little ktiozdn Genera of Plants, 299 



Gen. 3. SARCOSTIGMA, iVb^. 



Linn, Syst. DIOECIA (PENTANDRIA?) 

 Ord. Nat. HEUNANDIACfiiE, Bluffi. 



Flores tlioeci. Masc F(Em. Perianthium basi involucre niono|ihyllu 



brevissimo campanulato 5-dentato instructum, mcnophyllum, infundi- 

 buliforme, 5-fi(lum ; laciniis oblongis recurvis. Torus perianthii tubum 

 implens, eique adhaerens. Stamina sterilia 5, liniaria, perianthii laciniis 

 allernantia. Ovarium liberum, oblongo cylindraceum, hirsutum, unilo- 

 culare. Ovulum solitarium, pendulum. Sliyma magnum, carnosum, in- 

 tegrum, deciduum. Dncpa oblonga, compressa. Xtue rugosa. Semen .... 



** Frutex scandens^ ramosus. Folia alterna^ breviter petiolata, oblonga^ acumi. 

 natOj 5 pollices longa, 2 /ate, integerrima, glabra, venosa. Flores in racemo 

 simplici, spicatOy longo, sessiles. Kacemi oggregati^ vel singuli, e ramulonim 

 nodis a casufoRorum ortis.^' — Klein. MSS. 



1. 5". Kleiniij Nob. in Prod, Fl. Penins. Ind, Or. (ined.) Dioecia. Herb. 

 Kleine. Wight Cat. 943. 



. Hab. Alway, provinciae Travancorensis, anno 1817. Cel. Kleine. Nom. 

 vernac. Odtam. 



We think that we are borne out by the above analysis, how- 

 ever imperfect it be, in consequence of the absence of male 

 flowers, in referring this genus to the neighbourhood of Ino- 

 phylhtm, which is now placed in Hernandiaceae. The involucre 

 in both genera is similar, and bears a very strong resemblance 

 to a calyx, and the perianth to a corolla. The leaves shew a 

 similar venation and texture in both. In our plant the parts 

 of the flower are sometimes disposed in a quaternary order. 



Gen. 4. GYNOON, Ad. de Juss. 



Linn, Syst. MONOECIA MONODELPHIA. 

 Ord. Nat. EUPHORBIACE^, Juss. 



Flores monoeci. Masc. Perianthium 5-6-partituin. Stamina 3 — 6. Fi/a- 

 menta infra in columnam triangularem coalita, superius distincta. An. 

 thera filamentis ad latera subapice adnatae, biloculares, extrorsae. F(EW. 

 Perianthium 6-partitum. Stylus nullus. Stigmata 3 — 6, hinc convexa, 

 inde angulata, crassa, connata in massam unicam ab apice usque ad basin 

 intus perviam, ovoideam, ovario duple majorem, 3 — 6-partibilem. Owu 

 rium globosum, 3 — 6.1oculare ; loculis biovulatis. Fructvs . . ; . . 



Caulis lignostis. Folia alterna, 2stiptdatea^ integra, plus minusve coriacem^ 

 glabra. Flores minuti, fasciculatiy breviter pediccllati, fasciculis axiUaribuSy 

 multibractcatis; faminei mascuiis mizti. 



