REVISION OF THE NATUKAL OKDEE HEDERACE.E. 73 
COXSPECTUS GENERUi\f HEDERACEAEUM STIGMATIBUS 
SESSILIBUS. 
18. Osmor^lon. Elores capitulati. Stigraa seraiglobosum, omniuo 
indivisum, papilloso-puber, — Arbor Iiidige brientalis, foliis slmplicibus, 
19, Heptaplem'um. Flores umbellati. Stigmata distincta, ovario 
iramersa, pnnctiforiDia. — Arbusculse epipbytse Asias et Australise tro- 
picsB, foliis duplicato- v, simpliciter digitatis, v. rarissime 1-folioIatis. 
XVJIL OsMOXYLON, Miq. Flores capitulati. Calyx tubo sub- 
cylindrico, limbo dilatato integerrimo. Petala . . . Stamina . . » 
Discus epigynus, centre elevatus^ stigmate semigloboso omnino indiviso 
papilloso pubere. Ovarium 8-10-loculare. Drupa calycis margine 
detruncate disco stigmatifero tecta, pericarpio carnuloso, ovoidea, 
8-10-pyrena. Albumen . . . — Arbor Inermis Amboinensis, resini- 
fera, foliis longe petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis rariter serratis, 
floribus capitulatis, capitulis umbellatis. — Oamoxylon, Miq, Ann. Lugd. 
Bat. i. p. 5. Hederde^ Aralice et Gastonif^^ sp. auet. 
1. O.Amboynense^ Miq. Arm, Lugd. Bat. i. p. 5, — Aralia rimbelli/era. 
Lam. Diet. i. p. 225. Hedera nmhellifera, De Cand. Prodr. iv. p. 262. 
Gastonia sm^licifoUa, Zippel, rass. G. sanrtiroides^ Roxb, El. Ind. i- 
p. 408? T^eudO'Sandalum Amhoinense^ Rumpb. Amb» ii. p. 54j t. 12, 
The gum resin exuded by this tree is called " Saruru " by the Am- 
boynese. Is Roxburgh's name Gastonia saururoides derived from 
this?? 
XIX. Heptapleukum, Gsertn. Pedicelli inarliculati. Flores eca- 
lyculati, hermaphroditi. Calyx tubo obconico, limbo brevissirao trun* 
cato V. rarius obscure repando. Petula 5-7, ovato-tiiangnlaria libera 
V. calyptratim cohserentia. Stamina petalorum numero, filamentis 
subulatis v. filiformibus, antheris oblongis. Stigmata parva, locu- 
lorum numero, papillaeformia, in disci vertice circulariter disposita. 
Drupa disco glanduloso coronata, sulcato-angulata, matura subsicca, 
4-7-pyreua. Albumen a^quablle, — Arbusculse epiphytae Asiae et Aus- 
tralise tropicae, glabrae v. pilosse, foliis duplicato- v, simpliciter digitatis, 
rarissime 1-foliolatis, foliolis integemmis v. dentatis, umbellulis race- 
sanirumeis 
Jlepla])h 
Paratropia^ 
De Cand. Prodr. iv. p. 2G5, excl. sp. JctinoynorpJie , Miq. Coram. 
Phytogr. p. 102. 
Hasskarl (Flora Beibl. 1842, p, 30) was the first who pointed out 
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