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gibbous, style-scar lateral ; endocarp subreniform. Seed slightly concave 

 ventrally, albumen 0: cotyledons oblong, ^-terete, very thick, slightly in- 

 curved, radicle minute, ventral.— Distkib. Two species, an Indian and ^ 

 Bornean. 



Miers Contrib. iii, 353, t. 141 ; leaves oblong-lanceo^ 



Uocculus plani- 



I. P. pleniflora^ 



late quite glabrous. P. planiflora, H.f. <Sc 1\ FL Ind. 206. 

 florus, }ValL Cat 4961 {error for pleniflorus). 



*SiT.HET, Wallirh. 



Branches striate, puberulous. Leaves 5-7 by l%-~2\ in., thm, coriaceous, obtusely 

 acuminate, puberulous on the midrib beneath, reticulate; nerves prominentbeneathj 

 arching within the margin; petiole % in., top clavute. Floicera almost capitate ; pe- 

 duncles ^-i in., pubcf^cent, 1-2-flowered, with 2 basal and a median bract. Drupes, 

 i in., smooth— P. mecistophylla, Miers I.e. 353, from Assam (Griffith), described from 

 leaves only, does not appear to us to be congeneric. 



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A strong glabrous climber. Leaves very coriaceous, 3-nerved. Flowers 

 in axillary racemes, dioecious. Male fl. : Sepals 9-12 with 3 bracts, large. 

 Fdals 6, base minutely auricled. Stamens 6, free ; anther-cells 2, remote on 

 the face of a large galeate dilated connective, bursting obliquely, nttd^ 

 mentai-y carpels 3, minute. Fem. fl. : unknown. Dnf/>es 1-4, large, ovoia 

 fleshy, oblong, stalked, style-scar subbasal ; endocarp coriaceous, oblong, 

 adherent. Seed oblong, albumen ; embryo large, cotyledons accumbentj 

 folded on themselves, very thick, |-terete, obtuse ; radicle short, stout, in- 

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1. K. Thomsoni, Alters ContriK iii. 325, 1. 134 ; leaves oblong oDtusei; 

 acuminate. F. comptus and incusus, Miers l,c. 326, 327. Baterium vali- 

 dwm.Mkrs in TayL Annat. Ser. 3, xiii. 124. Fibraurea? hsematocarpa, 

 H.f, dT. FLInd. 204. 



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SiKKiM-HiMALAYA and Khasia hills, alt., 3-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Branches stout, pale. Leaves 3-4 by 14-2 in., base obtuse or acute, pale or.glabroa 

 beneath, nerves reticulate ; petiole slender, |-1 in. Bacemes supra-axillary, .f. ' 

 or several, slender, branches ^h^xi \ flowers small; pedicels slender. Se])ols c\\^^ ' 

 Feiah concave. Fruiting racemes woody, 1-3 in.; torus globose with 4-6 ^^ j{. 

 Drapes \\-2 in., smooth, suboblique ; stalks \ in., stout; sarcocarp hard, blood-re » 

 mesocarp traversed by stout vessels from the thin crustaceous endocarp. 



19. ANTXTAXXS, Miers. 



A shrub. Leaves penninerved. 



Flowers in axillary fascicles, dioecio ^^ 



Male fl. : Sepals 8, in decussate pairs ; outer small ; 2 next obovate ; 4 m" 

 larger, orbicular, imbricate. Fetah 2, obovate. Stamens 4, filaments clavat » 



anthers 1-celled, subglobose, bursting transversely. Fem. fl. : ^"^^^^^: 

 Drupes 1-3, subglobose, style-scar ventral ; endocarp thin, fragile, ^y^^^^, 

 form-oblon^c. Seed subglobose, concave ventrally, albumen ; cotyl^tion 



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-terete, slightly incurved, very thick; radicle minute, ventral. 



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. < 1. A. fasciculata, Jliers Contrih. iii. 336, 1. 142 ; leaves oblong acunj^' 

 nate glabrous, petiole tomentose. Cocculus lucidus, Teysm. & J^^n, / 

 Tydsch. iv. 397. 



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