Puate 2790. 
MEDUSAGYNE OPPOSITIFOLIA, J. G. Baker. 
TERNSTREMIACER, 
- oppositifolia, Baker, Fl. Maurit. & Seych. p. 16; Oliver, Ic. Pl. 
ante, t. 1252 (species unica). 
wtea ramosus, paucipedalis, undique eam ramis crassiusculis, 
Folia 
S erodie sepius brevissimis ad ramorum apices conferta, 
posita, exstipulata, brevissime petiolata, coriacea, rigida, obovata, 
oblanceolata, interdum ovata vel oblonga, 1 ll. longa, apie 
. e@ 
rotundata simul emarginata, basi cuneata vel plus minusve rotundata, 
sepius oe remoteque calloso-denticulata, venis ultimis utrinque 
eximie minuteque reticulatis. Panicule terminales, trichotome, foliis 
ticrionta vel interdum ai Sara longiores ; pedicelli graciles, rigidiueul 
3-6 lin. longi, basi osi, articulati, sursum leviter incrassati 
bractez bracteoleque ea we. flores rubri, glabri, 4-5 pee 
Sepala 5, imbricata, orbicularia, circiter 1 lin. diametro, obscur 
gyna, gyneceo breviora, filamentis capillaribus ; anther basifixe, 
biloculares, inappendiculate, rimis 2 longitudinalibus dehiscentes. 
Pollen  globoso-trigonum, triporosum, circiter 20 ,s diametro. 
Ovarium seem (seepius 20-25 loculare) loculis angustis, 
ellipsoideum, abrum, longitudinaliter costatum, verruculosum ; 
carpella complicata, fere ad axin centralem jam per anthesin libera ; 
styli validi, infra carpellorum apices subuniseriati, tarde decidui, 
m 
laris, crustaceus, verrucosus, oblongus, circiter 4 lin. longus, stylo- 
rum basibus coronatus, apertus pileatus vel umbraculiformis, 6-7 
lin. diametro; carpella a basi septic src dehiscentia, sursum diver- 
gentia, apice persistentia. Semina tantum visum) oblonga, 
circiter 14 lin. longa et 4 lin. lata, reticulata circumalata, ala ape ees 
supra nucleu um producta ; nucleus circiter 3 3 lin. longus s ett tus ; 
funiculi columnze centrali persistentes. Hmbryo ignotus 
SEYCHELLES : in exposed places at 1,800 ft., ea J. Horn, 1874 ; 
summit of Mount Sebert, Mahé, at 1, 700 ft., H. P. Thomasset, 1903. 
Mr. Baker described this singular plant from flowering specimens, 
