70 MB. J. MIERS ON" THE SCIIOEPFIEJE. 



maculis in lineis niveis decurrentibus extensis. Stamina b, segmentis 

 opposita ; filament a tenuia, e margine disci orta, lineis niveis subcohse- 

 rentia, apice breviter libera ; antherce in fauce liberie, ovatse, biloculares, 

 loculis collateraliter aduatis. Discus epigynus, conice globosus et alte 

 pulvinatus. Stylus tenuis, faucem corollae attingens; stigma capi- 

 tato-trilobum. Ovarium ovatum, ut in Schoepfia superne 1-loculare, 

 infra medium semi-3-loculare ; placenta centralis, liber, apice trun- 

 cata, e septis adscendentibus trialata; ovula 3, ab apice suspensa. 

 Drupa baccata, oblongo-ovata, disco coronata, 1-loeularis, abortu mo- 

 nosperina. Semen suspensiun, ovatum ; integumentum spongiosum, 

 ferrugineum ; albumen amygdaloideum ; embryo parvus, apicem ver- 

 sus inelusus ; cotyledones 2, ovato-oblongac, plano-convexae ; radi- 

 cula sequilonga, supera. 

 Arbuscula; Asiatics, ramose; rami fleocu em j folia altema, lanceolato- 

 oblonga, glabra, subbrevitcr petiolata ; racemi axillares, breves, alter- 

 natim 6-7-flori ; flores tenuiter pedicellati, plerumque lutei, scepius 

 odor at L 



1. Schoepfiopsis frigrabts, nob. — Schoepfia fragrans, Wall. 

 in Roxb. Fl. Indica, ii. p. 188 ; Tent amen, p. 18, tab. 9 ; D. Don, 

 Fl. Nepal, p. 145 ; G. Don, Diet. iii. p. 432 ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 320. 

 In Nepalia et Khasya : v. s. in herb, rneo, ex herb. Hook. & Th. 

 Khasya, altit. 3000-5000 ped. 



A small tree 10-15 feet high, with a thick spongy bark ; 

 branches terete, subflexuous, marked by numerous scales ; axils 

 |— | in. apart ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute at the base, acumi- 

 nate, snbinequilateral, chartaceous, smooth, dark green above, and 

 almost nerveless, paler beneath, with inconspicuous fine nerves 

 2 i~3 \ in. long, 7-10 lines broad, on slender channelled petioles 

 2-2—3 lines long ; racemes solitary in the axils, stibsessile, 1-1| hi. 

 long ; peduncle slender, glabrous, bearing 6 or 7 flowers on 

 slender pedicels 6 lines long ; bracteoles small ; calycle and 

 calyx |-f line long, unequally lacinulate ; corolla tubular, fleshy ; 

 tube 5 lines long, 5-grooved at the base, where it is agglutinated 

 around the ovary ; segments oblong, acute, shorter by two thirds 

 than the free portion of the tube, each with a fascicle of minute 

 hairs at its base ; stamens 5, with filaments subcohering to the 

 tube ; anthers ovate, subbilobed, free in the throat ; disk epigy- 

 nous, pulvinate, spongy ; style as long as the tube ; stigma 3- 

 lobed ; ovary turbinate, crowned by the disk, 3 lines long ; drupe 

 oblong, nearly white, G lines long, 4 lines broad, crowned by the 

 disk ; pericarp fleshy, nearly 1 line thick ; nut thinly testaceous ; 

 rest as in the generic character. 



