268 . NEW GENERA ANB SPECIES 



loculis basi divergentibus, ad apicis latera connectivi maxirai innati 

 sitis.^longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarhm, una cum disco cir- 

 cumciiigente et adhaerente, pyramidato-tetragonunij apice ad stigma 

 minutum attenuatum, 4-loculare ; ovula in loculis singula, peadula, 

 • anatropa, raphe estrorsa, Capsula 4-sperma vel sfepissime abortu 

 1-3-sperma, rotundata, loculicide debiscens, valvis revolutis. Semina 

 oblonga, pendula, arillo subcarnoso colorato plus minus obtecta ; 

 testa membranacea. Embryo intra albmnen carnosum ortbotropus ; 

 cotyledoniius oblongis, planis, foliaceis ; radicula brevi. — Arbor me- 

 diocris, Zeylanica; ramulis tetragoms ; foliis oppositis^ lanceolatis^ 

 penniveniis, serratis; stipularum rudimentis; inflorescentia cymosUy 

 mpra-axillari. 



1. Glyptopetalum Zeylanicum, Thw. (Tab. VII. 5.)— C.P. No. 589 in 



Herbario Peradeuiensi. - . 

 Arbor 30-40-pedalis; /cZm Isete-virentibus, 4^-6 poll, longis, l|-3i 



poll, latis, petiolo i poll. longo. Cymarum pedunculis 1-1 i poll- 



longis, pedicellis divaricatis \ poll, longis ; Jlo7*ibus albido-virescen- 



tibus, 4 lin. latis; seminibus \ poll, longis; teda flavo-rufescenti ; 



arillo rnbro. 



This is a well-marked genus, characterized by its peculiar petals^ the 

 very large connective to the anthers^ the pyramidal form of the com- 

 bined ovary and glandular disc, and the single pendulous ovule in each 

 loculus : its nearest affinity appears to be with Uuonymus, 



Hab. Not uncommon in the Central Province at an elevation of 

 2000 to 3000 feet. 



Plate YIL ^. Pig. 1. Plowering branch of Glyptopetahim Zeylani- 

 cum^ Thw. 2. A flower. 3. Flower with petals removed. 4. Sta- 



4 



men. 5, Longitudinal section of ovary. 6. Transverse section of the 

 same. 7- Immature fruit. 8. Ripe ditto. 9. Section of ripe capsule, 

 showing a perfect seed and an abortive one. 10 and 11, Sections of 

 seed : — all more or less rnagnified^ tcith the exception of Jigs. 1 and 8. 



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Nov. Gen. III. Prismatomeris, Thw. Nat. Ord. Rubiace^; 



Tribus Coffeae, 



Gen. Char. Calyx cupuliformis, margine sinuato vel minute dentato. 

 Corolla tube cylindrico; limbo 5-partito, scgmentis valvatis lanceo- 

 latis. carnosis, prisraaticis, basi excavatis. Stamina 5, inclusa;/^^- 

 mentis brevibus; anthfiris lincaribus. dorso nrnnp bnsm nffixis. Ova- 



