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Stamens 4, slightly exsert, inserted between the corolla-lobes at the top 

 of the tube ; filaments slender ; anthers small, ovate, cells dehiscing on 

 the margins or somewhat extrorsely. Ovary conical, glabrous ; style 

 slender, subulate, "04 in. long ; cells 2, ovules in each cell apparently 2. 

 Drupe globose, -2 to "3 in. in diam. ; dark greenish-blue when ripe, 

 exocarp thin, fleshy, endocarp crustaceous. Seed 1, testa membranous; 

 albumen fleshy, ruminate ; cotyledons oblong, flat, narrow ; radicle 

 superior. 



Peeak : Scortecliini 414 — at Thaipeng ; Wray 682 ; King's Collector 

 5029, 6978. 



The structure of the wood, so far as the examination of a very small branch goes, 

 confirms the placing of this plant in the genus Osmanthus. 



To this species seems also to belong King's Collector 3663, which has a bright red 

 drupe reaching 5 in. in length, slightly ribbed and with a spathulate embryo having 

 the radicle nearly as long as the cotyledons, each -1 in. It maybe called Var. ohlonga. 



3. LiNOCiERA, Swartz. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers small, in axillary 

 or extra-axillary, rarely terminal, panicles or cymes ; bracts generally 

 small, sometimes rather enlarged and leafy ; bracteoles very small. 

 Calyx small, 4-fid or -toothed. Corolla of 4 petals, long or short, nearly 

 free or cohering by pairs or very shortly connate, induplicate-valvate in 

 bud. Stamens 2, rarely 4, inserted at the base of the petals and usually 

 between the two cohering ones; filaments short; anthers elliptic or 

 oblong, dehiscing on the margin or slightly extrorse ; connective broad, 

 often apiculate. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous from 

 its apex ; style short ; stigma bifid or entire. Drupe globose or ellip- 

 soid ; exocarp fleshy, thin, endocarp bony or crustaceous. Seed usually 

 solitary, pendulous ; testa thin ; albumen fleshy or 0, if fleshy the coty- 

 ledons flattened, radicle superior. — Distrib. Tropics of both hemi- 

 spheres, species about 40. 



Leaves over 4 in. long, main-nerves prominent beneath : — 



Panicles 4 to 6 in. long, drupe -75 in. long . . . . 1. L. imuciflora. 



Panicles 2 to 4 in. long, drupe 1-7 in. long . . . . 2. L. macrocarpa . 



Panicles 1"5 to 2 in. long, drupe not known . . . . 3. L. paludosa. 



Leaves under 4 in. long, main-nerves obscure beneath, cymes 

 scarcely 1 in. long . . .. .. .. ..4. L. caudata. 



1. LiNociERA PAUCiFLORA, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 609 



(1882). A small tree, reaching 30 to 40 feet in height and 1-5 to 2 feet in 



diam. of stem; branches moderately stout, pale grey, smooth, swollen 



at the nodes, internodes slightly angular; branchlets darker coloured, 



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