34 ON THE SPECIES OF GLTCOSMIS. 



** Filamonts subuhite or linear, gradually uud 

 Hlij^htly or not ililatud downwards, 

 f Flowers solitary in the leaf-axils. 

 Berries oblong, ^ in. long ; leaflets coriaceous, 



polislicd above . . . . . O. sitigulijlora. 



, f f Flowers in cymes, panicles, or simple or 

 compound racemes. 

 \ Nerves and midrib above not impressed. 

 § Petals obovate to oboval, broad. 

 Petals very deciduous ; anthers obtuse ; leaflets 



usually large ...... G. trifoliata. 



Petals more persistent^; anthers obtuse ; leaflets 



small ....... G. triphylla. 



Petals very deciduous ; anthers gland-tipped ; fila- 

 ments short, equally filiform ; ovary sessile, 

 densely rusty-pilose ..... G. puhenda. 



§§ Petals very deciduous, linear-oblanceo- 

 late. 

 Anthers obtuse ; filaments very long ; ovary stipi- 



tate, papillose or rarely smooth . . . G. arhorea. 



\\ Nerves and midrib above conspicuously 

 impressed. 

 Leaflets greenish-grey ; berries the size of a 



cherry ....... 6r. chloronpenna. 



1. G. cyanocarpa, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv., 2, 101 (1827); Miq' 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. i., 2, 521.— (CooH« cyanocarpa, Bl. Bydr., 136; G^ 

 arborea, Wall. Cat. 6373 D. ; G. pentaphylla, Wall. Cat. 037-1 G., p.p.) 

 — Frutex in arbusculum 8-15 pedalem cxcrescens, ramulis pallidis 

 gcmmis vulgo fulvo-pilosis ; folia quam maxime variabilia, imjjari- 

 pinnata ad unifoliolata, glabra; foliola 5-3-1, oblongo-lanccolata ad 

 lanceolata, basi acuta v. acuminata, brovitcr petiolata, integra, acumi- 

 nata usque ad obtuse et longe caudata, chartacea, glabra, 3-8 poll, 

 longa V. (in simplicibus) usque 1 ped. longa ; flores parvinsculi, bre- 

 vissime pedicellati, albi, paniculas pcdunculatas strictas v. cymas 

 glabras v. fulvo-pilosulas axillares et terminales formantes ; caly.x 

 glaber v. paree fulvo-pilosus, lobis lato-ovatis acutis ; petala obovato- 

 oblonga, longius persistentes, 2 lin. circiter longa ; filamenta sursuin 

 sensim dilatata et sub anthera oghuidulosa abrupte acuminata ; antlie- 

 rarum loculi paralleli ; ovarium fusiforme cum stigmate obtuso con- 

 tinuum 5-loculare ; bacca) obovatic, apiculatic, improsso-punctatoR, 

 pliimbeo-cyanetc, vulgo2sperma), semina semiconcava, oblonga, pallida 

 venosa. 



Var. a. genuina, folia textura) tonuioris, majora, impari-piniiata ; 

 paniculse brachiatce, longius pedunculatiT), terminales et axillares, 

 petiolo multo longiores, ovarium 5-perraro 4-loculare. 



Var. (i. sapindoides {G. .lapindoidcs, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 0370 ; 

 H.f. Ind. Fl. i., 501 ; G. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 0377 A. p.p.), folia 

 format genuina3 sod palHdiora ; paniouhie a basi raniosa?, potiolo vulgo 

 breviores, semper (?) axillares, ovarium 2- v. interdum 3- loculare. 



Var, y. cymosa {G. oxypln/lla. Wall, in Voigt Cat. Hort. Calc, 

 1845, 129; G tetrvphyHii, Wall., I.e. ; G. hciila, Wall. :MS ; G. pen- 



