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I^I>tonychia.] xxvii. sterculiace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 379 



aril fleshy orange-coloured, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat leafy, radicle 



thfr^^"" , ^^^^^^- ^ S^^^s of 3 or 4 species, natives of both Peninsulas, 

 ^e Arcliipela^o, and also of west tropical Africa. 



r.L- ■ ^^'^^'^I'lata, Mast; leaves oblong abruptly acuminate base 



tap 



aW."^i\?^*^^.^*^"^i^^d^s 10, inner subulate not ciliate, capsule 2-valved 

 alves ultimately dimidiate. ■• 



Malacca, 3f«m^a2/. 



oblonr^* ■ ^^^^^^ 8 by 24 in., glabrous oa both surfaces ; petiole |-2 in. Flower-buds 

 late f P*^"^^^^; 5'sided. Flowers 4-| in. diaui. Stj)als spreading, coriaceous, lanceo- 

 cori^ceo*'"^ ^^ ^^^ ^^"^^^ Pe^a^5 less than half the length of the sepals, erect, sub- 

 nodes li "^* r^^*^^' ^^"^^^^^ villous. Andrcecium tubular at the base, outer starai-. 

 as the ^*^.^^ o^^^!^» nearly as loug as the sepals, fertile stamens intermediate, as long 

 •dnate*^ staniinodes, and placed with them in pairs opposite the petals; anthers 

 lone v/l/°"^^ staminodes 5, very abort, subulate fleahy, opposite the sepals. Ovarij ob- 

 obscir I TV^!?^^*^^^^ ^^^'^^ terete, as long as the fertile filaments, stigma capitate 

 tubular*^ 'obed. Seed oblong, testa black shining smooth, aril fleshj orange-yellow 

 Btraitrht ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ tl^c seed from the hilum upwards, albumen fleshy, embryo 

 ^ , 6 ) cotyledons flat leafy base cordate, radicle superior away from the hilum. 



abrun^l' ^^^*^^^' Turcz. in Ball Mosc. 1858, 222; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 stAim ^ ^^"i^inate base tapering subcordate, outer staminodes 15, inner 

 Si^ ciliated, capsule 1-celled. Oiidem. in Compt Rend. Ac, Roy, Sc. 

 Wr^ln.^ «^^- ii. 8, cum. ic, and Wahx Ann. vii. 449. Grewia? caudata, 

 cho.L- ri^^^- ^' heteroclita, Roxb. FL Ind, ii. 590. Binnendykia tri- 

 ch^«f r ' ^'/^^ in Nat Tijdschrift Ned. Ind. ser. 3, iil 164. Turraea tn- 



DmTD!^^^^!^^^"^^^'' Pexang, Wallick; Moulmein, Loll; T^TUxsa^msi, Heifer. 



Aw T ^"^^^^^ Borneo, Java, Sumatra 



what nil- ""^^ ^^ ^y 2 in-, glabrous or thinlr stellate-hairy, base 3-5-nerved, some- 

 wines T!;' P^^^*^'^ ^ ^°- Peduncles axillary, solitary, or in short few-flowenng 

 denre^L 1 -p ^^^^"^» cJnb-shaped. Ovary oblong, obscurely 4.Jobed. C(q)sule J in- 

 ^W^ct P c^^ coriabeo'us, rugosej shining and wrinkled within. Seed J in.— In the 



te Rnl-c P^^'^ec*^ ilou ers on the Indian specimens it is not absolutely certain that they 

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acuinii'f "?^^^^^"®*^®S' Beddome FL Sylvat t 114; leaves eUiptic 

 uiate base rounded, outer staminodes 10, capsule tubercled, 



A^mon'r^''^.¥Y«^^E,^erfJome; Courtallum, WSgld. '^ . " t. v rt, 



surfalT ^^'^^-^oid tree. Bramhes virgate. Zear^ 3-4 by 1| m., glabrous on hofh 



axilkrv ^^^ 3-nerved; petiole i-A in. Stmnles lanceolate, caducous. Flowers m 

 - '^'^rvpr^.. -L 1.., , r . , 4 s -r_ , 'n., linear-lanceolate, pubescent. 



villous. Ovary 4-lobed ; stylo 

 V 2-valved. — The leaves and 



^^is species are smaller than those of the preceding. 



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.uuen 'e!^,^^ or lierbg. Zeaves alternate, rarely opposite, simple or 

 flowL^ *^,"^ free, often caducous. 'Flowers usually cymose, cyinea few- 

 Ttoisexn 'i'''" If Se and many-flowered. Flowers regular hermaphrodite or 

 8«Pak .• i^"-?^* 3-5, free or connate, valvate. Fita^ M ^^^^^ ^ ^\^ 

 definit/^^^y .absent, imbricate or valvate., SUimmi numerous, rarely 

 .^te, usually sprin^uir from a nroloneed or dilated torus, free or some- 



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