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vatim hiantes.—Fem. Sepala ut in masc. Petala nulla. 
Stamina sterilia 10, brevissima, carnosula, compressa, apice 
emarginata, effoeta, imo in annulum brevem circa gynecium 
coalita. Ovaria sepius 4 vel 5 supra gynecium breviter cylin- 
dricum imposita, erecta, gibba, glabra, 1-locularia, ovu/o unico 
in angulo ventrali appenso. Stylus brevissimus, crassiusculus. 
Stigma validum, subito reflexum, deltoideum, convexum, papil- 
losum. Drupe 1-5, ovate, subcarnosee, stigmate valde ex- 
centrico notate, carpophoro longiusculo lignoso incrassato 
cylindrico apice furcato suffulte, furcis tot quot drupis, iisdem 
articulatis : putamen ovatum, ad ventrem reniformi-excavatum, 
tenuiter osseum, 1-loculare, sutura peripherica, sub-2-valvare, 
indehiscens ; condylus omnino internus, majusculus, globosus, 
2-cameratus, ultra medium loculi protensus, foraminibus 2 
collateraliter sejunctis externe apertis instructus. Semen loculo 
conforme, meniscoideum, facie ventrali valde cavum, et hine 
ad condylum affixum: infegumenta tenuissima, per raphem 
linearem ventralem sulco condyli intrusa:; embryo paulo con- 
vexus, intra albumen copiosum fere 2-laminare ventre rumi- 
natum inclusus : cotyledones tenuiter foliacez, lineari-oblonge, 
lateraliter valde divaricatz, in locellis sejunctis sepulte, radz- 
cula brevi tereti supera axin versus inclinata et ad stylum spec- 
tante multoties longiores. 
Frutices scandentes Indie orientalis et Insularum incole, sepius 
glabri, cortice suberoso; folia majuscula, late ovata, sepe cor- 
data, integerrima, subcoriacea, longe petiolata ; panicule race- 
moseé, supra-axillares, elongate, pendule; flores pedicellati, 
pedicellis basi et medio 3-bracteatis. 
Anamirta paniculata, Coleb.;—India Orient. 
flavescens, nob. ;—Molucea. 
toxifera, nob. ;—Ceylon. 
populifolia, nob. ;—Timor. 
lemniscata, nob. ;—Java. 
luctuosa, nob. ;—Java. 
jucunda, nob. ;—Java, 
a ta 
The details of these species will be given in the ‘ Contributions 
to Botany,’ vol. i. 
10. PaARABANA, 
This genus was proposed by me in 1851 for the Cocculus 
sagittatus and C. oleraceus, Wall. These were considered by Dr, 
Wallich as distinct species. They are climbing plants, natives 
of India and Ava, with oblong, extremely cordate or sagittate 
leaves, either entire or deeply and sinuously dentated. The 
genus agrees with Anamirta in having its anthers aggregated in 
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