the upper with very minute scales ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, sub- 

 ascendiug, prominent, interarchiug 2 in. within the margin; length 

 of blade 5 to 8 iu. ; breadth 175 to 2"75 in.; petiole "3 to '9 in. 

 Male floioers much smaller than the female (only about '4 in. in diam.), 

 in fascicles of 8 to 16 from minutely bracteolate woody tubercles from 

 the branches and trunk, pedicellate ; the pedicels slender, ebracteolate, 

 tomentose, from "5 to '75 in. long. Sepals coriaceous, triangular, spi'ead- 

 ing. Petals much longer than the sepals, oblong, sub-acute, warted, 

 pubescent inside : anthers with obtuse terminal, dilated, 2-lobed apical 

 appendages from the connective ; ovaries 0. Female floivers three times 

 as large as the males, and on similar pedicels; calyx not persistent ; corolla 

 as in the male. Ovaries numerous, on an ovoid-conic torus, oval or 

 obovate, the outer surface compi-essed, the inner with a vertical ridge 

 and adpressed, pale hairs ; stigma sessile, minutely lobed. Fruit on stout 

 peduncles 2 to 3 in. long, thickened upwards. Ripe carpels few, shortly 

 stalked, globose, obovate, about 1'5 in. long, and 1'25 in. in diam. ; when 

 3'oung puberulous, veiTUCose, afterwards nearly smooth ; pericarp pulpy, 

 coriaceous externally. Seeds 4 to 6, large, oval, sub-compressed, sub- 

 rugose. Hook. fill. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 47. JJvaria Burahol, Blume Bijdr. 14 ; 

 Florae Javae Anon. 48, t. 23, and 25 C. ; Scheff. in Nat. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. 

 XXXI, 5. 



Singapore ; Lobb. Distrib. Java. 



There is sometimes a remarkable difference in the length of the 

 petioles in this species, some of those on the same specimen being thiee 

 times as long as others. 



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2. Sageraea, Dalz. 



Trees. Leaves shining, and branches glabrous. Flowers small, 

 axillary or fascicled on woody tubercles, 1-2-sexual. Sepals orbicular 

 or ovate, imbricate. Petals 6, imbricate in 2 series, nearly equal, usually 

 orbicular, very concave. Stamens 6-21, imbricate in 2 or more series, 

 broadly oblong, thick, fleshy ; anther-cells dorsal, oblong ; connective 

 produced. Ovaries 3-6; style short, stigma obtuse or capitate ; ovules 

 6 to 8, on the ventral suture. Ripe carpels globose or ovoid, stalked. — 

 Distrib. Species 6, tropical Asiatic. 



A genus closely allied to Bocagea, St. Hilaire, but differino- from 

 that in having its sepals and petals much imbricate instead of valvate ; 

 in bearing more ovules, and more seeds in its ripe carpels ; in its 

 anther-cells being more lateral and not so entirely dorsal as in Bocagea, 

 and in the apical proces.s of the connective being truncate. The flowers 

 of Sageraea are small and the sepals and petals are very concave ; and 



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