inacolosa.] xxxix. olacineje. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 581 



ni"^' ^^'^f^?? ' ^^^^ *^ ^^^^'^^ ^^- ^^^ ^^^^£/' 1872, il 297: leaves 



oolong or ovate-oblong "" "-' ' . . ^ . \ > 



Andaman Islds., Kurz, 



or ovate-oblong acuminate, base acute, calyx puberulous. 



shm f ™i ,^««'^es 5-6 in., shortly petioled, glabrous, coriaceous. Ptdundes 

 with '/if '• P"V'"''""'""^' springing from a short, thick, axillary spur. Ccdyx covered 

 '!tb jeilowish down (Kurz).—! have not seen this spocies. 



P.i» ? l^eptandra, Maingay in herl. ; leaves lanceolate, base acute, 

 calyx puberulous, filaments hairy. 



Malacca, J/a%a^. '/. 



4-fi "^ '^'M °^ ^^^^' -^^^^^^ 6 by 2 in., coriaceous, glabrous; petiole J in. Peduncles 

 J>. axillary, tufted, about tlie length of the petiole, puberulous. Flower-huds 

 ^^iung-truncate. Flower -^^ in, Cahjx cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals 5 (7, Maingay), 

 a e coherent, ultimately free, coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, concave, triangular at the 

 (7 li .^^^^y on the middle of the inner surface, edges membrauous. Stamens 5 

 [jjg ^^^S^yji hvpogynous, opposite the petals, filaments broatliy strap-shaped, bllobed at 

 bytb^^h'*^^^ provided with a tufi of bristly hairs ; anthers minute, didyniuus, concealed 

 surr i \'^L *^^^ filament ; pollen-grains triangular. Ovary depressed-globose, lobed, 

 as th"^ oy an annular disk, imperfectly 2-3-celled; style conic-fusitbrm as long 

 speci^ *^Th^' stigma minutely 2-3-tootlieJ; ovules 2-3, pendulous. — A remarkable 

 toe ^* * k flowers I examined were pentamerous. Maingay says in a note that it 

 *6 es with Anacolosa in all respects but the heptamerous flowers. 





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8. SCB(EPrZA, Schreb. 



Ptac^^^' -?^'os?icA€5 terete or angular. Leaves alternate, simple, petiolate. 

 Bhkn^I^ ^^il^ai'y, many-flowered. Flowers fragrant, yellow. Fjncalifx cup- 

 CorJr ^^^P^y 3-lobed. Calyx adherent to the ovary, limb obsolete. 

 ^^^"^ P^rigynous, tubular, limb 4-5-parted. Stamens 4-5, epipctalous, 

 ments slender ; anthers free, glabrous, 2-celIed, attached below the middle 



ffinn.^. 3'?"^ ^f the filament; pollen triangular. ^ ^"'' "-" — 



So i.'^y a fleshy epigynous disk, 3-celled be 



Ovary half-superior, sur- 

 beneath, 1-celled at the top; 



stvlp 1* "^ «• AACf5iiy t^pigynuus uiait, o-ceiieu uuueaiu, i-i^eiicu at cue i^vy , 



from t?" ^^^^^' stigma capitate, 3-lobed; ovules 3, cylindric, pendulous 

 We b f^^^ of a central placenta. Fruit drupaceous, surrounded at the 

 aud 11 l^^^sistent epicalyx, marked above by the remains oi the calyx 

 ape/% fl^ ' ®*^^^^ **^^^' striated, 1-celled, 1-seeded, Embryo minute, in the 

 hisTi> ^^^^y albumen, radicle superior, cotyledons plano-convex.— 

 ijnf^' Species 3-4, natives of the Himalaya and of tropical South 



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ienga. 



acumf ' f'^ffrans, Wall. Tent. Fl Nep. 18, t. 9; leaves narrow lanceolate 

 j^jninate. Jtoxh ^^ ^^^ '-'^ i fiQ • '^>^'^ ^^ ^^ ^>^'/ ^'^- ^^9. S. odurata. 

 'J'- CW. 485. 



C/^/ /c. P^. hid. Or. 629. S. odurata, 



uasia 



2-31^/'' tree. Barh corky, whitish. Branches terete, smooth. ie</t?e5 scattered, 

 Ur^/ *rl »n., acute at both ends : uetiole i in., channelled above. Macemes half tho 



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6-8, each i-1 in. Ilowers i in. Z<o5e* o/ 



crfjiif'^f^^^^nibricate, cih'ate. Cbro?^a double the length of the calyx-tube, tabular 

 thecf^?^^^^P^<l» limb 5-lobed ; lobes lanceolate, acute, valvate, with a tuft of hairs on 

 ^mh ^{ *'^® ^""^r surface. Filaments attached to the petals for nearly their wJ.oJe 

 (klrir ^r^^^ ^^ alevel with the hairs on the petals, connective prolon^-ed above, 

 of the i'^^^ y *^'^^'^ t^® length of the calyx.— The plant varies considerably in the size 

 three I ^^^e^. and flowers. "1 haVe followed Wallich^s description of the epicalyx, the 



Anm)losa and C(ft?t€dra (with which they 



) in their unequal size and their imbrication. 





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