Puate 2763. 
ANDROTIUM ASTYLUM, Stapf. 
ANACARDIACES. Tribe MANGIFEREA. 
Androtium, Stapf. Genus novum Buchananie arcte affine, sed 
antheris incurvis apice ob connectivum dilatatum bilobum quasi 
auriculatis, stigmatibus sessilibus distinctum 
Flores hermaphroditi (?), 5- rarissime 4-me Calyx brevis, seg- 
mentis subrotundis imbricatis. Petala iio imbricata, patula vel 
apice demum recurva. Stamina 10 feataat me 8), basi disci extus 
inserta ; filamenta iat eat i el subulato- hineatia incurva ; 
u ngens. Carpella 5, libera; unicum fertile subglobosum, 
dense tomentosum, stigmate subobliquo subterminali sessili inter pilos 
occulto, cztera sterilia, solida, oblonga, extus curvata , pilosa ; ovulum 
a b ) 
reticulata, ‘petiola ata. Flores parvi, breviter eotoatlen in ‘panicu as 
breves multifloras axillares conferti. 
astylum, Stapf eee unica). Rami juveniles dense fulvo- 
Be etbes hi citissime glabrati, teretes. Folia elliptico-oblo nga, breviter 
et suboblique acuminata, basi subacuta, 15-4 poll. longa, 1-2 lage lata, 
in gemma subtus dense fulvo pubescentia, citissime glabrata, matura 
coriacea, nitida, nervis secundariis utrinque 9-10 uti eecatees 
4 lin. longi. Calyx 4 lin. longus ; segmenta ciliolata, laxe pube- 
scentia. Letala cahnitita, viridula, vix 1 lin. longa. Anthere }-} lin. 
longe. Drupa semipollicaris 
Borneo : Sarawak, near Kuching, Haviland, 2860. 
Androtium (évip and ériov) has quite the facies of a Buchanania, of 
which it has also the peculiar structure of the gynzceum in common. 
