Tas. 8334, 
TRISTELLATEIA avsrrais. 
Malaya and Australasia. 
MALPIGHIACEAE. Tribe H1ireAr. 
TRISTELLATEIA, Thouars; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 258. 
Tristellateia australis, A. Rich. Sert, Astrolab. p. 38, t. 15; foliis ovatis vel 
ovato-oblongis acutis basi saepius rotundatis glabris aspectu laurino, alis 
fructuum anguste oblongis distincta, 
Frutex scandens, altus. Hamuli conspicue lenticellati, juniores pilis medifixis 
sparse puberuli, seniores glabri, floriferi penduli. /olia opposita, ovata vel 
ovato-oblonga, apice acuta, recurva, basi plerumque rotundata, leviter 
complicata, 5~10 cm. longa, 2°5-5°5 em. lata, opaca, glabra, supra nervis 
lateralibus quam mesophyllo pallidioribus venulis inconspicuis, subtus 
crebre reticulata costa satis prominente; nervi laterales utrinque 4-5, 
arcuati; petioli 0°7-2 cm. longi, conspicue sulcati, puberuli, marginibus 
minute serrulatis; stipulae subulatae, acutae, vix 1 mm, longae, petiolo 
leviter adnatae. Racemi 5-15 em. longi, 12-16-flori, floribus oppositis 
pedunculatis: pedunculi 6-7 mm. longi; apice bibracteati, bracteis minutis 
subulatis; pedicelli singuli, 1°3-1°5 em. longi, sursum _ incrassati. 
Alabastra breviter cymbiformia latere postico concavo, quinquecostata. 
Sepala erecta, oblonga, 2°5 mm. longa, 1°5 mm. lata, eglandulosa. Peta/a 
aestivatione ascendenti-imbricata, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 1-1-1-2 em. 
longa, apice obtusa, basi truncata vel subcordata, upgue 2 mm. longo. 
Stamina 10, quorum 5 antipetala longiora ; filamenta basi breviter connata, 
in alabastro flava, mox rubescentia, post lapsum antherarum intense 
rubra, antipetala 4 mm. longa, crassa, antisepala 2 mm, longa, pro rata 
gracilia; antherae oblongae, breviter rostratae, 2-2°5 mm. longae, poris 
duabus terminalibus dehiscentes. Ovarium hexagono-globosum, circiter 
2 mm. diametro, 3-loculare, lateribus antilocularibus cristatis, lateribus 
interlocularibus sericeo-pilosis; styli 3, inaequales, quorum unus 7 mm. 
longus, secundus duplo minor, tertius minimus; ovula solitaria, pendula. 
Fructus tricocci, coccis circiter 8-alatis, alis anguste oblongis.—7. austra- 
lasica, A. Juss. Monogr. Malpigh. p. 241; Benth. Fl, Austr. vol. i. p. 286; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. i. p. 418. Platynema laurifolium, Wight et Arn. 
in Edin. New Phil. Journ. vol. xv. 1838, p. 179.—T. A. Spracug. 
The plant here figured was raised at Kew from seeds 
received in 1902 from the Botanic Garden, Singapore. Its 
cultivation presents no difficulty and in the Palm House, 
where it is grown, it forms a strong climber with pendent 
shoots which in summer produce graceful terminal racemes 
of yellow flowers. The filaments, which in bud are 
yellowish, begin to assume a reddish tint when the petals 
expand and by the time the anthers have fallen become 
bright red and impart a characteristic appearance to the 
flowers. One of the most widely distributed members of 
the natural family Malpighiaceae, Tristellateia australis 
appears to be characteristic of the littoral flora met with 
on sea coasts from the Mascarenes to Melanesia. While, 
Srrerember, 1910. 
