Mr. J. Micrs on some genera of the Icacinacese. 395 



The figure of Jacquin gives a very faithful representation of 

 this plant, as well as good details of the structure of the flower. 

 The fleshy immersed gland, about the size of a millet seed, seen 

 near the axil of each nerve, ofiers a very characteristic mark of 

 this species; its leaves are 4 inches long, \\ inch broad, upon a 

 petiole of 6 or 8 lines : the panicle is 2^ inches long. The whole 

 plant, as in some other species of this genus, becomes black in 

 ii^'jdrying. 



2. Mappia affinis, n. sp. ; — ramulis lentieellis elongatis, verru- 

 cosis, albidis maculatis; foliis lanceolatis, basi minus acutis, 

 r a glaberrimis, nitidis, penninerviis, nervis eglandulosis, petiole 

 ^ ' breviori, canaliculato ; paniculis glabris, axillaribus, folio multo 

 t" brevioribus, multifloris, floribus parvulis, odore suaveolente, 

 3' calyce subpubescente, petalis extus glabris, intus sericeo-pilosis. 

 -f; — Manchester, Ins. Jamaicse; v. s. in herb. Hook. (Purdie). 



This species is very similar to the foregoing one, but is di- 

 stinguished by the want of the peculiar nerval gland and by the 

 whole plant becoming less black in drying. Its leaves are 

 5 1 inches long, 1^ inch broad, on a petiole half an inch in length : 

 ;,the panicle is 1|^ to 2.inches long. 



-.kivilo ^ 2. Trichocrater. Discus cupularis, 5-dentatus, extus 

 "MC^ :Ji glaber et 10-costatus, intus pilis longis indutus. Species 

 j(\uy(yy Asiaticce. 



Z. Mappia fGetida. Stemonurus foetidus, Wight, Icon. tab. 955 ; 



- Spic. Neilgh. tab. 23; — foliis ovato-ellipticis vel elliptico~ob- 

 longis, apicerepente attenuatis, valde reticulato-venosis, utrin- 

 que parce pubescentibus, subtus glauco-pallidis nervis venis- 

 que prominentibus ; paniculis terminalibus cymosis breviter 

 pilosis; floribus subparvis,flavis,foetidis,s3epe omnibus masculis; 

 calyce acute 5-dentato ; drupa olivseformi, purpurea, putamine 

 tenui. — Neilgherries ; v. s. in herb. Hook. {Wight). 



This is described as a large umbraceous tree, and I observe 

 the specimens do not become black in drying; the leaves are 

 generally 4 or 5^ sometimes even 7 inches long, usually 2, rarely 

 3 inches broad on a petiole f inch in length : the panicle is from 

 % to 3 inches long, much spreading, with numerous flowers ; the 

 buds are ovate, nearly 2 lines long, and the flowers, which exhale 

 a rank smell of carrion, are larger than most of the species of 

 this genus ; the calyx is deeply and acutely dentate ; the petals 

 are very pilose outside., covered with sericeous hairs inside, and 

 juai'ked by a raised longitudinal nervure ; the anthers are oblong, 

 with a mucronulate apex ; the ovarium and erect style are densely 

 covered with long pilose hairs, but the former is glabrous at its 



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