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scabru, subserrath, breve petiolatis^ lanceohto-acummatis, ad basin m- 

 gustatis, pennivenm, Stipulis i polL lomjls, pilis rigidia minutis, con- 

 volutisy basi catdem cingeniibus^ deciduis, 

 Helminthospermum scahridum, Thw.— C.P. No. 716, in Herbario Pera- 



deniensi. (Tab. IX. C.) 

 Hab. a moderate-sized tree, not uncommon in the forest of the central 



province of Ceylon. 



This genus seems to form a connecting link between the natural 

 families Morels and Ulmace(S^ agreeing with the former in its uni- 

 sexual, not polygamous flowers, and with the latter in the structure of 

 its ovary. 



Plate IX. C. Fig. 1. HelmintJwspermum scabridum, masc- 2. Male 

 flower, magnified. 3. Female flower, magnified. 4. Longitudinal sec- 

 tion of ovary-' 5. Female flower. 6. Longitudinal section of ripe seed. 



Nov, Gen. All^eanthus, Tliw. Nat. Ord. Artocarpese. 



Char, Gen. Mores dioici. — ^IMasc. numerosissimi, in spicis axillaribus, 

 elongatis, unihxteralibus, hirsutis, pedunculatis dense aggregati. Te- 

 Tigonium 4-fidum, laciniis imbricatis. Btamina 4, perigonii lacmus 

 OY$o%\i?i\ filaments complauatis, in sestivatione inflexis; antheris 

 subquadratis, introrsis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii ru- 

 dimentum parvum, conico-subulatum. — FcESf. Florea pauci, inter 

 multa perigonldia sterilia, carnosa, squamseformia, hirsuta immersi, 

 et cum iisdem in capitulis globosis, axillaribus, breve pedunculatis 

 dense aggregati. Ferigonitim tubulosura, irregulariter 4-fissuni. 

 Ovarium liberum, subcompressum, l-Ioculare, 1-ovulatum. Ovulum 

 prope loculi apicem pendulum, campy lotropum. Stylus terminalis, 

 simplex (raro bifidus, segmentis insequalibus), longe exsertus, per 

 totam fere longitudinera stigmatosus. Frudum maturum nondum 

 vidi. — Arbor Z^-A^i-pedalis ; ramulis lactescentibus^ fe?'etibt(Sy hirsutis; 

 foliis alternis, disticMs^ cordato-lanceohtis^ aciminatis^ argute serratis^ 

 Rirsuiis, penniveniis (vents primariis apice incurvatis, folii margini non 

 attingentibus)^ siibtuspallidioribus, venosis, 3-4 poll. lo?igis^ l^-J^poIL 

 latisy deciduis; petiole supra sulcata^ Mrsufo^ 3 lin. longo ; stipulis 

 ohlongiSj acuminatiSj membranaceis^ sublcevibus^ striatis, obliquiSf de- 

 ciduis, 2 lin, longis, 1^ lin. latis, — Plor, Masc. spicis 1-2^ poll' 

 longisy 2 lin, latis ; pedunculo 2-2 J lin. longo. — Plor. P(EM. capi- 

 tulis 4 Uh. diam. ; pedunculo brevissimo. 



