166 flora, indica. [Monimiacece . 



(ex Blume 4, secundum Hasskarl pluribus) bi-triserialibus conniventibus 

 subclause Masc. Stamina 5-7 ; filamenta brevia ; antherse hasifixae. 

 Fcem. Ovaria indefinita, pyramidata. Stigma sessile, obtusum. Drupm 

 sicca?, stipitatse, calyci demumfisso et reflexo indurato insidentes. Al- 

 humen carnosum. — Arbor proce?'a, foliis inconspicue repando-dentatis, in- 

 floreseentia axillari racemosa, floribus minutis anrantiacis. 



This genus seems abundantly distinct by the definite stamens, and, according to 

 Hasskarl, by the scales of the involucre in several rows. It wants the stamina] 

 glands of Hortonia. Our materials do not enable us to add anything to the infor- 

 mation given regarding it by Blume and Hasskarl. The latter tells us that the 

 cotyledons are very small and adpressed. Only one species is known. 



1. K. coriacea (Endl. Gen. 314). — Brongniartia coriacea, Bl. 

 Bijdr. 436. Sciadicarpus Brongniartii, Hassk. Plant. Jav. liar. 209. 

 Hab. Ad Malacca, Griffith! — (y.s.) 

 Distrib. Java, Blume. 



Arbor excelsa ; rami crassi, teretes, ad nodos subcompressi ; ramuli complanati, 

 puberuli. Folia arapla, coriacea, ovato-oblonga, acuta vel acuminata, 5-10 poll, 

 longa, 2^-5 poll, lata, petiolo f-1-pollicari, versus apicem repanda aut subserrata, 

 supra glaberrima, subtus ad nervum medium puberula. Cyma axillares, petiolos 

 superautes. Calyx subglobosus, vix ^--pollicaris. Filamenta parva, obovata, com- 

 planata: ant her & min litre . Drupa 1-15 calyci indurato reflexo margine truncate- 

 insidentes, oblongs, ^-pollicares, pcdunculo |-pollicari suffultse. 



The details given above are chiefly taken from HasskarFs description, as we have 

 only seen one very imperfect fruiting specimen, bearing a single drupe. 



2. HORTONIA, Wight. 



Flores hermaphroditi. Petala (cum sepalis) circa 30, multiserialia, 

 sestivatione imbricate, basi subcohserentia, exteriora carnosa rotundata, 

 interiora sensim longiora et tenuiora, intima ligulata acuta. Sta- 

 ndna 7-10, ad marginem tori explanati uniserialia. Filamenta cylin- 

 drica, basi glandulis 2 magnis carnosis eueullatis extus stipata. An- 

 therce extrorsge, adnata, late ovales, biloculares, longitudinaliter de- 

 biscentes. Ovaria indefinita (15-20), oblongo-subulata, stigraate ses- 

 sili dilatato erecto acuto. Drwpa dense glomeratse, siccse, ovoideae, 

 lateraliter compressse. Putamen lreve, fragile. Semen pendulum ; testa 

 tenuis ; chalaza magna, basilaris ; rhaphe marginalis conspicua. Albu- 

 men oleosum ; embryo minutus, in aibumine inclusus, cotyledonibus 

 ovalibus obtusis divaricatis, radicula supera. — Frutices glabri, foliis 

 integerrimis, inflorescentia axillari cymosa, floribus pallide flams. 



1. H. floribunda (Wight ex Arn. in Jard. Mag. Zool. Bot. ii. 545). 

 Var. a. acuminata ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis vel longe acu- 

 minatis subtus pallidis. — H. floribunda, Wig/it, Ic. t. 1997. H. acumi- 

 nata, Wight, Ic. t. 1998, fig. dext. 



Var. 0. ovalifolia; foliis ovalibus obtusiusculis crassioribus mar- 

 gine reflexis subtus lucidis. — H. ovalifolia, Wight, Ic. t. 1998.,/y. sin. 

 Hab. In Zeylauise sylvis, alt. 4-6000 ped., Walker! Gardner! 

 Wight ! Tkwaite* !—{v. s.) 



