110 Mr. J. Miers on some genera of the Icacinacese. 



: menta interdum brevia, ssepe petalis fere sequilonga, linearia, 

 compressa, imo cum petalis laxe adhserentia : antherce ovato- 

 oblongse, basi breviter bifidai_, dorso affixse^ 4-loculares, S-lobae, 

 lobis singulatim 2-locellatiSj demum septicidis^ et longitudina- 

 liter evolutim dehiscentibus. Pollen globosum^ reticulatum. 

 Ovarium sterile disco 5-gono 10-striato piloso immersum ; fer- 

 tile liberum^ conicum, pilosulum, disco annulari glabro insitum, 

 abortu 1-loculare, ovula 2 juxta apicem loculi sub coll ateraliter 

 suspensa. Stylus brevis^ sulcatus, pilosus^ dentibus 3 stig- 

 matosis erectis terminatus^ demum in discum magnum sessile 

 pulviniforme fructus coronans auctus. Drupa baccata^ mono- 

 pyrena, putamen oblongum, lignosum^ angulato-rugosum, 

 i*^^l -sperm um. Semen structuram Stemonuri semulans ? — Arbores 

 '^ Asia tropiccB, folia elliptica, coriacea, glaberrima^ vel juniora 

 interdum subtus lepidota, breviter petiolata, flores perpauci in 

 cymas vel racemos breves axillares dispositij interdum fasciculati, 

 sicce aurantiaci : fructus atro-purpureus. 



l,.JPlatea excelsa^ Bl. Bijdr. 646; — arbor 80-100 ped., foli|^ 

 ^. pblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, integerrimis^ subtus cinere^r, 

 gjyirentibus. — Java. 



%\^matea latifolia, Bl. Bijdr. 646 ;— arbor 40-60-ped., foliis 

 ^^6valibus, acuminatis^ basi parum attenuatis, integerrimisj, 

 '^^eostatis, subtus griseo-lepidotis. — Java. 



3. Platea Sumatrana, Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 249 ; — foliis e 

 basi obtusata vel rotundata elliptico-oblongis, acuminatis, sub- 

 coriaceis, venosis, subtus cinereo-virescentibus. — Sumatra. 



4. Platea Griffithianay n. sp. ; — ramulis substriatis, subrugosis^ 

 foliis oblongo-ovatis, e medio inferne pauUo angustioribus, 

 apice obtusiusculo breviter ac lineari-angustatis^ coriaceis, 

 utrinque pallidis et concoloribus^ nervis inferne prominentibus, 

 margine revoluto, petiolo brevi, canaliculato, racemo axillaris 

 petiolo vix longiori, pedunculo pedicellisque aspero-pilosulis, 

 floribus cum pedicellis articulatis, et bine bracteatisj calycis 

 glabri lobis ciliatis, petalis carnosulis, glabris, filamentis line- 

 aribus, compressis, imo latioribus, ovario brevissimo, sterili, 

 disco pentagono immerso, stylo conico, piloso, dentibus tribus 

 stigmatosis pnbe celatis. — Mergui. — v, s. in herb. LindL et 

 Hook. (Griffiths, 849). '- - 



The leaves are 5| inches long, nearly 3 inches broad, to & 

 deeply channelled petiole 4-5 lines in length; the raceme is 

 about 7 lines long, few- flowered ; the lobes of the calyx are di- 

 stinctly imbricated; the petals conjoin by their margins in a 

 tubular form, leaving the upper portion free and reflexed ; the 



