suffice for the discrimination of the species, and should the normal number. I have named it in honour of 

 better acquaintance with them render their removal the founder of the genus, 

 from this genus desirable, it can then be done. 



1 837. Lepidaden 



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I^eilgherries. 



ovate, oblong, somewhat tapering at both ends, ob- 

 tuse, coriaceous, entire, glabrous, shining above, beneath 

 finely pubescent, penninerved : umbels racemose : in- 

 volucre 4-leaved, somewhat tomentose : floAvers bisex- 

 ual, stamens 12, the interior 6 all glanduliferous. 



I have not been so fortunate as 

 again to find this plant in the course of my recent 

 excursions on the Hills. The figure accurately re- 

 presents the specimen originally described by Profes- 

 sor Nees. 



1838. Lepibadenia glabrata (R. W., Tetran- 

 thera glabrata^ Nees), glabrous leaves oblong, lanceo- 

 late acute at both ends, shortly acuminate, coriaceous ; 

 glabrous shining above, pale beneath, penninerved : 

 peduncles axillary, racemose : involucre 6-leaved, 

 silky pubescent : perianth 6-parted; stamens 12, all 

 fertile, the interior six glanduliferous- 



I have this species from several localities, Pulney 

 Mountains, Neilgherries, and Mergui, from Griffith. 

 The specimen represented agrees in every thing with 

 Nees' description, except in what relates to the sta- 

 mens, " Stamina fertilia 9, triplici serie, * * stamina 

 sterilia 3 centro proxima, * * singulis glandulis obo- 

 vatis subsessilibus a tergo stipita." In my plants 

 they seem all fertile, but even were it otherwise, 

 I esteem this plant a truer congener with Lepida' 

 denia than Tetranthera^ and have therefore taken the 

 liberty of removing it from the latter genus. 



1839. 



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1841. ACTINODAPHKE AUGUSTIFOIJA (NcCS), IcaVCS 



sub-verticelled, about six, oblong lanceolate, cuspi- 

 dato- acuminate, glaucous, glabrescent beneath, nerves 

 rusty-coloured : ramuli and petioJs rusty- brown : 

 fascicles of the flowers compound, lateral. 



Courtallum, Neilgherries, &c. 



This genus is distinguished from the preceding by 

 the absence, even in form of staminodes, of the inte- 

 rior row of stamens. This is a very conspicuous spe- 

 cies from the gi'eat length and fine form of the leaves, 

 the bright and delicate colour of which contrasts 

 well with the tawny-colom^ed flower-buds. 



1842. AcTiNODAPHNE sPEciosA (Nccs), Icaves 



round, cuspidate, many-nerved, (multuplinervibus) 

 nerves thick below and, like the petiols and young 

 branches, reddish-brown tomentose: flowers simply 



fascicled: staminodes in the female ones filiform, 

 spathulate. 



. Ceylon. A considerable, erect, tall-gi'owing tree. 

 The leaves are very remarkable, large, nearly orbicu- 

 lar, very thick and coriaceous, almost woody, bullate, 

 glabrous, somewhat shining above; below reticulated 

 with numerous thick rigid veins, clothed like the 

 branches, petiols, flower -buds, and flowers, with a 

 thick coating of very dark rusty-brown coarse to- 

 mentum. In my specimens the flowers appear her- 

 maphrodite, but the ovary is perhaps abortive, as 

 Nees' were female, furnished with staminodes in 

 place of fertile stamens. 



I received my specimens of this remarkable look- 

 and rare tree, from the late Colonel Walker, who 



cous, leaves oval, obtuse at both ends, coriaceous, was so much struck MatM^^^ 



glabrous, shining above, pale (when diy, rusty-brown) "" '""--- " "" " "" ■" —" ^- ~ " " ^ 



beneath : umbels sessile, fascicled, axillary : involucre 



4-leaved, slightly pubescent, perianth male, 4-6-part- 

 ed, stamens 8-12, interior ones glanduliferous ; female 

 perianth 4- (always?) lobed, hairy within, bearing on 

 the throat 4 sterile lanceolate glanduliferous stamens. 

 Ceylon. I have not, so far as I am aware, met 

 with this plant on the Continent. This is one of 

 those about which I feel doubtful as to the propriety 

 of placing it in this genus- 



1840. LEpmAPENiA Neesiana (K. W.), branchy, 

 slender, apparently drooping, obsoletely 4--sided, rusty- 

 tomentose : leaves coriaceous, oblong, oval, obtuse at 

 both ends, shortly acuminate, or retuse at the apex ; 

 smooth glabrous above, glaucous and pubescent, pen- 

 ninerved beneath : nerves, petiols, and umbels, rusty- 

 tomentose : umbels axillary, short pedicelled, aggre- 

 gate : involucrum 4-leaved : perianth 8-cIeft : sta- 

 mens 1 6, the interior 8 glanduliferous, ovary appa- 

 rently rudimentary. 



Malacca, Griffith. The leaves as regards the under 

 surface are almost identical with those of Cylicodaphne 

 Wightiana. In the plate they are represented too 

 acute and acuminate, neither has the artist succeeded 

 in giving a good idea of the branch which, in place of 

 being straight and rigid, is gi'acefully curved, but 

 want of room to do it justice must bear part of 

 the blame. But for the anthers beiug all introrse I 

 should have referred it to Cylicodaphne. I do not 

 look upon the extra number of parts as important 

 in this order as they are liable to vary, and possibly 

 flowers might even be found on the specimen with 



ous, on the supposition that it must form the type 

 a new genus, that it should have the honor of bear- 

 ing his respected name. 



The figure does not convey a perfect idea of the 

 aspect of the leaves, which indeed would be quite 

 impossible with such artists as I have to work with. 



1843. AcTiwoDAPHNB MELocHiNA (Nccs), Icaves 

 obovate, or elliptico-roundish, obtuse, somewhat tri- 

 plinerved, rigid ; the younger ones beneath, like the 

 petiols and branches, brownish-rusty tomentose : 

 female flowers simply fascicled, female staminodes 

 oval, petaloid. 



Ceylon. In this, as in the preceding, my specimens 

 are those of the male or hermaphrodite plant, while 

 Nees' were female, with sterile stamens. It has some- 

 what the habit of the former but is very distinct. 



1844. LiTsiEA Ceyeanica 9 (Nees), leaves ob- 

 long, or lanceolate, attenuate at both end^, acuminate, 

 triplinerved, glaucous beneath : ribs of the leaves 

 petiols and young branches finely yellowish silky: 

 flower-buds globose, contracted at the base- 

 Ceylon, Malabar, Western slopes of the Neilgher- 

 ries, &c. In a former plate, 132, 1 gave a figure of 

 the male plant taken from an indifferent specimen. 

 In this one, I have given the female to complete the 

 representation of the species. The genus, as regards 

 the discrimination of the species, is far fi'om easy, 

 and as I have several more in my collection, I now 

 regret that I did not introduce some others which 

 I might have done, but happened unfortunately when 

 worlang on this most difficult order to be otherwise 



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