ICONES rLAXTARUM. 



G? 



Hab Malayan Archipelago and Pfeninsnla. Singapore, WalUcJh 

 Herh. Ind. n. 7975; Malacca, Qriffiih, Maingaij; Fojx^ug, Mamg ay; 



Borneo, Beccari, n. 3270, 3305, 3329, 3344 



Arboi 



bra. Folia quoad 



magnitudinem at etiam venationem variabilia, nunc angnste oblonga 

 2-3-pollicaria, nunc prJBsertim in speciminibus frucfcifens ovata 3-b- 

 pollicaria, apice obtusissime rotundata v. breviter obtuse acuminata, con- 

 acea, nltida, venis primariis solis in folio juniore conspicuis, demum 

 irreo-ulariter reticulato-vcnulosa. , Inflorescentm masculiE lolio ^-d-plo 

 breviores, floribunda?, floribus parvis glabris. S^ic^ foemmeae per 

 anthesin vix semipollicares 3-4-flor8e. Capsular columella semipoUicaris. 



Fig. 1 . Male flower in Lud. 2. Male flower open. 3. Stamens. 4. Female flower. 



5. Ovarj', tranis verse section. 



Tlu« g^nus is evidently nearly allied to the New-Caledonian ZoK^.^wr ^^ wh' ^^ 

 nllor, tHnt« it, micrht, l,e united. The inflorescence is rather that of Bar<Bavia from 



the same island, dis^ingnished by Baillon chiefly by the anllus or ^t^P^'^l^ f^^^" "^ 

 the seed, and consisting of numerous closely packed fleshy ^I'^^^t^- ^^f ' '"5i2 t 

 scribes the same in the seeds of Choriophyllum, but all trace of 't ^i'^W^^ fr«™ ''>/' 

 dried seed, possibly falling off as the capsule bursts open. In all our J^^^^^P^" 

 mens (from Wallich, Griffith and Maingay) the seeds and valves of the <=o«e, a-e oose^ 

 the columella alone remaining persistent. Choriop^num differs from both Lnng.t^a 

 ■ and Burceavm in the sbimens constantly equal in number to the sepals and opposite 

 tliem round a broad conical central receptacle or disk.— G. i5E>THAM. 



Plate 1281. 



MAREYA MICaANTHA, Muell. Arg 



EuPHOEBUCBa), Sub-tribe Acaltphej: 



M. micrantha (genuina) 



m. micrantna (genuina; aiuen.^iy- w. ^-.--_— __. .^„ ^_„ • 



obovali oblongis vix obtuse acuminatis integernmis v. ranssime pauci- 

 dentatis, spicis gracillimis. 



, Hab. West Tropical Africa, isle of Fernando Po,Fo^6Z,m»n; Nun 



river, Mann. 



Frutex 10-15-pedai;s ramosissimus v. arbuscula f "^ 5 -peialis^ J^Z^^ 

 alterna, breviter^ petiolata, obovali-oblonga ^-Hfl^^^'^^"^^^. 

 coriacea, glabra, subtus pnesertim pallida. Sptc<Bin ^^^J'^^^'^l^ 



bus simpLs, foUo s.pius ^or.^^^^^^^::^^^ ^gm rn'l^S Ufntc 

 La^culi in dabastro globosus, clausus, per antbcsin yalvatim 3-partitns 



