geinble a perfect anther. Jussien describes them as 

 3 stamens with 2 -celled anthers ; ours, I now find, 

 were precisely the same. The discrepancy between 

 the nmnber of cells in the ovary in the two plants, 

 however, remains irreconcilable, the one has 3- the 

 other 6-celled ovaries, and until we consent to unite 

 Glochidion and Gynoon as a genus, having 3-6-celled 

 ovaries, our plants must respectively take their places 

 in diiferent genera. In plate 1908 is represented a 

 plant I have from Ceylon, and which I strongly sus- 

 pect is Jussieu's original species, but which, whether 

 tJiat identical species or not, is unquestionably a spe- 

 cies of Gynoon^ and in the right hand corner is an 

 analysis of the flower of our Gynoon Heyneanum. 

 A comparison of the former with Jussieu's charac- 

 ter will show that it is a Gynoon^ and of the lat- 

 ter, Avith the character of Glochidion^ will equally 



show that it belongs to that genus, with the ex- 

 ception of the ovary being 5- in place of 6-celled, 

 a structure which I find variable, both forms occur- 

 ring on the same branch. It follows that the only 

 difference between the two genera, as will be seen by 

 the accompanying plates, is that the one has a 3- the 

 other a 5- or 6-celled ovary ; a very artificial dis- 

 tinction, and one indeed set a side in Blume's char- 

 acter of the genus Glochidion^ in which he says, 

 "Stigmata 3-12, ovarium 3-6 rarius 12 loculare" 

 On these grounds I would suggest that the 2 genera 

 should be united and merely distinguished sectionally. 

 The preceding, though so widely distinct in the male 

 flower, might also perhaps be brought here with 

 advantage. 



ever, It also is, I believe, still an undescribed species, 

 1 shall, to prevent further mistakes, introduce it here 

 under the name of 



Glochidion Neilgherren^e (R. W.), arboreous, ramuli 

 glabrous, flexuose : leaves oblong, sub-elliptic, obtuse, 

 or sometimes shortly acuminate, slightly unequal- 

 sided, coriaceous, glabrous : male flowers short pedi- 

 celled : females sessile : style very thick, truncated, 

 mammilately toothed, scarcely longer than the peri- 

 anth : fruit broad orbicular, 5-6-celled, depressed ; 

 crowned in the centre with the short persistent style. 



A low-growing umbrageous tree, common about 

 Ootacamund. The dried specimens are very like 

 those of G. Heyneanum^ but are at once distinguished 

 by the female flower, which I find supplies the best 

 specific characters. 



1907-2. Glochidion velxjtinum (R. W.), shrubby, 



young branches, leaves, and flowers, all clothed with 



short velutinous pubescence: leaves short petiftled, 

 oval, acute at both ends: flowers aggi'egated, male 

 and female mixed, all pedicelled ; perianth six-parted ; 

 lobes of ^ the male ovato-Ianceolate, of the female 

 somewhat obovate lanceolate, obtuse: style fleshy, 

 truncated, obsoletely 5-6-toothed : ovary 4-6-celled : 

 capsule orbicular, depressed, croMmed with the per- 

 sistent style. 



Neilgherries, Northern slopes towards Mysore. A 

 very distinct and easily recognised species. 



1908. Gynoon Jussleuanum (R. W., G. trian- 



drum ? W. & A.), shrubby, glabrous : leaves ovate, 

 acute, unequal-sided : flowers axillary, fascicled, male 



1906. Gj.ochidion ellipticum (R. W.), shrubby: and female: lobes of the perianth lanceolate, in the 



leaves elliptic oblong, glabrous, short petioled : flowers 

 axillary, aggregate, male and female : male pedicelled, 

 female sessile, male perianth six-parted in a double 

 series : lobes ovate obtuse : female pubescent ; peri- 

 anth 6-cleft, embracing the base of the ovary : styles 

 united, conical, ovary 4-6-celled: capsule orbicular, 

 depressed in the centre, cells 1 -seeded (?) by abortion. 



Malabar. The drawing and section of the fruit 

 with the male flower and divided stamens in the left 

 corner of the plate were made many years ago when 

 I was in England ; the other dissections were made 

 from flowers picked oflF the specimens preserved with 

 the drawing. It is on the authority of the di'awing 

 that I describe the cells of the fruit as one-seeded. 

 The specimen does not enable me to verify that point 

 of structure but I fancy that in this as in other spe- 

 cies both one and two are found in diflerent fruit. 



1907-1. Glochidion arborium (R. W.), arbore- 

 ous : ramuJI pubescent : leaves ovate, acuminate, un- 

 equal-sided, glabrous : flowers aggregated, male and 

 female mixed; males short pedicelled; female ses- 

 sile: male perianth deeply six-parted, lobes some- 



female shorter than the ovoid truncated style. 



When naming the drawing I did not advert to the 

 circumstance that, supposing this to be really Jus- 

 sieu's plant, which is doubtful, we named it " trian- 

 drum," under a misapprehension, and that the name 

 is inappropriate in a genus all the species of which 

 are triandrous. I now therefore beg to be permitted 

 to change the name, and substitute that of the founder 

 of the genus, and request the specific name of the 

 plate may be changed to ^^ Jussieuanum.^ Though 

 my figm-e of the style does not quite correspond 

 with that of the author, I suspect the difference 

 depends mainly on the difference of age, mine being 

 more advanced. Of five species now in my herba- 

 rium, all from Ceylon, this is the only one that ap- 

 proaches his figure, the style in all the rest being 

 long and attenuated, more resembling that represent- 

 ed in the next plate. 



The figures in the right hand corner of this plate 

 are taken from om* G. Heyneanum with a view to 

 showing that it is a species of Glochidion, as indicated 

 by the number of cells of the ovary. 



what obovate: female connate, 5-6-toothed, much 1909. Gynoon 



- . . -6 



5-6-cclled with 2 ovules m each : fruit capsular, 2-3- 



plant clothed with long soft pubescence : leaves ellip- 

 tic, acumhiate : male, perianth six-parted much longer 



celled, crowned, until near maturity, with the persis- than the stamens, lobes lanceolate : female like the 



male, style about twice the length of the calyx, slen- 

 der, 3-tuothed at the apex. 



Adam's Peak, Ceylon, Gardner, communicated by 

 Mr. Thwaites. 



1910. AcTEPHiLA Xeilght:rrensis (R. W.), flow- 



tent style. 



Shevagherry Hills. Neilgherrles ? 



When recently re-airanging my series of speci- 

 mens, of which I have a considerable number, I dis- 

 covered that I had mixed specimens of two species 

 under this name, and suspect that this is not the one 



for which the specific name was intended. As, how- ers pentandrous : calyx 5-parted: petals five. 



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