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liberia ; antherae terminales, loculis adnatis nunc connective angusto contiguis distinctis, 

 nunc connectivum latius marginantibus apice confluentibus. Ovarii rudimentum minutum 

 V. 0. Fl. $ ; Sepala 5-6, interdum dentata. Discus integer. Ovarium 3-4-loculare ; 

 styli breves, crassiusculi, recurvi, bre-viter 2-fidi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula 

 ssepius tridyma, in coccos 2- valves dissiliens, endocarpio duriusculo haud crasso. Semina 

 ovoidea, testa Crustacea ; albumen camosum ; cotyledones planse, latai. — Frutices v. 

 caules e basi lignescente herbacei erecti. Folia alterna, breviter v. longius petiolata, 

 membranacea v. subcoriacea, irregulariter sinuato-dentata v. sublobata, pennivenia et 

 basi interdum 3-5-nervia. Racemi axillares, nunc breves densi, florum fasciculia confertis, 

 nunc elongati laxique v. subpaniculati. Flores ^ parvi, cymulis v. fasciculis secua 

 rhachin plus minus dissitis, $ singuli ad basin racemi sub bracteis solitarii v. varie in 

 fasciculis^ mixti, quam<? longius pedicellati. 



Species bene notae 4, Indige orientalis incolie. Muell. Arg. in. DC. Vrod.s.w ii. 1125. Kiirz^ 

 For. Fl. Brit Barm. ii. 410. Wight, Ic. t. 1885. Dc7ie. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 155. 



161 ] Phyiiobotryum, Muell. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 534, et in DC, Prod. xv. ii. 1231.— 

 Flores dioici? apetali, J ignoti. Fl. ^ : Perianthium calycinum, 5-6-partitum,.segmentis 

 valde imbricatis, bracteis 3 segmentis siniilibua stipatum (involucratum, Muell. Arg.). 

 Discus 0. Stamina go (20-30 v. ex Muell. usque ad 50;, receptaculo convexo affixa, 

 filamentis liberis apice in connectivum dilatatis ; antherarum loculi ad apicem connectivi 

 divaricati, supra longitudinaliter dehiscentes, post dehiscentiam aperti quasi transversim 

 2-valvati. Ovarii rudimentum 0, Fructus . . . — Arbuscula glabra, ramulis crassiusculis. 

 Folia alterna, breviter petiolata, ampla, longe oblonga, acuminata, integerrima v, vix 

 dentata, pennivenia, stipulis rigidulis angustia persistentibus. Racemi ^ breves, folii 

 costse in pagina superiore adnati, floribus secus rhachin dissitis paucis sessilibus. 



Species 1, Africse tropic?e occidentalis incola. Genus floribus fceraineis ignotis valde dubium est. 

 Baillon in ovario qnodam parum evoluto placentas 3 parietales vidit, et plantain ad Bixaceas refert, 

 quod tamen examine ulteriore confinnandum. Habitu species nonnuUas Agrostistachyos refert 

 (inflorescentia adnata excepta) nee nostro sensu uUo mode Phyllonomo comparandum. 



162. Erismanthusp Wall. Gat. Herb. hid. n. 8011. — Flores monoici, apetali. Discus 0. 

 Fl. ^ (in alabastro juniore) : Calycis parvi segmenta 5, valde imbricata. Stamina oo (ad 

 12), filamentis liberis ; antherse erectse, loculis parallelia adnatis longitudinaliter rimosis. 

 Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Sepala 5, magna, foliacea, valde insequalia, imbricata. 

 Ovarium 3-loculare ; styli basi in columnam tenuem villosam connati, superne patentes 

 2-fidi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula junior 3-cocca videtur, matura ignota. — Frutex 

 V. arbor glaber v. partibus novellis patentim pilosis. Folia opposita, subsessilia, basi 

 oblique cordata fere dimidiata, ampla, dentata, rigidule membranacea, pennivenia ; 

 stipulse angustse, rigidse. Spicie ^ juniores amentiformes, oblongpe, densne, ad axillas 

 Bubsessiles reflexseque, bracteis angustis imbricatis alabastra obtegentibus, Fl. $ solitarii 

 longe pedunculati. 



Species 1, ins. Penang incola. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1138. Genus quoad flores (J et 

 fructus adhuc imperfocte notum, sed nulli proxime afRne videtur. 



163. EplprlnuB, Griff. Notul. iv. 487. — Flores monoici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. ^ : 

 Calyx in alabastro globosus, membranaceus, clausua, per antheain in lobos 2-4 valvatos 

 irregulariter fissus. Stamina oo (8-15), filamentis liberis longiusculis basi incrassatis 

 eupra medium abrupte inflexis apice tenuibus ; antherai magnse, oblongae, dorsifixie, jam 

 in alabastro erectje, loculis parallelis contiguis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii 

 rudimentum crassimi, sub-3-lobum. Fl. $ : Calycis segmenta 6, sub anthesi lanceolata 

 reduplicato-valvata, basi brevissime connata, post anthcsin aucta ; squama; totidem 

 exteriores, bracteiformes v. gland uliformes, segmentis alternaiet pluries breviores, caducfe. 

 Ovai-ium breve, 3-loculare; styli in columnam longam crassam connati, apice breviter 

 liberi, patentes, breviter 2-fidi et laceri ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula ma^na sub- 

 jglobosa, obscure tridyma, in coccos ?- valves digsiliens, endocarpio crs-sso duro subliffnoso 



