Op^^ia,] XXXII. OLACiNE^. 395 



ImVian specimens £?lobular, as described by Roxburgh. Wight figures it as ovoid, and so it 

 appears to be on Horsfiekrs Javanese spccimeus, and certainly ou F. ^Mueller's from Victoria 

 nyer. All our otlier specimens from India as well as from Australia arc in flower only or 

 with young fruit. "^ 



Ikibe III. IcACiNE^. — Stamens as many as petals or corolla-lobes, and 

 alteraate witk tliem. Ovary l-cellcd, with 2, rarely 1 ovale, pendLiIoas from 

 one side or the apex of the cavity. Seed pendulous. 



5. PEWNANTIA, Forst. 



Plowers dioecious or polygamous. Calyx minute. Petals 5, hypogynous, 

 glabrous, valvate in the bud. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals ; an- 

 thers oblong-sajjittate. Ovary 1-celled; stigma nearly sessile, entire or 3- 

 lobed ; ovule solitary, suspended from the npex of the cavity. Drupe with a 

 bard putamen, or almost baccate with a slightly coriaceous endocai*p. Seed 

 pendulous ; embryo small within the apex of the fleshy albumen. — Trees, 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, entire or (in New Zealand species) coarsely toothed, 

 Flowers in terminal corymbose panicles. 



-Besides the Australian species, which is endemic, there is one from Norfolk Island and 

 another from New Zealand. ' ' 



1. P, Cunninghamii, Sfiers, in Jnn. Nat, Hist. ser. 2, ix. 491, and 

 Contnl). 80, /. 12. A glabrous, suberect, tall shrub. Leaves ovate or broadly 

 elliptical, acuniinate, 4 to 6 in. long, entire, coriaceous and shining when old, 

 narrowed into a petiole of \ in. or more. Flowers numerous, in broad rather 

 dense panicles, either termuud or in the upper axils, the males only known. 

 Calyx scarcely prominent. Petals nearly \^ lines long, rilaraents bent in 

 below tlie summit in the bud ; anthers oblong, sagittate. Rudimentary ovary 



g an im- 



the en- 



narrow, with 2 or 3 erect style-like Io!)es, and occasionally containing 

 perfect pendulous ovule. Drupes or beiries ovoid, about ^ in. long, 

 docarp scarcely hardened. Seed pendulous; testa thinly membranous ; em- 

 ^lyo much shorter than the albumen. 



N. S- "Wales. Illawarra district, A, Cunnmgho'm, M'Arihnr, Shepherd; Kiama, 

 ^arveij; Clarence river, Moore, The ovaries described by Miers appear to me to have 

 bt^en imperfect, at least I find none bnt male flowers in the specimen he exaniiued, iior In 

 any others I have seen. It is probable that the female flowers, as in the New Zealand spe- 

 cies, are smaller, and have therefore not attracted the notice of collectors. 



6. VILLARESIA, Euiz and Pav. 



(Pleuropetalum, Blame; Chariessa, Miq) 



Flowers hci-maplirodite or polygamous. Sepals 5, distinct, broad, imbri- 

 cate. Petals 5, with the midrib prominent inside, imbricate or almost valvate 

 m the bud. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals; anthers cordate. Ovary 

 1-celled, the canty marked on one side with a raised ridge half dividing it; 

 style short, thick; ovules 2, suspended from the summit of the raised ridge. 

 I^i'upe ovoid or globular, the cndocai-p forming a prominent half-dissepiment 

 which penetrates into a deep vertical furrow in the seed. Embryo small, in 

 the apex of the albumen,— Lofty trees (or tall woody climbers ?). Leaves 



