Lejuotidee.] —— LXV. RHIZOPHORE.E. 681 
pellucido-punetata. Stipule interpetiolares, cadueze. Flores in fasciculos axillares pauci- 
floros primum bracteis involucratos dispositi, pedicellis brevibus ebracteolatis; alabastri 
subglobosi. 
Species 2, ins. Fiji incole. Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 76. 4. Gray in Seem. Bonpl. 1862, 
36; Bail. Adans. iii. 29. 
8. Piwsiantha, ZHook. f. gen. nov.—Calycis basi ebracteolati tubus urceolatus, 4-gonus, 
basi ovario adnatus, supra ovarium campanulatus, breviter 4-fidus, lobis parvis crassis 
triangularibus erectis v. incurvis valvatis, Petala 0. Stamina 8, margini disci 8-lobati 
tubum calycis vestientis inserta, per paria lobis calycinis opposita, paribus cum staminodiis 
totidem petala simulantibus alternantibus, filamentis brevissimis crassis subulatis incurvis; 
anthers parve, didyms. Ovarium inferum, depressum, 8-loculare; stylus brevis, crassus, 
columnaris, stigmate subdisciformi 8-lobo; ovula in loeulis ad 12, fasciculata, pendula, 
raphe ventrali. Fructus ignotus.— Frutex v. arbuseula (?) glabra, ramulis teretibus. Folia 
opposita, petiolata, coriacea, obovata, breviter acuminata, integerrima, penninervia, 
lucida. Stipulz interpetiolares, caducsm. Flores in axillis foliorum solitarii, pedunculati, 
nutantes, 8-4 lin. longi, crasse coriacei. 
Species 1 (P. Lo^bii, Hook. £.), Borneensis. 
9. Gynotroches, B/ume, Dijd. 218, et Mus. Bot. 120.0. 31. (Dryptopetalum, Arn. in Ann. 
Jat. Hist. i. 372.)—OCalyeis basi ebracteolati tubus basi ovarii adnatus; limbus 4-5- 
partitus, lobis reflexis valvatis. Petala 4—5, sub margine disci perigyni 8-lO-crenati in- 
Serta, unguieulata, spathulata, fimbriato-lacera. Stamina 8-10, disco inserta, filamentis 
fihformibus; anthere parvz, didyis. Ovarium superum, lata basi calyci adhserens, 
ovoideo-globosum, 3-6-angulatum, 3-6-loculare; stylus columnaris, suleatus, basi coni- 
cus, stipmate 3-6-lobo, lobis emarginatis recurvis; ovula in loculis 4, fasciculata (ex 
Jlumeo), adscendentia, raphe dorsali. Bacca subglobosa, carnosa, 4—0-locularis, oo-sperma. 
Semina parva, obovoidea, testa crustacea rugulosa; albumen carnosum; embryo teres, 
cotyledonibus seniteretibus.— Arbores et arbusculze, glabrie v. partibus novellis cinereis, 
Folia opposita, petiolata, oblonga, coriacea, penninervia, nitida. Stipule interpetiolares, 
eaduce. Flores parvi, axillares, fasciculati, flavo-virescentes, pedunculis medio articulatis. 
Species 2, ins. Malayanarum incole. Benth. in Journ, Linn. Soc. iii. 76. Bail. Adans. iii. 30. 
10. Crossostyles, Forst. Char. Gen, 87. t. 44,.—Calycis basi ebracteolati tubus basi 
ovario adnatus; limbus 4-5-partitus, lobis triangularibus valvatis, Petala 4-5, sub mar- 
gine disci perigyni inserta, unguiculata, carinata, apice lacera. Stamina 8-oo perfecta, 
disco inserta, cum staminodiis totidem  alternantia, filamentis subulatis; anthersm 
ovoidez. Ovarium semisuperum, basi latissima calyci impositum, apice 10—-12-striatum, 
5-12-loeulare, v. septis demum evanidis 1l-oculare; stylus filiformis, striatus, apice 10—oo- 
lobus, lobis filiformibus apice stigmatosis; ovula in loculis 2, axi affixa, pendula. Fructus 
subglobosus, carnosus, l-locularis, tarde in valvas septieide dehiscens, oc-sperma. Semina 
ovoidea, funiculo carunculato, testa atra nitida; albumen carnosum; embryo rectus, coty- 
ledonibus auguste ovatis, radicula té eto. — A vhoros parve, glabre. Folia opposita, petio- 
lata, ovata v. oblonga, coriacea, penninervia, integerrima, Stipule interpetiolares, caducse. 
Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, 2-o6-flori, cum pedicellis articulati. Flores majusculi. 
Species 4, ins. Novze Caledoniz, Fiji, Samoa, et Soeietatum incole. ^ ZentA. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
ii. 77. 4. Gray, Bot. U. S. Expl. Exped. i. 610. z. 77. Brongn. et Gris in. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 
viii. 376. Bail. Adans. iii. 31. 
ll. wWeihea, Spreng. Syst. ii. 569. (Aétrutlieik: G'ardn. in. Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. 
vi. 944. t. 4, Richiea, TAouars, Gen. Nov. Madag. 25.)—Calyx basi bracteolis in ecupu- 
lam connatis cinetus; tubus basi ovario adnatus, brevissime turbinatus; limbus 4—5-par- 
titus, lobis patentibus valvatis. Petala 4-6, sub margine disci obscuri inserta, ungui- 
culata, spathulata, fimbriato-lacera. Stamina 10-30, disco inserta, filamentis filiformibus; 
antherm oblongse. Ovarium superum, basi calyci adnatum, ovoideo-globosum, 3—5-sul- 
catum v, -lobatum, 2-4-loculare; stylus filiformis, stigmate 2-4-lobo, lobis radiantibus ; 
