18 ICONES PLANTARUM. - 
spersa, subtus sericco-pubescentia. Peduneuli breves, terminales axillares v. 
extra-axillares, omnes 1-flori in speciminibus suppetentibu s, sed fo rte inter- 
coneavum connatis. Petala calycem non excedentia. Stamina monadelpha. 
Legumen planum, 1}-pollicare, 3-4 ah — glabrum, leve. Semina trans- 
versa. Lmbryo rectus, radicula brevi 
The aspect of this plant spraces oan of some sbribtiy Tephrosia, near 
which A. Cunningham had placed i he flower recalls that of several 
Crotalarie, whence the provisional name or indication, Crotalarioides, in 
Brown’s herbarium, whilst the pod, the seed, ‘nid especially the embryo, show 
a curious ag with the American genera Brongniartia and Harpalyce.— 
G. BenTHAM 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Standa rg 3. One of = on 4. Keel. 5. Stamens. 6. An- 
ther. 7. Ovary. 8. Seed. 9. Embryo, side 10. Em ryo seen > eg the edge. 
These details are taken from a om and seed domedcielol by Mr. Beunet 
Puate 1025. 
ELLIPEIA CUNEIFOLIA, Mook. J. et Thoms. 
ANONACEA, § Uvarien. 
E. cuneifolia, Hook. /. et Thoms. Fl. Ind. i. 104. 
Has. Malayan Peninsula, Veruppa Tabong, near Malacca, Griffith. 
e scandens, ramulis ferrugineo-velutinis. Folia 6—8 poll. oe 
2-3 poll. pate petiolo vix 3 poll., anguste obovato-oblonga, abrupte acu 
nata, basin versus Sinn eer obtusa v - subcordata, coriacea, rigida, sain 
lucida et preter costam tomentosam date, subtus adpresse fulvo-tomentosa, 
ervis numerosis obliquis parallelis conspicuis. Panicula terminalis, laxa, 
i lla. t 
ramosa, multiflora, plerumque ap Flores dense tomentosi, bractea 
rotundata concava calyci appres arva, rotundata, bracteam 
equantia. Petala 6, rotundata, basi angustata, utrinque fuly entosa, 
e 
sertum. Cirgetia’ matura siterca 3 ¢ Poll. longa, longiuscule stijitata stipite 
ly Lair “eee appresse tomentosa, supra medium uno latere mucroue parvo 
instr 
very anomalous Anonacea, on account of san solitary ovule attached t 
the middle of the ventral suture.—J. Date itary ovule attached to 
Fig. 1. Flower sop outer ye cut thro’ 
ugh. same with * ie ee 
Srsiirs 4, — 5. Carpel. 6. The same cut sti de 7. Ripe carpel. 8. The 
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