1824* Machii.us macrantha (Nees), leaves el- posite and alternate, broad lanceolar, veined ; racemes 

 liptic, acute, beneath glaucous, glabrous, penninervcd: solitary, under the leaves, or axillary: filaments with- 

 panicles large, pubescent, the ramuli divaricated, bifid, out glands : nectaries nine, anthers bilocular : berries 



Neilgherries, on the Northern and Western slopes, oblong, glaucous." In this character the " filaments 

 The tree is a rather low one, but the branches spread- 

 ing and umbrageous ; the leaves and panicles large, 

 terminal ; fruit globose, somewhat depressed, about 

 the size of a large currant. 



1825. Machilus glaucesens (R. W., Phoebe 



glaucesens^ Nees), leaves oblong, lanceolate, acute at 

 both ends, or acuminate ; glaucous : panicles thyrsoid, 

 forming terminal tomentose corymbs : fruit globose, 

 slightly depressed, about the size of a small goose- 

 berry. 



Neilgherries, Western slopes. 



I have ventured to change ISTees' generic name, 

 under the conviction that this is a true congener of 

 the last, with which it so perfectly agrees that, but 

 for the larger fruit of this, they are liable to be mis- 

 taken. My impression is that the plant named Ocotea 

 (now Phoebe) glancescem by Nees in my Herbarium, 

 and which periectly agrees with this, is not that spe- 

 cies but one accidentally erroneously named, owing 

 to the imperfection of the specimens. In this, when 

 the fruit attains matm'ity, the leaves have become 

 fii-m and coriaceous. Of the plant, in this state, I 

 have specimens from the late ^Ii-, Graham of Bom- 

 bay labeled, " a large tree from the Ghauts." 



Roxburgh appears to have fallen into a curious 

 error with respect to this tree. His specific charac- 

 ter is, " leaves alternate, narrow, lanceolate, tripli- 

 nerved." While in his detailed description he de- 

 scribes them as broad lanceolar with " no tendency 

 to the tri or tripli-nerve habit," hence the specific 

 character seems to refer to one tree, the description 

 to another. 



1826-27 i? Alseodaphne SEMECARPTroi.iA (Nees), 

 leaves obovate, cuniform, glaucous, glabrous, penni- 

 nerved beneath : panicles terminal, cymosely umbel- 

 led on the ends of the branches. 



I am indebted to Mr. Law of Bombay for the spe- 

 cimen represented in No. 1826, who sent it from 

 Belgaum, that of 1827 I gathered at Courtallum. 

 The larger one seems to correspond so well with 

 the description of Heyne's specimen by Nees, but 

 which had no station given, that I infer he must have 

 found it in Mysore where he made considerable col- 

 lections. The specimens of the smaller form were 

 named by Nees " Alseodaphnc semecarpifolia variat 

 ^, folius minoribus (2J-3 poUices, cum petiolo, longis, 

 10 lineas latis) panic ulis depauperatis simplicibus." 

 The two plants, when laid side by side, are evidently 

 only varieties of the same species, and are readily re- 

 cognised in the herbarium by the whitish pulveru- 

 lence or bloom on the under surface of the leaves, 

 which contrasts strongly with the dark upper one. 



1828 Beilschmiedia Roxburgiana (Nees, Lan- 

 rm bilocularis, Roxb., Fl. Ind.), branchlets, naked at 

 the base, lobes of the perianth oval. 



Calcutta Bot, Garden introduced from Tipparah. 



The above very brief character is sufficient to dis- 

 tinguish this from the only other species of the genus. 

 Roxburgh's character being more descriptive of the 

 trees, I introduce it also : " arboreous with a straight 



without glands, nectaries nine," may seem at va- 

 riance with the introductory description of the sta- 

 mens of this order, but a careful inspection of the 

 magnified figure will show that the discrepancy be- 

 longs to the language used, not to tlie flower. This 

 his detailed description shows. The filaments of the 

 third row have each 2 large pedicelled globular glands, 

 and the fomth row are the usual staminodes. The 

 glands and staminodes are all by Roxburgh desig- 

 nated " nectaries," and the glands having in this spe- 

 cies a distinct pedicel he seems to have viewed them 

 as independent of the stamens to the base of which 

 they appertain ; the simple character therefore is : 

 stamens 9, the 3 interior ones glandulifcrous, glands 

 pedicelled; staminodes three, bearing cordato-sagittate 

 rudimentary anthers. The six glands and three 

 staminodes make up Roxburgh's nine nectaries. 



Nees objects to Roxburgh's specific name " bilo- 

 cularis," on the supposition that it refers to the ovaiy 

 or fruit, which however is not Roxburgh's meaning, 

 he simply refers to the anthers, which are two-celled 

 not 4, the form he had observed in the other species 

 of his genus Laums. 



1829. Cryptocabta flobibunda (Nees), leaves 



oval oblong, abruptly short acuminate, coarsely 

 venoso-reticulate and glaucous beneath ; glabrous 

 shining above ; pubescent on the veins beneath : 

 panicles axillary, the terminal one dichotomous, naked, 

 yellowish tomentose. 



Ceylon. All my specimens of this plant are fi'om 

 Ceylon. I have specimens of two others much re- 

 sembling this, but apparently both distinct species, 

 from Malacca. It is a curious genus, distinguished in 

 the order by having the seed inclosed in, but not 

 united with, the tube of the calyx, as shown in the 

 longitudinal section of the finiit. 



1830. Cetptocarta Geitfithiana (R. W.), flo- 

 riferous branches, petiols and costas of the leaves 

 rusty tomentose : leaves coriaceous, elliptic oblong, 

 abruptly ending in a longish, narrow acute acumen, 

 glabrous shining above, strongly reticulated, beneath 

 mealy white between the reticulations ; veins promi- 

 nent, rusty pubescent : panicles axillary, racemose, 

 much shorter than the leaves, densely rusty tomentose : 

 ovary hairy : fruit globose ? glabrous. 



Malacca, Griffith. Apparently a considerable tree, 

 but the specimens were unaccompanied by any note. 

 The fruit shown on the plate had been perforated 

 by insects, and when dissected were found mere shells, 

 hence the doubt in regard to their forms, which when 



seen in a healthy state may be different. 

 In this species the staminodes are very acute. 



1831. Haasia Wighth (Nees), leaves elliptic, 

 acute at both ends, finely reticulated^ of the same 



colour on both sides: panicles shorter than the 

 leaves : lobes of the perianth deciduous : fructiferous 

 pedicels straight, slightly thickening upwards, shorter 

 than the peduncle of the panicle : staminodes present 

 in the male flowers. 



trunk, and many far-extended branches : leaves op- Courtallum, flowering August and September, 



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