334 Mr. Griffith on the Root- Parasites referred to Rhizanthese, 



purpurascentes vel livido-plumbei, bracteis 2 minutis linearibus setaceis lateralibus 

 stipati. Perianthium carnosum, rotatum ; tubus nullus, perianthii basi nempe planis- 

 sima, laciniae (vel sepala) 3, cordata, acuta, intus subreticulata, extus pubescentia. 

 Alabastrum vertice depresso-concavum, ambitu obsolete 3-gonum. Stamina 8-10, 

 uniseriata. Filamenta nulla. Antherae biloculares, extrorsae, subcordatae, connectivo 

 raagno glanduloso-pubescente, quasi conduplicato ; loculi distantes, lineares, longitudi- 

 naliter dehiscentes. Pollen granulosum, granulis in aqua deciduis. Ovarium breviter 

 pedicellatum, rotundato-tetragonum, dense pubescenti-hirtum, 4-loculare ; loculi minuti 

 cum angulis respondentes ; placentae cruciatae, in centro cohaerentes ; ovula indefinite 

 numerosa, anatropa, biseriata, minuta ; stylus nullus ; stigma centrum genitalium disci 

 implens, lobato-sinuosum. Fructus siliquiformis, 4-6-uncialis, pendulus, subtorulosus, 

 stipitatus, 4-valvis, pubescenti-velutinus. Placenta libera, centralis, 4-gona. Semina 

 vel valvis adhaerentia, vel inter angulos placentae fere immersa, saepe monile instar 

 leviter cohaerentia, uniseriata, trigona, apice et basi et secus angulum tertium inter- 

 num saepe membranaceo-alata, rugosa, papillosa, grisea, imperfecta tantum observata. 

 Tegumentum exterius crassiusculum, crustaceum ; superficies utraque saltern rugosa : 

 interius (sacculus embryonarius ?) membranaceo-cellulosum, tenuissimum. Albumen 

 ob imperfectionem ? mancum, oleosum, carnosum. Embryo non observatus. 

 Hab. In provincia Malacca peninsulae Malayanae, ad margines sylvarum primcevarum ; co- 

 piose versus Ayer Punnus Rhim. Floret per menses calidiores. 



Obs. I.— The wood consists of a largish pith, and narrow, wedge-shaped 

 radiating masses of wood, separated by conspicuous medullary rays. The 

 fibres of the woody system are not unfrequently punctate ; the vessels present 

 coniferous markings, often rendered less obscure by the enlargement of the 

 central disc. The flowers are probably terminal, as there is no anticous 

 bractea, and the two lateral ones often alternate. 



Obs. II.— The flowers at first sight have a remarkable resemblance to the 

 male flowers of Knema, a curious circumstance if combined with the Anona- 

 ceous habit of Thottea ; and still more singular, perhaps, from the resemblance 

 it presents in its own habit to certain forms of Piper. 



Obs. III.— It is with some hesitation that I venture on proposing this as a 

 genus distinct from Bragantia*, for however different it may appear to be 

 from Bragantia tomentosa and B. Khasiyana, it appears to have the closest 

 affinities with the Alp am of the < Hortus Malabaricus*,' which Mr. Bennett, 



* Op. cit. vi. 5]. t. 28. 



