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690 XXXIX. OLACiNEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Phlebocalymm 



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fleshy, hypogynoTis, 5-lobed, lobes opposite the petals. Ovary conic. 

 1 -celled; style subulate ; ovules 2, pendulous. Fruit oblong with a crus- 



taceous rind, 

 embryo minute 

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/S^ec? pendulous; albumen coriaceous, lobulate, ruminate; 

 e.— DisTRiB. Species 2 or 3, natives of the Malay peninsula 



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ll P. Griffithiana, Mast^ leaves obovate-oblong shortly and abruptly 

 acuminate, stamens adherent to the base of the corolla. Platea GriffitUiana, 

 Mier^ Contrib. i. 97. 



Tenasserim; at Mergui, Griffith, . , 



A glabrous shrub. Branches terete, slender, slightly compressed, rugose, yellovrish. 

 Leaves 6-8 by 3 iu., coriaceous, glabrous, pale, concolorous, midrib prominent beneatn, 

 margins revolute ; petiole |-| in., sulcate. Cymes axillary, erect, spicate, scarcely 

 longer than the petiole, few-flowered ; pedicels puberulous. Calyx-lohes ^"^^"*^''r^' 

 ovate, ciliolate. Corolla much longer than the calyx, funnel-shaped, limb 5-lobea, lobes 

 ultimately inflexed at the point. Filaments linear, glabrous. Ovary very short, su^_ 

 rounded by a pentaojonal disk, 1-celled ; style conic, pilosulous, stigma obscurely 3 lobed. 

 Fruit 14 by I in., oblong, obtuse ; stone thick, bony, 1 celled by abortion. &fa solitary, 

 pendulous from the apex of the cell, integument densely permeated by spiral vessels, 

 albumen fleshy lobulate. — Kurz refers Miquel's Gonocaryum? gracile to this species, 

 but Mi(juers plant is described as having a longer inflorescence, two styles and a dine- 

 rent fruit. -' 



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2. P. Ziobbiana, Mast ; leaves oblong acuminate, stamens adherent to 

 the corolla for the greater part of their length. Platea Lobbiana, Mi^^ 

 Contrib, I 97 ; Wall. Cat 9052. 





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Eangoon, Martaban, and Tenasserim; WalUcTi, &c. i 1 « 



A shrub or tree ? Branches angular. Leaves A\-bl by 1 J-2 j in., coriaceous, &^^^^ 

 margins revolufe, nerves prominent beneath ; petiole \ in., sulcate, rugose. Cm^ 

 axillary, peduncled ; peduncle erect, shorter than the petiole. Floicers suhfasciciea, 

 i m: Calyx ^^ in., cup-shaped, lobes imbricate. CoroUa \ in., funnel-shaped, liin» 

 5-lobed; lobes oblong, recurved. Filaments glabrous ; anthers ovoid, compressed, c^ - 

 nective wide at the base. Disk hypogynous, 5-lobed. Ovary hirsute, ovoid, tapeiiDg 

 into a short style. Fruit 1| in., oblong, obtuse, olive-coloured, obscurely 2-ceiled. ,;*^ 



A plant collected by WalHch in Tavoy (Cat. 9051), has the habit, inflorescence, and 

 floral characters (ovary not seen) oi Phlehocalymna, but the fruit is diflerent, and men* 

 hke that described by iJiquel under his Gonocanjvm? gracile (Fl. Ind-Bat. ^uPP'- '' 

 343). Indeed, 1 should refer both Wallich's 9051, and Heifer's 817, Kcw. dist trom le-t 

 rmssenni ? which evidently beloncr to the same snecies. to Miauers irenus, but for the ui . 



le ovaries 



rmsserini ? which evidently belong to the same species, to Miq^uers genus, but f 



ferent habitat (Miquel's plant is Sumatran), and that I have not seen either tL 



of Walhch's or Heifer's plant in any specimen of Miquel's. Kurz, in J^urn. As. C'o^' 



jpeng. xxxix. pt. 2, p. 72, refers Gonocaryum? gracile to Phlebocalijmna fl^^'^^' 



the fruit.— il,ie wi 



give the P^^^'JJ^^^ 



J ~ iJ" ' ^-Ki^'tn-, ix j^iauiuua tiuiuu, j>#/u«wfc«-o terete, O a/»nini- 



J.eaves 6 by 3 m., glabrous, coriaceous, oblong, tapering to both ends, shortly acouu 



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ovate acute, ciliated lobes. Corolla twice the length of the calyx," cyl^ndnc, obt 1 

 petals erect, thick green, oblong with inflexed points, valvale and cohering f^ .^7 t j^ 

 gins but readily separable. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals and a^S^^^^'^^A'' . 

 their edges, but easily separable, filaments glabrous, anthers 2-celled, introrse. ^ ^ 

 abortive ; style i, filiform, covered with short erect white appressed hatrs. ^''^^ t^i 



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