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attends, iuferioribus eompositis, superioribus siinplicibus, mlvo-pubescentes, bracteis 

 rainutis subulatis muniti. Flores in ordine majusculi, viridescentes. Sepala ciliata. 

 Petala obtusa vel emarginata, concava, marginibus infra medium incrassatis invo- 

 lutis. Columna staminea petalis sequilonga. Anthera profunde 4-lobse, bilocularcs. 

 Ovaria in spec, omnia destructa. firupa? pollicares, lseves, lateritise, edules, sapore 

 dulci, gyuophoro brevissimo insidentes. Putamen valde compressum, lignosum, fra- 

 gile, prater carinas lseve, secus margines argute lobulatwn, sinubus rotundatis, apice 

 truobum, lobo medio laterales superante, laminam argutam tenuem transverse com- 

 pressam formante. Carina dorsalis arguta, longitudinaliter unisulcata. Fades ven- 

 trails medio leviter carinata, et prope marginem serie duplici lougitudinali tubercu- 

 loma! muuita. Semen piano- compressum, oblongum. Testa tenuis, flavida, lams ; 

 rhaphe recta ventrali ; chalaza in facie antica seminis subterminali. Embryo albus, 

 semine \ brevior. 



3. PARABJENA, Miers. 



^ Sepala 6, carnosula, oblonga, fere sequalia. Petala 6, sepalis dimi- 

 dio breviora, cuneato-triloba vel obovata. Mas. Stamina monatlelpha, 

 columna centralis cylindrica ; antlierce 6 in capitulum subglobosuin 

 coalita, transverse dehiseentia. Fcem. Stamina sterilia 6, cylindrica. 

 Ovaria 3, stylis subulatis recurvis. Drupce ovales, styli cicatrice sub- 

 terminali. Putamen superne rostratum, dorso tuberculis acicularibus 

 fragilibus exasperatum, antice profunde excavatum. Semen peltatum, 

 circa putaminis processum internum involutum. Albumen copiosum, 

 carnosum, homogeneum. Embryo curvatus. Radicula supera longa, 

 styli ricatricem spectans. Cotyledones ovatae, divaricatse, in loculis di- 

 versis albuminis sitae. — Frutices scandentes lactescentes 9 inflorescentia 

 axillari dichotome cymosa. 



In Parabcena the ovule is amphitropous, but attached considerably above the 

 middle of the cell, so that the micropyle is not far from the hilum. The seed is pel- 

 tate, and attached to the upper part of the internal process, which is hemispherical 

 and quite open externally when the sarcocarp is removed. In general aspect and in 

 the male ilowers it is very close to Aspidocarya, but the structure of the putamen 

 clearly distinguishes it, 



We have examined the wood of Parabana sayittata, which we preserved in 

 spirits in the Khasia mountains ; a specimen about 4 of an inch iu diameter is cy- 

 lindrical and spongy, consisting chiefly of a very abundant lax cellular tissue, with 

 large areola?. There are five principal wedges of wood, each cuneate on a transverse 

 action, placed midway between centre and circumference, and alternating with these 

 are 5-7 other much smaller bundles, forming an exterior zone. Each wood-bundle 

 consists of a very little dotted pleurenchyma and a large cambium-layer. Exterior 

 to the wood, and removed from it, the liber forms a continuous wavy zone, each are 

 corresponding to the position of the wood-bundles, both small and great ; this liber 

 is added to annually. The cellular and vascular tissues are all dotted, and the bark 

 tt cellular, without any distinct cuticle. 



1. P. sagittata (Miers in Tayl. Ann. ser. 2. vii. 39); foliis ob- 

 longis abrupte acuminatis rarius obtusis basi sagittatis lobis obtusis 



_p niovonoa P Tiptornnhvlhi. pt V. ferru<rinea. Miers. L c. 



vel acutis. 



Cissampeloi 

 Cat. 4984 ! 



Ham. ex Wall. Cat. 4983 ! C. oleracea, Wall 



Khasia! Chittagong !— (Fl. Jun.-Jul.) (v. v.) 



Sikkim ! Assam ! 



