94 flora indica. [Anonacea. 



Hab. In Zeylania, Thwaites ! (No. 2702.)— (v. s.) 



Arbor. Cortex ramulorum rngulosus, atrofuscus. Folia 8-12 poll, longa, 3-4£ 

 lata, petiolo ^-f-poll., coriacea, glaberrima, Iucida, subtus pallidiora. Pedicelli 

 2-4, basi bracteati, squamulis minutis, pollicares. Sepala abbreviata, obtusa. Petala 

 rotundata, exteriora majora. Stamina toro planiusculo inserta, compressa, late cu- 

 neiformia, irregularia, plana, truncata, dorso antherifera. Ovaria 3, subglobosa, ir- 

 regulariter angulata, parce strigosa, stigmate depresso coronata. 



This species is a good deal like the last, but the flowers are larger and hermaphro- 

 dite. The stamens are also more numerous ; and as these characters are usually 

 constant in the Order, there can be little doubt that the two are specifically distinct. 

 We have only seen one specimen and a single flower, and the fruit is unknown. 



2. STELECHOCARPUS, Blume. 



Uvarise sectio, Blume, Fl. Jav. Anon. 13. 



Mores dioici, foeminei majores. Sepala 3, rotundata. Petala 6, 

 ovalia vel rotundata, Eequalia, sest. imbricata. Stamina indefinite, secus 

 torum anguste conicum dense imbricata, breviter cuneata, connectivo 

 ultra antherarum loculos extrorsos contiguos truncato capitato. Ovaria 

 numerosa, torum hemisphaericum obtegentia, oblique ovalia, ovulis in axi 

 6-8. St it/ma sessile, depressum, radiatum. Carpella magna, globosa, 

 polysperma. — Arbor, foliis coriaceis lucidis, venis arcuatis distantibus 

 subtus prominnliSy inflorescentia supra ramos fasciculata. 



This genus seems to have no very close affinity with any other in the Order. The 

 rounded imbricated petals constitute an approach to Uvaria, but the ovaries are 

 widely different, as well as the whole habit. It approaches Schizandracea in its 

 dioecious flowers, which are rare in the Order, but occur in several very distant parts 

 of it, and do not appear to be of much moment in deciding affinity. The habit 

 and foliage, as remarked by Blume, are a good deal like those of some Magnoliacece 

 (Talauma pztmila for example), but the truncal inflorescence, and the aspect of the 

 flowers, recall that of some species of Schizandrea. These, however, are perhaps 

 distant or fanciful analogies, of no real value. We retain the name adopted by 

 Blume for the section of Uvaria, to which he refers his plant ; but the other species, 

 TJ. reticulata, Blume, must, according to our views of affinity, be excluded. Of that 

 plant the male flower only is known, so that its position cannot be indicated with 

 certainty. If the female flower presents no obstacle, it may form part of the genus 

 Mitrephora, notwithstanding its dioicality; but if it differs, it must form a new 

 genus close to it, and to Orophea, Bl. 



1. S. Burahol (Blume, Fl. Jav. Anon. 48. t. 23, 25 C, sub Uvaria); 



foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis, floribus foemineis longe pedi- 

 cellatis, carpellis globosis breviter pedicellatis. 



Hab. In peninsula Malayana ad Singapur, Lobb! — (v. s.) 



Distrib. Java, Blume. 



Arbor excelsa. Famuli nigricantes, mgulosi, glabri. Folia ea?pe acuminata, 

 coriacea, rigida, 5-8 poll, longa, l£-3 lata, petiolo -^pollicari, utrinque glaber- 

 rima, venulis (in sicco) conspicue reticulatis. Flores secus trnncum et ramos in 

 tuberculis lignosis bracteis squamseformibus dense imbricatis onustis pubescentibus 

 fasciculati ; masculi foemineis multo minores, pedicellis i-1 poll, longis ebracteatis 

 pubescentibus, sepalis minutis, petalis ± poll, longis ; foeminei triplo majores, pedi- 

 cellis bipollicaribus validis apice subclavatis rugosis costatis infra medium bracteatis, 

 petalis latioribus. Ovaria sericea, obliqua, dorso superne gibbosa. Carpella pauca, 



