Melicope. octandria monogynia. 257 



leaved. Corol none. Filaments seven or eight, very 

 short. Anther linear, six or eight times longer than the 

 filaments. 



Female flowers on a separate tree. Calyx as in the 

 male. Corol none. Germ superior, three-lobed. Style long, 

 three-sided, as if composed of three portions. Stigma 

 three-pointed. The ripe seed vessel has not been found. 



MELICOPE. 



Ca^j/ir four-parted. Corol four-petalled. Nectary sm- 

 rounding the germ. Capsules superior, four, singly ovate- 

 oblonor, tvvo-valved, one-celled, with a single winded seed 

 in each. 



M. ietrandra. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite, obovate. Corymbs axil- 

 lary. Flowers tetrandrous. 



This tree is a native of Pulo Pinang where it blossoms 

 in May, 



Branchlets round, and smooth. Leaves near the extre- 

 mities of the branchlets, opposite, petioled^ cuneate, 

 obovate, entire, smooth on both sides ; from three to four 

 inches long, and two or two and a half broad. Petioles 

 scarcely an inch long, channelled, smooth, swelled at the 

 apex, as if united to the leaf by an articulation. Stipu- 

 les not visible. Corymbs axillary, opposite, long-pedun- 

 cled, supra-decompound, smaller ramifications villous. 

 Bractes minute, solitary under each division and subdi- 

 vision. F/oiyers pedicelled, small, very numerous. Ca- 

 lyx four-cleft, small, permanent. Petals four, cordate, 

 acute, expanding, inserted between the calyx and necta- 

 ry ; on the disk of each rests a small, seemingly abortive 

 stamen. Nectary a fleshy ring round the four-lobed germ. 

 Filaments lour, expanding, alternate with the petals, and 



