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T)ably abortive in the females. Ovary inferior, 4-celled ; stj^les 3-4, sutulate, 

 erect or recurved, stigmas acute or subcapitate ; ovules solitary in eacb ceU^ _ 

 pendulous, anatropous. -Frwi^ coriaceous, oblong or pyriform, ribbed or smooth, 

 1-seeded. Seed? pendulous, exalbuminous, testa coriaceous; embryo clavate, co-- 

 tyledons venr small or 0, radicle large. — Distbib. Species 5, natives of Tropical 

 Asia and Amca. 



1. A. zeylanica, Bmth/in Niger Flora 342 and 375; leaves broadly 

 ovate-lanceolate aciuninate narrowed at the base with^ about five prominent 

 nerves parting from the base, inflorescence of racemes supra-axillary solitary or 

 geminate. Thwaites Enum. 119 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 195. Tetracrypta cmna- 

 momoides, Gardn, 8f Champ, in Hook, Kew Journ. i. 314 and v. 378, t. 5. ^ 



Ceylon; southern and central parts ascending to 1500 ft. 



A tree 40-50 ft. ; bark smooth ; lower branches horizontal, upper suberect ; tvig^ 

 puberulous. Leaves glabrous on both surfaces, younger red ; pairs opposite in verna- 

 tion, the smaller squamiform l-nerved caducous, the larger 5-nerved with involute 

 margins, i^iowers small, subsessile. Bracts minute. Calyx-limb superior, 4-cleit, 

 lobes acute, valvate, persistent. Petals somewhat fleshy, laciniate, indupbcate m 

 sestivation ; segments 5, linear-subulate. Stamens 8, alternately shorter ; filaments 

 subulate, inserted on the calyx ; anthers versatile. Styles 4, erect, conico- subulate, 

 stigmas capitate. 



2. A. distlclia, ^00%. in Herb.; leaves rhomboid-oblong inemiilateral 

 6-nerved distichous entire, flovs^ers subsolitary, petals 3-toothed. Haloragis^ 

 disticha, JacJc, in Mai. Misc. ii. 19; and in Hook. Journ. Bot. i. 371. 



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Ma-lay Pekinstjla; Jack. Sincapore.— Distrib. Sumatra and 



A shrub with rusty hairy branches. Leaves in two series, one of large leaves ^ 



another of very small stipuliform ones inserted below the insertion of *^^®.^^^^\g. 



as to overlap their bases ; the larger 1-1^ in., subsessile, nearly glabrous above, d -. 



neath vrith short appressed hairs, the smaller \ in., similar in shape but "^^^^ * ' 



Calyx-lohes persistent. Petals shorter than calyx, 3-fid. Stamens as long as tne p 



tals ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 4-gonous, ferruginous, 4-celled ; styles 4, ^^^^J^^fr^j.. . 



stamens; stigmas simple. J5r«^^ oblong-oA^ate, red ; stone with 8 longitudinal 



rows, 1 -seeded. 



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3. A. Grlffithll, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 400, t. 48; leaves 

 lanceolate or ovate often slightly acuminate, spikes solitary or geminate. 



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Probably a tree. 



Leaves 3-4^ by 1-1^ in., petiole ^-Jin., coriaceous, turmng J 

 low on drying; nerves 3, 1 central, 2 closely parallel to the margin. Flowers se . 

 somewhat remote. Calyx-lohes coriaceous, triangular, valvate. Petals sn^'^^J ^, 

 the sepals, coriaceous, broadly quadrate-oblong, entire or scarcely 3-lobed. ^^\^^ 

 8, 4 opposite to and closely embraced by the petals, filaments rather stout; an 

 small, rounded or didymous. Ovary 4-celled below; styles 4. 



4. A. grrandlfolia, G.Hensloic, leaves oblong acuminate s^^^SfJySe 

 rowed at the base 5-nerved quite entire, panicles axillary with suDias 

 branches. 



Penang, Maingay. 



A tree about 50 ft., trunk very stout. Leaves 



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panicle; pedicels bearing numerous minute sessile mafe flowers with ^ ^fl^^&t'. 

 possessing rudimentary ? stamens ; male buds ^ in. in diam., female rattier a^^^ 



fringed 



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Male Fl. Sepals 4, valvate, puberulous ; lobes triangular. Petals 4 

 mens 8, opposite to and embraced by the petals : filaments short. Pisttl^^ 



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