subulatis ; antheris glandula instructis. 

 Ovarium brevissime stipitatum, obovatum. Ovula geminata, superim- 

 posita, superiore fere peltato, infer, subpendulo, funiculato. Stylus 

 basi leviter constrictus, mox sejungens. 



I have not seen the fruit. Very like the Wampi, from which its much 

 longer and narrower leaflets, glabrous ovary, and longer style, distinguish it.] 



6. C. Wallichii. Foliis 13-l7-foliolatis, ovario glabro 5-loculari, 

 stylo distincto ovario breviore v. vix sequilongo, foliolis acuminatis 

 glabris. 

 Bergera Wallichii, A. DC. MS. in Hb. Wallich. 

 Loc. Chapedong Hill, Birma ! Hb. Wallich. 



Folia rachide leviter alata, foliolis rhomboideo-lanceolatis oblongisve, 

 acuminatis, margine crenulatis, glabris. lnfiorescentia paniculata, 

 multiflora, ramulis strictis, floribus parvis. Calyx 5-partitus, lobis 

 ovatis. Petala 5, margine leviter sestivatione imbricata, tenera. Sta- 

 mina 10, libera, filamentis medio crassioribus, primum infra leviter 

 subfornicatis. Ovarium breve anguste stipitatum, 5 (v. 4) -loculare, 

 ovula oblique superimposita. Stylus brevissimus, sulcatus, stigmate 

 aequilato. 

 When the ovary is 4-locular, the ovules in one cell at least appear to 

 be truly collateral. This plant thoroughly unites the genera Piplostylis 

 and Clausena : and not only does it closely bind these genera, it much 

 weakens also the generic distinctness of Murraya, some species of which 

 are mainly to be distinguished from pentamerous species of Clausena by 

 the proportionally elongated style, more capitate stigma, form of infiV 

 rescence, larger flowers with narrower petals, and perhaps in the less 

 stipitate ovary and disk. 



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