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Stamens indefinite ; antlier-cells extroi'se or snblateral ; connective with 

 a terminal pi'ocess. Ovaries few, style variable ; ovules 2, sub-basal, 

 collateral, ascending. Eipe carpels follicular ; stalk clavate. Seeds 1-2, 

 exaril late, testa sliining. — Distrib. Tropical Asia and America j species 

 about 8. 



Petals 6 1 A. luzonensis 



,, 3 2 A. Scortechiiin. 



1. Anaxagorea luzonensis, a. Gray Bot. U. S. Expl. Exped. 27. 

 A shrub ; all parts glabrous. Leaves membranous, oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, the base cuneate, the under surface pale ; 

 main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent beneath, the 

 reticulations wide, rather distinct ; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 1'75 to 

 2 '5 in., petiole •25 to 35 in. Floioers about 'Sin. long, solitary; pedi- 

 cels -25 in. long (twice as long in fruit), with 1 or 2 amplexicaul bracteoles. 

 Sepals small, ovate-rotund, obtuse Petals subequal, elliptic, obtuse, thin, 

 nerved, white. Ovaries few. Ripe carpels 1 to 3, cuneate-clavate, some- 

 what compressed, narrowed into a long stalk, 1 to 2-seeded. Seeds plano- 

 convex, obovate, black, shining. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 68. Kurz F. 

 Flora Burm. I, 39. A. zeylanica, H. f. and. Th. Fl. Ind. 144 : Thwaites 

 Enum. 10 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 49 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 

 46. Rhopalocarpus fruticosus, Teysm. and. Binn. in Miq. Ann. Mus. 

 Lugd. Bat. II, 22 t. 2 fig. B. Anaxagorea fruticosa, Schetf. in Nat. 

 Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. XXXI, 9. 



Burmah ; The Andaman Islands ; Malacca ; Ceylon. Distrib. Phi- 

 lippines, Cambodia, Sumatra. 



2. Anaxagorea Scortechinii, King, n. sp. A bush or small tree : 

 all parts, except the flower, glabrous; the young branches sub-ruo-ulose 

 2-ridged. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-obovate 

 shortly and abruptly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded or 

 sub-acute base ; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, rather prominent beneath 

 the reticulations open and distinct: length 6 to 8 in., breadth 2-5 to 3"5 

 in. ; petiole 3 to "4 in. Floioers "75 in. long, solitary ; pedicels "3 in. (much 

 longer in frait) with 1 or 2 amplexicaul bracteoles. /Sej^aZs membranous 

 their edges thin, broadly ovate, acute, pubescent outside. Petals in a 

 single row, much larger than the sepals, oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, 

 scurfy-pubescent outside, glabrous within, very fleshy, slightly concave 

 at the base. Stamens numerous, those next the pistils barren, elono-ate 

 and bent over the pistils. Ovaries numerous, obovoid, pubescent : styles 

 curved. Carpels as in A. luzonensis, but two or three times as numerous. 

 Seeds obovoid, concavo-convex, compressed, black, shining. 



Perak : at low elevations ; Scortcchini, King's Collector, Wray. 

 I have altered the diagnosis of this genus as regards the petals to 



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