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Cansjera.] xxxix. OLACiNEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 583 



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2. C- parvlfolia, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, il 298 ; leaves 

 pubescent and pilose rounded or ovate acute. 



Tenasserim, Heifer, 



A shrubby climber? ShooU, leaves and inflorescence pubescent and with stiff forked 

 nairs. Leaves ^ by | in., coriaceous, base rounded; petiole very short. -Brac^« ovate, 



ite. -rerza^i^/i ^^ in., funnel-shaped or urceolate, limb 4-parted ; lobes ovate, ulti- 



tely spreadmg. Stamens 4, free, springiner from a perigynous disk, opposite the 

 WDesot the perianth ; anthers small, introrse. Glands of disk (staminodes) ovoid, acute, 

 fleshy. Ovaru ohhriP-, . ^ y ; » 



acute. 

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10. ZiEPZONUaUS, Blume. 



Arborescent. Leaves alternate, shortly petioled, simple, 1-nerved. Inflo' 

 ^ence axillary, of numerous densely packed tricnotomous um*bellate 

 cymes, each, subtended by an ovate bract. Flowers monochlamydeous, 

 regular, hermaphrodite. Perianth urceolate, limb 4-parted ; lobes valvate, 

 glabrous within. IStcimens equal in number to the lubes of the perianth 

 and opposite to them ; anthers glabrous. Staminodes 0. Disk fleshy, 

 yellow, lining the base of the perianth-tube. Ovary free, oblong, conical ; 

 sUgma sessile 4-lobed ; ovule solitary. Fruit drupaceous, glabrous, stone 

 crustaceous. Seed pendulous ; embryo small, in the axis of fleshy albumen, 

 ^oicle terete, cotyledons ternate,—DiSTKiB. Species 2, natives of Tropical 



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I. L. oblong-ifolius, Hast.; leaves oblong or obovate-lanceolate 

 J^^^iinate. Leptoiiium obloiigifolium, Grif. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 

 ^6. OpUia acuminata, Wall. Cat. 7206 F. 







Eastern Bengal, Assam, and the Khasia Mrs'., ascending to 2000 ft. Abor hills, 

 J'mh; Texasserim at Mergui, Griffith. Malacca, JIainffai/.—DisTRiB. Java, 



^ranches greenish, subangular, 'glabrous. Leaves 5-7 by l|-2f in., membranous, 

 l^^brous, base acute; petiole j-4 in. Pedicels twice the length of the petiole. Bracts 

 P'i^ niembranous, roundish, imbricating when young. Flowers minute. Fruit J by 

 i^'^The flowers are minute and the specimens very impeifect, hence the flowers are 

 tterently described by different authors. In the absence of more complete material, 

 18 not possible to decide which view is the more correct. In the generic description 

 J^ave followed Griffith, as the results of my own examinations, so far as they have 

 ^> are in accordance with his. Wallich's 7464 A ma^ possibly also belong to 

 ■^ genus, but the material is too scanty for accurate determination. Its flowers are ia 

 ^I'lary spikes, and have a monochlamydeous, 5-parted, campanulate perianth, isonie- 

 ^^ stamens opposite the lobes, 2-celled anthers dehiscing longitudinally and a free 



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11. OPIMA, Koxb. 



Scandent shrubs or low trees. Leaver alternate, distichous, simple, entire, 

 „-°f^ed, shortly petioled. Flowers numerous, in axillary, racemose 

 ^pes, each cyme umbellate. Bracts deciduous. Calyx minute, annular, 



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1 ;T""des) alternating with the petals, thick, fleshy. Ovary ixt., 



ceiled; style short, stigma minute; ovule soUtary, pendulous. Fruit 

 wrunn ....•,,.. g^^^ albumfnous ; radicle superior.— Disteib. Species 1 or 2 



■^^ives of the ti-opics of the Old World. 





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or n.?'>'*»«°'taceW, i?o:c5.-6^ Pluli. MtFL Ind. ii. 87 : leaves 

 "fovate-lauceolate.-'TrtoA< III. t.'4Dj Thvoaites Enum. 41; Miq- Fl 



leaves ovate 



Ind. 



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