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

 narrow.— iJisTRLB. Species 9, natives of tropical Asia ana 



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' l! A. Benthamiana, Wight Ic. 1153 ; leaves glabrous ^^^^^^S Pj^^^j^f 

 at both ends margins revolute, anthers and ovary puberulous. Bead. rL 

 Sylv. 1 40 var. a. 



Western Pemnbula in the Nilghiri Mts. and Southern provinces, Wignty 

 Beddoine. . .: / » > 



Branches terete, glabrous, shoots puberulous. ieave^ 3-4 by l-U ^'n., coriaceous, 

 black in drying; petiole ^-l in. Panicles terminal, rigid, shorter than the leayes, 

 pedicels puberulous. Flowers \ in. Petals inflexed at the point. Ovary bairy. 

 Drupe I by \ in., ovoid, reniform, crowned with the persistent base of the stjle, an 

 furnished with a lateral scutelliform appendage, 1 -seeded. Seed pendulous, oboYate- 





cuneate, compressed. 



2. A. Gardneriana, MiersinAnn. d: Mag. Nat. Histser. 2, vol. jx. 

 389 ; Contrib. I 58 ; leaves oblong acute at both ends abruptly ^eliminate 

 margins revolute, anthers glabrous, ovary slightly puberulous. I/iwattes^ 

 Enum. 42. ^ . , 



Ceylon ; Central province, alt. 5-7000 ft., Gardner, TJiwaites. . ; ^."'^^ 



Bark wrinkled. Leaves 2-4 hy f in., black in drying ; petiole \ in. /-^'t' 

 pedui.cled, terminal, pedicels divaricate or ascending, ultimate pedicels sliorter tban 

 Howers. .Burfs elongate, oblong. Fioioers 4 in. r :>, 



3. A. Beddomel, Mast. ; leaves membranous broadly ovate acute acu- 

 minate, margins flat, anthers and ovary glabrous. A. Benthamiana, van p, 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 146. 



Western Peninsula in the Nilghiri Mts., and Travancore, Wight, &C' •- ; 



Quite glabrous. Leaves 3-4 by li-2 in., black in drying, base rounded or acu, 

 petiole J-l in. Pedicels pilosulous, ultimate pedicels shorter than the/oa;er5. J^^ 

 oblong, obtuse. Flowers ^ in. -FrmY 3 in., wrinkled. 



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_ 4. A. andamanlca, Kurz Andam. Rep. 5 ; Joum. As. ^^^-f^^-^^J^ 

 u. 298 ; leaves oblong acuminate not black in drying, cymes axiUarj suui , 



Andamax IshAsnn, Kurz. 



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^ A small tree. Branches virgate, terete. Leaf-buds puberulous. ^^^^^^.^ 'liole 

 m., glabrous, base obtuse or acute, midrib depressed above prominent ^^"^^^ '^^^^^r 

 4 ill. Cymes peduncled, peduncles not much exceeding the petiole, strigose. ^ . 

 i m. Calyx puberulous, cup-shaped, scarcely lobed. Petals externally P^^^ jj^. 

 oblong-acute, midrib prominent within. Filaments Ra,t, ligulate; anthers short, o" => 

 Dru^e 14 in. ; stone fibrous woody. ^; 



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,^zamens ;>, nypogynous, alternate with the petals : aniners ^-^^^.,: , ^q. 

 fixed, dehiscing longitudinally; pollen grains subquadrate. _, i^'*^ .^^^g^ 

 gynuus, cup-shaped. Ovart/ superior, 1-celled ; utyle .short : O] " gn, 

 pendulous. FruU drupaceous. Seed pendulous ; embryo in nesuy ai , ^j^^ 

 cotyledons leafy, radicle superior.— Distkib. Species 8 or 10, natives v 

 Westeru Peninsula, Ceylon and tropical South Americsi. ^ , 



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