OLACISE^E. 579 



G. gracilt:, Miq. Tenasscrira. 



Phlelocalymna Wallichii, Hast. 



Leaves ojiaquo. Drupes obtusely 4-3-angulai', acute. The drupes in this species 

 are obtu.sely angular, but the seeds being all aborted, no .stress can, con.scquently, be 

 laid upon this character, until perfected fruits with seeds become known (Kurz). 



G. GniFFiTnr\.\iM, Miers. E.T. Southern Pegu and Tcuas.^crim. 



Platea I.ohhiana, Miers. 



Leaves glossy. Drupes terete, rounded at apex. 



FIIYTOCREXI}-:.E. 

 Cotyhduns foliaceous or fleshy. Flowers dioecioio. Climbers. Fruit drupaceous. 



* Stamens alternating with the petals. 

 X Flowers in heads. 



PuYTocuENE, WaUich. 



Filaments longer than the anthers. Albumen lobed. iJrupes villous or echiuatc. 



P. GiG.iNTK.v, Wall. ir.C. Pegu Range and Tenasserim. 



Male ilower-heads usually more tawny, tomcnto.'^c, on short l)ut very thick 

 pedunclet.s, numerous in very compound racemes lermiuating iu the young .state in 

 sliort thick tomentosc bract-like axes. 



The stem of this great creeper contains a great quantity of limpid potable water, 

 and is well known to the natives, who make use of it when thirsty iu the forests. 



P. BRACTEATA, Wall. South Tenasserim. 



Male flower-heads somewhat smaller and usually greyish, tomentose, on short 

 but slender pedunclets, few (S-5), iu simple short racemes termiuatiug in long bract- 

 like greyish-toraentose slender axes. 



The so-called bracts of the male inflorescences in this genus are, in my opinion, 

 only the sterile end-branchings of the partial racemes (Kurz). 



X X Flowers in spilrs, raeemes, or panicles. 



Sarcostigma, Wight and Arnutt. 



Flowers interruptedly spiked ; filaments longer than the anthers. Staminodes 

 none. Stigma sessile. Albumen none. 



S. (Cuailletia) edui.k, Kz. IV. C. Tropical forests of the Audanums. 



The nut is inclosed in a thin edible sweetish pul]). 



Masters say that this species (6'. edule) is probably only a fcirm of S. Kleinii, 

 but iu this he is mistaken, for the latter dilf'ers by quite ghibrous drupes and 

 inflorescences ; and he evidently confounds two species under this name. I would 

 suggest to him to compare Maingay's Ko. 378 from Malaya (of which I have seen 

 only leaves) with S. Jlorsjieldti (Kurz). 



Natsiati" Ar, Uam iltun . 

 Flowers racemose. Filaments very short, alternating with T) staminodes. 

 N. HERPETicTM, Ham. C. C'hittagong and Pegu Ilange. 



Drupes the size of a pea, glabrous, black. Styles 2. Albumen fleshy. 



* * Stamens opposite to the petals. 

 loDES, Bltime. 



Flowers cymose-panicled. Stamens 8, filaments very short. Stigma sessile. 

 Albumen fleshy. 



X Pedicels not woody, slender. 

 I. iJiuxDisn, Kz. C. Upper Tenasserim, Thoung-yeon. 



