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50 TCON£S PLANTAEUM. 



staminea tenuis, perianthio conspicue brevior, apice levitor Incrassata 

 antheris sajpius 3. Fhres fueminei " 



With the globose inflorescence of M. Horsfieldii and M. microce- 

 jphaln, this species is at once distinguished by the very much larger 

 and fewer flower-heads. — G. Bentham. 



Fig. 1. Male periantTi, 2. The same open. 3. Section of the same, showing the 

 staminal column and the thick texture of the perianth. 



Plate 1263 



PALMER! A SCANDENS, F. Mucll 

 MoKiMiACE^, Tribe Monimie^, 



y. scandens, F, MuellFragm, PhyL Austral iv. 152 arid v. 2 ; Benth. 

 Fl, AtistraL v. 291, staminibus ad 20, disco centrali villoso nudo. 



Hab. Rockingham Bay, Queensland, Vallacliy. 



Frutex alte scandens, ramulis nunc cano-tomentellis nunc pubescenti- 

 lanatis. Folia opposita, brevissime petlolata, ovata v. late elliptica, 

 brevitcr acuminata, 3-5 poll, longa, utrinijue cano-tomentella y. supra 

 glahrata. Flores dioici in paniculas axillares laxo raceraiformes foliis 

 breviores dispositi, inflorescentia mascnla subramosa, fceminea breviore 

 simpliciore ;^ pedicelli secus rhachinfasciculatiperiantheis vix lono-Iores. 

 FL $ . Perianthium hemisphaericum, vertice planum, lobis 4-5%upra 

 stamina conniventibas at in apices lineares intra antheras reflexas pro- 

 ductis. Discus centralis sen receptacuhim cavum villosulum centro 

 nudum, in peripherio antheras 16-20 subsessiles pliiriseriatas ferers - 

 antherte tamen din perianthio clauso occultoe. FL $ Periantlium 

 paullo minus, intus dense villosum, carpella plurima sessilia includens. 

 Perianthium fructifenmi auctum carnosnlum irreo-ulariter subcrlobosum 

 carpella drupacea subglobosa sessilia includens, exocarpio tenui endo- 

 carpio osseo. Semen pendulum, testa membranacea, hilo lono-iusculo. 

 Embryo perfectus adhnc ignotns. — G. Bentham. ^ 



Fig, 1. Male perianth when first full grown, 2. The sam^ as it at len^^th partially 

 opens showing the stamens. 3. Fruiting perianth. 4. Section of the same showing 

 the hollow glabrous scars left by the drupe. 5. Anther. 



