k ] 



Weihea.'} 



liVii. RHizoPHORE^. (G. Henslow.) 



441 



longer than the sepals. Stamens 16-30, inserted on the margm of the disk ; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers oblong. Ovary superior, 3-5-furrowed, 2-4-celled ; 

 style filiform, stigma with 2-4 radiating lobes ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, 

 pendulous. Fruit globose, fleshy, 2-4-celled, septicidally but slowly dehiscing 

 into 2-4 valves ; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds arillate, ovoid, subtrigonal, testa cori- 

 ^eous ; embryo straight, cotyledons elliptical, radicle terete.— Distkib. Species 

 ^, natives of S. and Trop. Africa, Madagascar and Ceylon. 



_ 1. W. ceylanica, BailL Adans, iii. 38. Anstrutheria zeylanica, Gard, 

 « Cede. Joum. Nat. Hist vi. 344, t. 4; Thwaites JEnum. 121 : Bedd. FL Sylv. 

 tcxciv. "^ 



Maisor and C. 

 no great elevation. 



F 



Cetlon, Galle District, Trincomalee, &c., at 



A very much branched shrub or small tree. Branches terete. Leaves 3-3^ by 

 *! in., petioled, glabrous, acuminate, rounded at the base, green and shining above, 

 pale beneath, nerves reticulate prominent on both surfaces ; petiole about ^ in. Pe- 

 (luncles solitary or in pairs, shorter than the petioles. Flower-buds of full size six 

 Months before opening. Calyx-limb 4-fid ; segments ovate, acute, persistent, densely 

 Weredwith adpressed hairs, valvate. Petals 4, hypogynous, cuneate, imbricated in 

 ]^^ Stamens about 30, hypogynous; anthers erect, cordate, obtuse. Ovary supe- 

 rior 3-celled ; style simple, persistent. Berry thick, spongy. Embryo in the axis of 

 ileshy albumen ; cotyledons fiat, veined; radicle thick, elongated and directed upwards. 



9. 



Leaves 



Wall 



crenately-toothed ; stipules small, caducous. Flotcers in 2-3-chotomous many- 

 1 ^^^ axillaiy cymes, polygamo-dioecious. Calyx-tuhe ovoid, ebracteolate ; 

 *^^^4;niinute, triangular, erect. Petals 4, twice the length of the calyx, in- 

 ^nei round a disk at the base of the calyx-tube, clawed ; tips lacerate. Disk 

 ^^; of the male, 8-toothed ; of the female often cleft. Sta^nens 8, inserted 

 ^Pon the margin of the disk ; in the female small, filaments ciliated ; anthers 

 ^all, oblong. Ovary obtusely subtrigonal, contracted at the base, ovoid, free, 



"^GUed; cells 2-ovuled • p+-'^'l^ ^^ ^^-^^ fomolo flnxp-Ar Inno-pv tlinn the calvx. 



stigma obsolptpW :\J\r^^.J 



Fi^it unknown. 



1. B. 



corymbosum, Wall Cat. 6320 ; Benth. in Jmi 

 Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. PI', xiv. fig. 2. Dryptopetalum 



Hohenack 



^ESTERN PenINSTOA 



^lab: 



l\-2\ in. ; stipules Ian- 

 above. Stamens ciliated 



^^,. ..* - - t,he calyx. Ovary nar- 



Stoall «.•" -^--^^^ ""^^^- Pet^lTin the female flowers, shorter. Stamens less ; anthers 

 ^- "'^"^'^ "* Bisk smaller. Style longer than the calyx. 



effete? 



■ 



W' ri 



10. ANZSOPBYZ.Z.EA 



ticho ^.^ ^oct shrubs, glabrous, young parts silky 



Leaves exstipulate, dis- 



Otn+fl 1 ' — -^■'""■i-c uueis amaiier or minute, auu. uivv-j^ >^^»^— -~ , ^ , 



^"^ lanceolate or elliptic, with 3-5 main nerves branching from the base, 

 5,;7 .entire. Flowers minute in axillary simple or fascicled spikes, ebracteate or 

 r°^tely bracteolate bi- or unisexual. Calyx-tube ovoid, adnate to the ovary, 

 J^^ or ribbed ; limb 4-fid, lobes erect. Petals 4, small, involute, entire, lobed 

 ^^'^*" Stamens 8. filaments short, subulate ; anthers small, didymous, pro- 



ierate. 



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