92 MR. J. MIERS ON THE ВАККІМСТОМІАСЕ Ж. 
3 lines long, is crowned by the tubular free portion of the calyx 1 line deep, surmounted 
by 4 erect, rounded, coriaceous sepals 3 lines long; the petals are 8 lines long, 3 lines 
broad. It is accompanied by a single loose fruit, 2 in. long, 11 lines broad, very ventri- 
cose on one side, straight on the other, owing to the abortion of 3 of its cells; the re- 
maining cell contains 4 seeds 4 lines long, with the hilum pointing to the straight edge; 
the pericarp, filled with woody fibres, is 3 lines thick. Brown’s specimen presents a very 
different aspect, owing to the thickening of the rachis, which supports a matured fruit 
and another only half matured, in which the petals and stamens still remain; the rachis 
is about 4 in. long, very stout, with long persistent nodes, which, as in Cowratari, sup- 
port each one flower articulated upon it; the pedicel, 1 line long, presents at its base a 
cuneated oblong bract 12 lines long, 4 lines broad. The half-grown fruit is oval, 12 lines 
long, 7 lines broad, supporting the calycine tube, 2 lines deep, with its 4 sepals, the 
petals and stamens still remaining. The ripe fruit is quite oval, 13 in. long, 12 in. broad, 
crowned by the free portion of the calyx and style; the contents of the 4-celled pericarp are 
nearly all destroyed by insects; the axis, decayed pulp, and many seeds, mostly damaged, 
are still manifest, confirming the description of Brown. А section of Schomburgk’s 
1-celled fruit is shown in Plate IX. fig. 8; it is less destroyed by insects, and contains 4 
horizontal seeds of the same shape and size, embedded in pulp, now reduced to loose 
grains; the outer thin integument has disappeared; but the inner thick coating (now 
white) remains; and in all four, at the apex, along one edge, there is a linear open slit, 
which extends to the cavity over the summit of the enclosed embryo; the embryo fills 
the cavity, is of the horseshoe-shape described by Brown; and I have given in fig. 14a 
magnified view of the same. Brown, in his description, says, “ albumen nullum;” but 
he described the thick inner coating (which, it appears to me, must be albumen) as being 
carnoso-coriaceous green when fresh, afterwards becoming white : it seems too thick for a 
_ mere integument, shows no sign of a raphe or chalaza; and being of a greenish colour, 
it responds more to the condition of albumen. Solander’s specimen has no inflorescence, 
u t has two loose flowers, which correspond with the others above referred to. 
2. PLANCHONIA SUNDAICA, Miq. in Flor. Ned. Ind. p. 493 (excl. synom.); Walp. Ann. 
iv. 882: Planchonia undulata, Tenn. & Ben. in Cat. Hort. Bogor. : foliis elliptico- 
oblongis vel obovatis, apice acute acuminatis, imo cuneatis, marginibus cartilagineis, 
valde undulatis, subrevolutis, integris vel obsolete serrato-crenatis, rigide chartaceis; 
supra fusco-viridibus, sublucentibus, subrufescentibus, nervis plurimis tenuibus ru- 
fulis prominulis, costa tenui subimmersa, subtus pallidioribus, brunneis, costa rubra 
‚ пегу1заще prominentibus, transversim reticulatis ; petiolo valido, marginibus latius- 
culis recurvatis, limbo 16ріо breviore: racemo terminali, brevi; rachi crassa, angu- 
lata, crebre multiflora; nodis floriferis apice bracteolatis; floribus ad nodos sub- 
sessilibus; sepalis 4, parvis, acute ovatis, subcoriaceis, griseo-pruinosis, imo in 
tubum brevem coalitis; petalis obovatis, 3plo longioribus, carnosulis ; ovario infero, 
cylindrico, 8-costato, vertice disco plano margine interno acute elevato, intus circa 
stylum valde concavo, 4-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo pluribus, axi radiatim affixis : 
