ANCISTROCLADEAE. 587 ANGISTROGLADUS. 
Ordo CXXI. ANCISTROCLADEAE PraNcHoN. 
Ordo inter Malpighiaceas et Dipterocarpeas fere intermedius, un- 
cis ramulorum Hugoniae accedens. 
L ANCISTROCLADUS wart. Calyeis tubus eum ovario 
coalitus, laciniae 5 inaequales, inerescentes. Petala 5, aestivatione 
leviter contorta, basi connexa, Stamina 10 biserialia vel 5 unise- 
rialia, filamentis brevibus basi coalitis, antheris erectis, connec- 
tivo apiculatis, loculis introrse dehiscentibus, Ovarium cito post 
anthesin uniloculare, ovulo unico basilari brevi funiculato, stylo 
supra basin brevem conicam trifido, lobis cuneatis apice retuso 
stigmatosis. N ux calyce foliaceo aucto coronata, obconica, styli 
basi mucronata, monosperma. Semen cerebriforme, corrugato-ru- 
_minatum, spermodermide simplici membranaceâ, albumine car- 
noso. Embryi clavati radicula longiuscula descendens, coty- 
ledones subfoliaceae divergentes. — Frutices Asiae calidioris, scan- 
dentes, ramulis uneiferis (uncis terminalibus, innovatione lateralibus), 
foliis alternis, nunc per intervalla confertis, fl. paniculatis, pedicellis 
basi articulatis. Conf. w. ARNorT in Nov. Act. N. Cur‚ XVIII. 
pars 1. — Planchon in Ann. Se. nat. 3e sér. XIII. p. 816. — 
THWAITES in Transact. Soc. Linn. Lond. XXI. p. 225. — Biga- 
mea Endl, — Wormia Vahl, non Rottb. 
1. Ancistrocladus pinangianus warr. Cat. n. 1054. Planchon 
Lc. p. 318. Folia e basi cuncatÂ oblonga obtuse acuminata, rigide 
chartacea, supra albido-punctata; paniculae terminalis folio brevioris, 
rami graciles, in ramulos breves confertiuscule divisi. — Poeloe 
Pinang. 
Ordo CXXIIL. CELASTRINEAE Rr. BROWN. 
Arbusculae vel frutices, interdum scandentes et spinescentes, fo- 
lis alternis raro oppositis, stipulis parvis caducissimis. Flores 
hermapbroditi vel unisexuales axillares eymosi. Calyx 4—5-fidus 
vel-partitus, aestivatione imbricatus, persistens. Discus carnosus 
anmularis vel orbicularis, calycis fandum vestiens, liber vel interdum 
Ovario adhaerens. Petala 4—5, sub disci margini inserta, basi latâ 
