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Contributions to the Botany of WESTERN INDIA; 
by N. A. DALZELL, Esq., M.A. 
(Continued from vol. ii. p. 344.) 
Nat. Ord. AURANTIACEZX. 
PrProsTYLIs. Genus novum, cum icone. 
Tas. II. 
GEN. CHAR. Calyx 4-5-fidus.. Corolle petala 4-5. Stamina 8-10, 
libera: filamenta alterna breviora, basi complanato-dilatata, apice 
subulata ; antheræ ovales, biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. — 
Ovarium rotundatum, toro stipitiformi impositum, ériloculare ; ovula — 
in loculis gemina, collateralia, ex apice anguli centralis pendula. — 
Stylus brevis, crassus, cum ovario articulatus, caducus. Stigma stylo 
haud crassius. Bacca abortu bi-uni-locularis, loculi abortu 1-spermi. 
—Frutex 6—7 ped. altus, inermis; folis imparipinnatis ; foliolis al- 
ternis, subcoriaceis, glabris, crenulatis ; paniculis terminalibus, corym- 
biformibus, elongatis. 
Piptostylis Indica, Nob. (Tas. IL) 
Calyx parvus, segmentis rotundatis, ciliatis. Alabastrus sphæricus. 
Corolle petala ovali-oblonga, 14 lin. longa. Stamina cum petalis 
inserta, breviora, petalis opposita. Foliola 2—4-juga, alterna, ovata, 
obtuse acuminata, apice emarginata, breve petiolulata, glaberrima, 
nitida, pellucido-punctata, 2-4 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata. Pani- 
cule corymbiformes, folium æquantes, panicule rami pedicelique _ 
velutini.—Crescit in Canara ; fl. Martio. Fructum maturum non vidi. —— 
This genus is intermediate between Sclerostylis and Bergera, agreeing _ 
with the former in the structure of its flowers and ovary, but having — 
the whole habit and appearance of Bergera. From the former it differs — 
in the character of its inflorescence, in having a caducous style; from 
the latter, in its three-celled ovary, its short thick style situated ina 
depression of the ovary and wholly caducous; while the style of 
Bergera has the base persistent, the upper part only falling off. The 
ovules of Bergera are said to be solitary, and to be attached by their - 
middle to the middle of the axis. Had I been able completely to 
verify these statements, they would have afforded md xc i 
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