228 CXLIX. SANTALACE^. [Os7jridere.., 



lobi 4 V. 5, usque ad discum soluti, valvati, apice vix inflexi. Stamina 4 v. 5, prope 

 basin lobonim affixa, filamentis brevibus; antherae ovatse, loculis parallelis longitudi- 

 naliter dehiscentibus ; staminodia in flore $ parva v. 0. Discus siibplanus, vix ovario 

 latior. Ovarium inferum; stylus brevissimuSj stigmate 2-lobo; ovula 2 (v. 3?) ab apice 

 placentoe minutte centralis pendula. Drupa ovoidea v. globosa, perianthii lobis coro- 

 nata, exocarpio succulento, endocarpio erustaceo. Semen conforme ; albumen copiosum 

 camosum; embryo minutus ? in seminibus 2 examinatis frustra qu^esivimus. — Frutices 

 omnino aphylli, habitu Leptomeruej ramis virgatis teretibus, nodis glanduliformibus 

 nequidem squamiferis. Flores minuti, ad nodos sessiles, ^ fasciculati, $ v. g solitarii 

 disco minimo inaidentes, ebracteati.. Baccfe quam in Leptomeriis plerisque majores. 



Species 2, Aiistralianpe. Senfh. Fl. Austral, vi. 225. Hook. Ic, PI. t. 1172. 



19. Hensiowia, BZww. Mus. Bot. Liigd. Bat i. 242, t 43. (Dendrotrophe, Miq. Fl.. 

 Ind. Bat. i. i. 7T9. Tupeia, Bhtm. Fl. Jav. Lor. t. 27, 28. Korth. in Verhandl. Baiav, 

 Genootsch. xvii. 185 ad 196, non Cham, et Schl.)~FloTes abortu dioici v. monoici. Peri- 

 anthii tubus in flore J brevissimus solidua, in flore $ ovario adnatus, ovoideus v. 

 oblongus ; lobi 5 v. 6, usque ad discum soluti, valvati, intus pone stamina v. medio sfepius 

 fasciculo pilorum instructi. Stamina 5 v. 6, basi loborum affixa, filamentis brevibus ; 

 antherse parvse, loculis rima obliqua 2-valvibus, mox fere explanatis ; in flore $ stami- 

 nodia parva v. 0. Discus le\iter concavus v. convexus, ultra ovarium non extensus. 

 Ovarium inferum ; stylus vix ullus, stigmate subsessili 2-3-lobo ; ovula 2-3, ab apice 

 placentfe crassiusculte centralis (v. interdum hinc parieti adnata ?) pendula. Drupa 

 ovoidea v. suglobosa, exocarpio carnosulo, endocarpio osseo, extus rugoso, intus in 

 iaminas duras intra costas seminis intrusas producto. Semen sulcis longitudinalibus 

 profundis in costas valde prominentes divisus, sectione transversa stellato-6-8-loba ; 

 embryo in centre albuminis breviter linearis, radicula cotyledonibus multo longiore.— 

 Frutices seepe (nee semper?) in arbores more iora^ii/iaceariem parasitici. Folia altema, 

 petiolata, sfepiua crassiuscula. Flores ^ minimi, ad axillas cymuloso-fasciculati, v. in 

 pedicellis capitellati; $ majores, pauciores v. solitarii, saapius sessiles. ^ ' ' ^ 



- Species enumeratae 12, Indise Orientalis, Archipelngi Malayani et Chiu^ incoli^e. inter se tamen 

 saepe valde afiines et nonmiUse forsan reducendae. A. DC. Prod. xiy. 630. //. ijhUippineusis, A. 

 DC, a Cumingio in Malacca nee in ins. Pliilippinarum Iccta fuit. //. frtitivosu, Champ., e Hong- 

 kong, certe ab H. heteraniha, Hook, f., infloresccntia aliisque uotis bene dietincta est. ■ ■ 



20. Scleropyron, Am. in Mag. Zool. and Bot. ii. 549.— Flores abortu subdioici, fertiles 

 s£epe hermaphroditi. Perianthii tubus in flore $ brevis solidus, in flore fcrtili ovoideus, 

 ovario adnatus ; lobi 6, usque ad discum soluti, valvati v. leviter imbricati, uno exteriore! 

 Stamina 4, ad basin loborum affixa iisque breviora, filamentis brevibus 2-fidis; anther- 

 arum loculi in ramis separata, singuli 2- valves fere 2-locellati. Discus annularis,' margine 

 undulatus. Ovarium inferum ; stylus brevis, crassiusculus, stigmate lato peltato margine 

 dentato ; ovula 3, ab apice placentse liberse v. uno latere parieti adnata pendula. Drupa 

 obovoideo-pyi-iformis, in pediceUum contracta, perianthii reliquiis diu coronata, exocarpio 

 carnoso crasso, endocarpio duro tenuiore. Semen subglobosum ; embryo teres, in centro 

 albuminis carnosi. —Arbores glabrae v. inflorescentia pubescente, spinis brevibus ad nodos 

 defoliates (pedunculis abortivis?) seepe armatse. Folia altema, breviter petiolata, inte- 

 gerrima, coriacea, pennivenia. Spicte breves, laxiusculee, fere amentiformes, aphyllro, 

 ad nodos defoliates ramorum annotinorum v. vetuatiorum solitarife v. gcminte. 



Species nobis notae 2, Indise orientalis iucolae, ab A. DC. in Prod. xiv. 629 ad Pyrulariavi relate 

 Una e Zeylania et Peninsula, Wight, Ic. PI. t. 241 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 304, inelndit P. Wallickianam, 

 et P. ceylauica^ii, A. DC, altera Malayana {Mamgay) est verisimiliter P. moschifera, A. DC, et 

 forte eandem legit Jolmson in Cochinehina. In hac perianthii lofci omnca valvati videutur, in .S. 

 Wallichlano certe plus minus imbricati ut jam indicavit Beddome, uno semper exteriore. 



Genus nostro sen.su habitu, inflorescentia, staminibus, disco, etc., bene a PyridarUi distinguitur. 



?1, Choretrum, B, Br. Prod. 354.— Flores hermaphroditi. Perianthii tubus ovario 



