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leaved. Corol none. Filaments: seven or eight, very 
short.  Anther linear, six or eight times longer than the 
filaments. 
FEMALE FLOWERS On a separate tree. Calyx as in the 
male. Corol none. Germ superior, three-lobed. Style long, 
three-sided, as if composed of three portions. Stigma 
three-pointed. The ripe seed vessel has not been found. 
MELICOPE. 
Calyx four-parted. Corol four-petalled. Nectary sur- 
rounding the germ. Capsules superior, four, singly ovate- 
- oblong, two-valved, one-celled, with a single winged seed 
‘in each. _ 
M, tetrandra. R. 
Arboreous. Leaves opposite, obovate. Corymbs axil- 
lary. Flowers tetrandrous, ; 
_ This tree is a native of Paulo Pinang where it blossoms 
in May. 
Branchlets round, and smooth. Leaves near the extre- 
Mities of the branchlets, opposite, petioled, cuneate, 
Obovate, entire, smooth on both sides ; from three to four 
inches long, and two or two anda half broad. Petioles 
scarcely an inch long, channelled, smooth, swelled at the 
apex, as if united to the leaf by an articulation. Stipu- 
les not visible. Corymbs axillary, opposite, long-pedun<« 
cled, supra-decompound, smaller ramifications villous, 
Bractes minute, solitary under each division and, subdi- 
Vision. Flowers pedicelled, small, very numerous. Ca- 
lyx four-cleft, small, permanent. Petals four, cordate, 
acute, expanding, inserted between the calyx and necta- 
Ty; on the disk of each rests a small, seemingly abortive 
_ Stamen. Nectary a fleshy ring round the four-lobed germ, 
a ease four, expanding, alternate with the pers and : 
