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ICONES PLANTARUM, 09 



Plate 1288. 



CGELODEPAS WALLICHIAWUM, Bentlt. 



EuPHORBiACE^, Tribe Crotone^. 



Wallichianum 



lauceolatis integerrimis v. vix sinuatis coriaceis, spicis axillaribus inter- 



r 



infer 



rarum loculis introrsum pendalis, stjlis dilatatis fimbriato-ramo- 

 sissimis. 



Hab. Penang Hills, (?. Torter, Wall Gat. Herb. Lid. n. 9098. 



Arbor? inflorescentia excepta glabra, ramnlis subangulatia. Folia 

 alterna, 6-10-pollicaria, snbacnniinata, integerrima y. apicem versus 

 obscure sinuato-crenata, basi petiolo brevissimo crasso v. yix ullo rotun- 

 datav. subcordata, tenniter coriacea, nitidula, prominenter pennivenia 

 et reticulato-veuulosa. Stipulce parvee, subulatse. Spicce superiores 

 1-1^-pollicares, rbacbi cano-tomentella. Flores superiores masculi 

 minimi, sessiles, per 2— 3-glonieratI, glomerulis globosis dissitis sessilibufl 

 bracteaminufca vix conspicua subtensis ; inferiores v. in spieis inferiori- 

 bus omnes (4-6) foeminei, intra bracteas minimas solitarii sessiles. 

 Ferianthiumfloris $ globosum, per anthesin breviter valvatim S-^i-fidum, 

 stamina et ovarii rudimentum obtegens. Stamina 6—8, filamentis 

 crassis medio dilatatis, basi uniseriatim connatis ; antberarum loculi 

 a connective inflexo introrsum penduli, leviter divergentes. Ovarii 

 rudimentum crassum^ apice dilatato-trnncatum, stamina et perianthium 

 sequans. Perianthium fioyis $ cupularey ovario arete appressum, extus 

 tomentosumj lobis brevibus. Ovarium pabescens. Styli a basi dilatati 



dense 



irregulariter 



Fig. 1. Male flower. 2, Stamens enclosing the rudimentary orary- 3. Stamens. 

 4, Female flower. 5- Ovary, transverse section. . ^ 



This species comes nearer to the original C. bantamensis Hassk. than to the C. 

 calycinmn figured by Beddome, but is quite distinct from both in foliage as well a^ 

 in the flowers. All have the peculiar androecium exceptional in the order. 



