﻿Plate 1515. 



SYNDICLIS PAEADOXA, Hool: f. 

 Laueinej:, Tribe PerseacejE. 

 S. paradoxa, HooJc. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. ined. 

 Hab. Bhotan Himalaya, Booth. 



Arbor glabra, ramulis gracilibus apice foliosis, junioribus cam's 

 pubescentibusve. Folia alterna, petiolata, penninervia, 3-5 poll, longa, 

 2-2^ poll, lata, obovato-oblonga, acuminata, basi acuta, submembrana- 

 cea, utrinque reticulatim nervosa, nervis utrinque 10-12 tenuibus ; 

 petiolo \ poll, longo, gracili. Flores hermaphroditi, in paniculas 

 axillares dispositi, minuti, pedunculo ramisque gracilibus; flores 

 tL poll, diametro, gracile pedicellati, pedicellis sub flore paullo incras- 

 satis. PeriantUi segmenta 4, brevia, latiora quam longa, subreni- 

 formia, glanduloso-punctata, decidua. Antherce 4, perianthii segmentis 

 opposite, sessiles, cuneiformes, scabernla) et glandulosas, loculo apicem 

 versus unico parvulo, valvula 2-fida v. emarginata demum recurva 

 clauso; staminodia 4, minuta, lanceolata, hirsuta, antheris alter- 

 nantia? Ovarium glabrum, conico-ovoideum, in stylum apice acutuin 

 attenuatum. Frutus ignotus. 



A very remarkable genus, allied to Fndiandra, the only one of the 

 Order with a 1-celled ovary with a single valve, the emargination of 

 which latter possibly indicates that it and the cell are formed bv the 

 confluence of two.— J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. 1 Flower-bud and bract. 2. Flower. 3. IVrianth-sefrment. 4 A St™,™ 



