little known Geiiera qfPlcmts, 179 



BIOS aggregatis ; calyce tribracteato, sepalis subaequalibus, margine glandu- 

 loso-cuiatis ; petalis tribus exterioribus rotundatis concavis, interioribus ul- 

 tra medium bifidis filamenta 8equantibu8.--M. pungens. Wall. ! in Herb. 

 Hook.; Wight et Am. in Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. (ined.); Wight. Cat. No. 945. 



M. congesta, W. et Am. M S. 



Hab. In montibus " Neelgherries" dictis. 



2. M. dilleniifoUa * (Wall.) ; foliis simplicibus, elliptico-oblongis, basi at- 

 tenuatis, subtus pubescentibus ; nervis secundariis parallelis, rectiusculis, in 

 denticulos patentes spinuliformes excurrentibus ; panicula gracili, laxa, pu- 

 bescent!; rachi angulato; floribus in ramulos ultimos subdiscretis ; calyce 

 ebracteato, sepalis 5 subaequalibus, margine ciliatis ; petalis exterioribus ro- 

 tundatis, concavis, interioribus ad basin fere bifidis iilamentum perbreve ae- 

 quantibus M. dilleniifolia, Wall.! in Herb. Hook. 



Hab 



3. M. simplicifolia {Roxh.) i foliis simplicibus, membranaceis, oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis, in petiolum longe attenuatis, integerrimis, utrinque glabris; nervis 

 secundariis prope marginem incurvis, confluentibus ; panicula gracili, laxa, 

 pubescent! ; rachi angulato ; floribus in ramulos ultimos subdiscretis ; calyce 

 ebracteato, sepalis tribus majoribus margine ciliatis; petalis exterioribus ro- 

 tundatis, concavis, interioribus ad basin fere bifidis filameuto plus dimidio 



brevioribus M. simplicifoKa, lioxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 103; Spr. Sgst. 1. p. 3C; 



W. et A. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. (ined.) ; Wight. Cat. N. 946 — M. laxa, W. et A. 



MS. 



Hab. In montosis provinciae Madurae. — Silhet, Roxburgh. 



4. M. pwwMtto (Roxb.) ; foliis abrupte pinnatis; pinnis 6-12 jugis; foliolis 

 elliptico-lanceolatis, utrinque glabris, denticulato-serratis, denticuUs incurvis, 

 nervis secundariis ante marginem incurvis, confluentibus ; panicula laxa, pu- 

 berula ; rachi angulato ; sepalis inaequalibus ; 2 bracteiformibus ; petalis ex- 

 terioribus rotundatis, interioribus ad medium fere bifidis filamentum aequan- 



tibus. M. pinnata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 104. ; Wail. ! in Herb. Hook. ; Spr. 



Syst. 1. p. 36. 



Hab. In Silhet ; Roxbur^. 



We have in the last species taken the part of the character 

 referring to the number of the leaflets from Roxburgh's descrip- 

 tion, the specimen before us being imperfect in that respect. 



Gen. 6. PLATYNEMA, mh. 



Syst Linn. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Ord. Nat. MALPIGHIACEiE, Juss. 



Calyx 6-partitus, basi eglandulosus. Petala 5, subaequalia, plana, unguicu- 

 lata, margine integerrima. Stamina 10^ altemis brevioribus ; //am^/ita 

 basi dilatata, plana, persistentia : antherce lineari-oblongae, deciduse. Sty- 

 lus filiformis, stamina superans: ovarium 3-loculare, apice 3-carinato- 

 alatum — Folia opposita, stipuiata, elliptical obtusa, glabra. Flores termi- 

 nalesy racemosi. 



1. P. laurifolium, Nob. in Prodr. Penins. Ind. Or. (ined.); Wight. Cat. 

 N. 947 — Gsertnera laurifolia. Wall. List of E. I. Plants, N. 7265. 

 Hab. In insula Zeylana ; Herb, mission. 



This plant is, as Dr Wallich and the missionaries point out, 

 closely allied to GtRrtnera of Schreber, the Hiptage of Gaert- 



* We insert this species and M. pinnata, although not found ki the peninsula, in order to 

 complete our account ot the genus. 



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