Lasianthera,] 



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ilmii°^^' 'i'^^*'/ ''-''"■y '"/'""^ ^^"^^^^ ^^e anther, densely so behind, ffupogy- 



len^h nf r^1 ''P"^' '"°^.^°'" ^"'^ ^-'°^'^^' ^°^«« opposite the petals. Ovary half the 

 , Dgtn 01 the stamens, ovoid, rugulose ; stjle conic, stigma minute. Fruit unknown. 



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-3 by |-1 in., coriaceous, 



J.' J" piaingrayl, Mast. ; leaves ovate or ovate-1 

 acuminate, base acute, fruit small ovoid obtuse. 



IIalacca, Maingay. 



eUrn "^•"Z "* ^*- (^'-""ii^ay). ^ra«c7ies virgate. Leaves 2-3 



nltima^ ' ^r , n^ '"• ^^<i^ncle axillary, about the length of the petiole, dichotomous' 

 cXtZ^ , drooping, shorter than the flowers. Flowers pendulous, J in. Male fl. : 

 in? the 1 ' 'v"P-'*'^aP.e^' 4-5 toothed, teeth shallow acute. Petals 4-5, much exceed- 

 8arfacp<! r' if'f ^' *'°"ac^o"s, oblong-acuminate, (acumen inflexed,) glabrous on loth 

 filament °fl ^^^.y P^'^S'' within, midrib prominent on the inner surface. Stamens 4-5, 

 tarr T^ ' ^'^^^ ^ *"f*' of liairs at the back curving over the anther. Pistil rudimen- 

 7- JfEMALE fl. : i^„n-« i-i in., 1-celled, l-seeded. 



cvn^-.r'* ' ^V^^^olaXBL, Mast. ; leaves lanceolate pointed at both ends, 



^,68 terminal, petals free villous internally. 



of the r rT ^ ^~^ ^"'' ^l^brous; petiole | in. C^w^g terminal, half the length 

 ^^anth^fl' P^*l*^^*^le trichotomous ; pedicels divaricate, densely tomentose, shorter 

 ^tooth ^? p*^^' Flower-huds clavate. Floivtrs hermaphrodite. Cahjx cup-shaped, 

 ^th a " . ^^^^ "^^j ultimately free, lanceolate, inflexed at the apex and marked 

 in fronrT*^^"* nerve. Stamens 4-5, filaments flat, shorter than the petals, pilose 

 ^arw "^neath the anther, densely so heliind, hairs curling over the anther. 



^hm 



>gma minute. — This may he a form 



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13. GOMPKANDRA, Wall 



^inal ■^^'^^^ alternate, petioled, simple, l-nerved. Cymes axillary, ter- 

 Polvc ^-^f.'P^^^ite the leaves. Flowers dichlamydeous, hermaphrodite, or 

 pa/jj^j^?^^"dioecious. Calyx minute, cup-shaped, 4-5-lubed. Corolla cam- 

 projj^-^^^>^~5-lubed ; lobes acuminate, inflexed, rarely entirely free, midrib 

 Uigj.. ^^^!* ^itlun. A^^me^^s 5, hypogynous, alternate with the petals, fila- 



filament 



t^e anth ^ dilated above, hairy at the back, hollowed in front to 

 Globed 7^'V- ^^*^^^^ pendulous from the filiform apex of the fi^«.^*-*.w. 

 'tick ^^l^iscing lengthwise ; pollen-grains triangular. Hypogy^iom duk 

 1-cell j^^^^^^^ ^^ 0. Ovary effete in the male, oblong in the female flower, 

 disk- ' f^y^^ conic, stigma minute or style crowned by a stigmatiferous 

 fruUA^^ 2, collateral, pendulous, funicle dilated into an ''obturator.'^ 

 CTQatao P^^^*^^^' surmounted by the remains of the disk (stigma?), stone 

 lipartif*^^^- >S'ee^ pendulous, surrounded by the raphe, albumen fleshy 

 ^ ^ite ; embryo minute.— Distrib. Species 5-6, natives of tropical Asia. 



confugj^^ *^ \^^ frequently unisexual flowers and the imperfection of the materials, great 

 rfraanj o^^^^^^ in boaks as to the characters and limitations of the genera Oomphan- 

 kxncr ^r^^^^?nurus . This arises chiefly from the difficulty of determining and core- 



*tmfriL —^y^urus, xh\s arises chieny irom xne aimcun^f ui uciciumiiu^ an^ wi^.- 

 ^I»erei« ^^ri'^^'ons in the structure of the ovarv. In some cases, in the male flowers, 

 a fertile ^^jl'^^^^tary pistil with a subulate style ; in other cases this is developed into 

 th,. I. "^^unferonH i^^..^.r +k« „*.,i^ ^f.^;r.;on. i*fa n/miVal sh>ine. In a third series (the 



troefej,7^i'^erou8 ovary, the stvie retaining its conical shape. In a third series (the 

 coidstw, ^*^wers) the ovary is oblong and is apparently surmounted by a fleshy dis- 

 «»«8(^aP^.- . Miers. however, considers this stigma-like body to be in reahty an ac- 

 these for P^^^"^"8 disk concealing the true style and stigma. The exact relation of 

 Ki s. .^^"e to the other, and their true*nature cannot be surely determined from 

 W;C^!^?-^^ ^'rom Lasianthera, the moat striking difference i^ the form of the 



"ous disk. 



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