206 flora indica. [Sabiacea. 



Hab. In Malaya ad Penang, Wall.! Phillips! (in Herb, Hook.) 



(V. S.) 



Frutex alte scandens, cortice cinereo longitndinaliter rimoso ; partes novelise fusco- 

 tomentosae. Folia basi fere truncata, obtusa vel pleramque abrupte acuminata, co- 

 riacea, utrinque inter nervos (in sicco) eleganter striatula, subtus pallida, basi 3-5- 

 nervia, 4-6 poll, longa, 2^-4 lata, petiolo 3-4-pollicari glabro striatnlo. Racemi in 

 axillis super tuberculum fasciculati, aut secus ramulum abbreviatum foliosum vel 

 aphyllum alterni, 4-8 poll, longi. Flores minuti, subremoti, fasciculati vel solitarii, 

 bractea subulata suifulti. Pedicetti abbreviati. Sepala extus puberula. Petala 

 apice emarginata. 



16. PYCETARRHENA, Miers. 



Mas. Sepala 6 ; interiora majora, rotundata. Petala 6, parva, ro- 

 tundata, varie lobata. Stamina 9, monadelpha ; Jilamenta apice libera ; 

 anthera adnatse, biloeulares, loculis lateralibus sutura continua trans- 

 verse dehiscentibus. — Frutex forsan scandens, petiolis brevibus basi 

 pseudo-articulatis superne incrassatis, foliis coriaceis, floribus in axillis 

 fasciculatis. 



The female flower of this plant being unknown, its claim to a place among Meni- 

 spermacece is still doubtful. The structure of the petiole differs somewhat from that 

 of the typical Menispermacea, and approaches to that of Codiaum, and of many 

 species of Croton among Eaphorbiacete, and the inflorescence has no parallel in the 

 Order. The wood is identical in structure with that of Tiliacora. In the mean- 

 time, as it has been referred hither by Wallich and Miers, we place it provisionally 

 at the end of the Order. 



1. P. planiflora (Miers in Taylor's Annals, ser. 2. vii. 44); foliis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis coriaceis, floribus in axillis congestis, pedicellis 

 brevibus. — Cocculus planiflorus, Wall. Cat. 4961 ! 



Hab. In prov. Silhet, Wall.! — (v.s.) 



Frutex scandens? vel saltern sarmentosus. Hamuli tenuiter puberuli, eleganter 

 striatuli, pallide straminei vel fusci. Folia oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, obtuse 

 acuminata, basin versus angustata, tenuiter coriacea, utrinque glabra, sed subtus secus 

 costam tenuiter puberula, 5-7 poll, longa, lf-2£ lata; nervi subtus conspicui, longe 

 intra marginem arcuati, venuhe (in sicco) eleganter reticulata. Petioli f -pollicares, 

 puberuli, basin versus cylindrici, striatuli, versus apicem incrassati et antice profmide 

 sulcati, apice cum folio pseudo-articulati, et paullo intra marginem laminae (igitur- 

 que subpeltatim) inserti. Flores in axillis dense cougesti; pedicelli graciles, 2-3 

 lineas longi, pubescentes, basi bracteati et medio bracteolam minutam squamaefonnem 

 gerentes. 



IX. SABIACEiB. 



Mores hermaphroditi, rarius polygami. Sepala 5 (rarissime 4), parva, 

 basi coalita, subpersistentia, aestivatione iinbricata, 2 exteriora, basi 

 bractea minuta antica adpressa suffulta. Petala 5 (vel 4), sepalis op- 

 posita, hypogyna, lineis coloratis pellucido-punctata, decidua vel mar- 

 cescenti-persistentia, cestivatione imbricata. Stamina petala numero 

 aequantia iisque opposita, disci dentibus alterna ; jilamenta compressa, 

 carnosula vel plana, ligulata vel subulata, apice angustata; anUiera 

 didymse, connectivo lateraliter adnata) vel sublibera, ovoideae, bilocu- 



