CLUSIACEAE. 145 



5438/!.? TRIPLAXDROX Bth. 



(Bth. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 73. t. 28.) 



Flores dioici. Masculi: calyx bibracteatus 4-scpaIus. Corolla 4-petala. 



Stamina numerosa triseriata, in massam tetragonam convexam connata, 



seriei interioris majora, filamenta crassa angulato-concreta, antherae termi- 



nales, connectivo immersae, Ioculis rima oblonga dehiscentibus. Flores 



foeminei : calyx et corolla maris. Slamina sterilia in cupulam carnosam 



tetragonam ovarium cingentem connata. Ovarium tetragono-globosum, stig- 



mata plurima (circa 9) sessilia radiantia, ovarii loculi totidem (pluriovulati?). 



1. TR. LINEATUM Bth. 1. c. f t. 28. — Arbor 20-pedalis. Folia petiolata, opposita, 



3-5-pollicaria, ovali-oblonga, utrinque acuta vel rarius apice obtusiuscula coria- 



cea, percursa venulis crebris parallele divergenlibus, utrinque prominulis et 



lineolis tenuibus in sicco purpurascentibus nervo medio subparallelis, a basi ad 



apicem folii extensis. Petiolus 3-8 lin. longus, basi subdilatatus et intus (in 



glandulam?) incrassatus. Pedunculi ad apices ramorum vel ramulorum brevium 



axillarium, brevissimi terni recurvi. Bracteae orbiculatae, 2 lin. longae. Sepala 



orbiculata concava, coriacea, 4 lin. longa. Petala 8-9 lin. longa patenlia obovato- 



rotundala rubra, marginibus reflexis crispis. Stamina marium in serie exleriore 



circa 20, in intermedia 15-18, in interiore 5-9 duplo fere majora, omnia in mas- 



sam coalila ovarium abortivum saepius minimum circumdanlem at ab hoc libe— 



ram. Staminum sterilium urceolus in flore foemineo acute tetragonus, ovario 



brevior. Stigmata inter se distincta el a centro distanlia fere Clusiae criuvae. — 



Crescit ad Tumaco et 9an Pedro in Columbia. 



5446/!.? DISCOSTIGMA Hsskrl. 

 (Hsskrl. Catal. pl. hort. Bogor. 212. — Endl. Gener. plant. Suppl. III. p. 95.) 



Flores dioici, masculi ? foeminei: calyx 4-sepalus deciduus, sepala 



alterna minora; corolla 4-petaIa decidua; rudimenta staininum nulla. Ova- 

 rium ovatum biloculare, loculi uniovulati, stylus nullus, stigma peltato- 



discoideum integerrimum ; fructus ? — An Garcinieis ? an Calophylleis 



adjungendum genus? 



1. D. ROSTRATUM Hsskrl. I. c. — Foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolalis roslratis 

 glaberrimis integerrimis; racemis lateralibus rarius axillaribus abbreviatis. 3 — 

 Planla foeminea semper sterilis in horto. — Crescil (in insula Java)?? 



5448/!. CALYSACCIOX Wght. 

 (Wght. Ulustr. of Ind. bot. I. 130. — Endl. Gener. plant. Suppl. II. Addend. 108. - 



Meisn. Gener. pl. vascul. II. 345.) 

 1. C. (CALOPHYLLUM Wall. Catal. 5632.) LONGIFOLIUM Wght. I. c. - Ramis tere- 

 tibus, ramulis quadrangularibus; foliis glabris breviter petiolatis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis obtusis duris crassis coriaceis oppositis, costa prominente, venis parallelis; 

 floribus numerosis in luberculis Iateralibus congestis capitula lateralia densissima 

 formanlibus; pedicellis brevissimis unifloris. $ — Crescit in Malabaria. 



Ordo XXXVI. MARCGRAVIACEAE Jms. 



(DC. Prodr. I. 565. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 398. II. 811. — Endl. Gener. 

 plant. p. 1029. — Meisn. Gener. plant. vascul. I. 44. II. 32.) 



5459. RCYSCRIA Jcq. 

 (DC. Prodr. 1. 566. - Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 398. II. 811.) 

 1. R. BICOLOR Bth. Bot. of Belch. voy. o( the Sulphur 73. t. 29. — Foliis oblongo- 

 vel ovali-ellipticis obtusis aristula decidua mucronalis, basi rotundato-cuneatis; 

 V. 19 



