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drupe has deeomposed ov been renioved, exhibiting a fasciculate-iibrous structure^ 

 which in appearilnce is not very unlike an arillus, but of course essentially very 

 different from one. Mr, Miers is right in saying that Urandra apicalis ia a 

 Stemonums, and I have now called it so; but it is not so for the reasons he gives, 

 as has been shown above. 



8. PLATEA, Blume. 



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Gomphandra, Wallich, Wight. Stemonurus (in parte), Miers, 



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1.^ P. axillaris, ThvT,— G^o«i/>7/a;iim axillaris. Wall. Cat. n. 3718 

 Lasiantltera 1 tetrandra. Wall, in Eoxb, Fl. Ind. ii. p. 328. Gom 

 X>handra polymorpJia, Wight, lUust. i, p. 103; Tcones, t. 954 Stemo 

 nurus axillaris, Miers, in Ann. of Nat. Hist. ser. 2. vol. x. p. 41. St 

 polymorphus, Micrs, 1. c. p. 37. St. CeylanicuSj Miers, 1. c. p. 42. St 

 Sevneanus, Miers, 1. c. p. 40. — c.p. 251 (762). 



Hab. From tlxe level of the sea, np to an elevation of 4000 feet ; very 

 abundant. 



After reading the description of Dr. Wallich's plant in 'Flora Indica/ cited 

 above, it would seem almost impossible to doubt that this is the species intended 

 by him. It is a very protean one as regards the shape and size of the leaves, 

 and has consequently been overwhelmed with synonyms. I have not the least 

 doubt that those quoted above, if not more, are referable to it in one or other 

 of its forms. 



2. P. coriacea, TliM". — Gomphandra coriaceat Wight, 111. i, p. 103. 

 G. polymorpha, ^ , Wight, Icon. t. 953. • Stemonurus Gardneri,m\erB, 

 1. c. p. 38. St. Walkerz, Miers, 1. c. p. 43, Platea Wightiana, Miers, 

 1. c. p. 111. — c.p. 375. 



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Equally protea'n, or even more so than the last species, in the size and shape of 

 its leaves, which vary from narrow -lanceolate to orbicular, with a long, narrow acu- 

 mination. The hairs upon the filaments are very short, and may easily have been 

 overlooked by Dr. Wight's draughtsman ; and the petals and stamens of the fertile 

 plant are so very caducous, that it is not surprising to fmd Blume describing the 

 flowers as having none. The pednncle is at first axillary, but a leaf being most 

 commonly produced upon it at about its middle, its upper part of course appears 

 opposite to this new leaf, and more strildngly so when a leaf-bud has become de- 

 veloped in the axil of the latter. 



This species differs most obviously from the last in its coriaceous, opaque leaves, ' 

 and longer, dichotomous peduncles, and in these latter appearing most commonly 

 opposite to a leaf. Gom^handra coriacea of Dr. Wight's 'Illustrations' is, no doubt, 

 the tetramerous form of this. 



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XXXV. AUEANTIACE^. 



1. ATALANTIA, Corr. 



1. A. nionophylla, DC. (W. et A. Prod. i. 91 : W 



c.p. 497 (1198). 



Hab. Kornegalle and towards the north of the island, at no great 

 elevation ; not uncommon. , . 



