﻿Plate 1547. 



MICROPORA CURTISII, Hook. f. 



Laubinejb, Tribe Perseacej:. 



Micropora, Booh. f. (gen. nov.). Flores hermaphroditi. Pert- 

 niiJ'nH tubus Inwissimus ; limbi lobi 6, tequales rotundati. Stamina C>, 



quadrate, apice rotundataa, tomentosse, 2-locellata3, looellis poris 



opposita lis aaquilata, late oblongo-rotundata, tomentosa. Ovarium 

 glaberrirnum ovoideum in stvlum brevem attenuatum, stigmate 

 simplici. — Arbor ramuh's p 'i^lis prJnncnJi^jn, ,jri»n-p»l,rrnl is. Folia 

 prfinlnfa, eWp>i<-o;,Llov<ja, acuta, superne profunde reticulata, subtus 

 pallid i.a-a, nereis utrinaue ad 6-8 arcuatis. Flores parvi in racemes 

 /"""'••></"•-•'•'? hrec»* p<mr hi <•>•<>.< dispnxili, puhcm?cf-nt*s. — Hexapora, 

 Hook.f. Fl. British Ind. v. p. 189, in nota ad calcem ordinis. 



M. Curtisii, Hook.f. (sp. unica). 



Hab. Penang, close to Chalet, dev. 500 feet, C. Curtis, Dec. 1885. 



Folia 3-5 poll, longa, lata, juniora membranacea subtus obscure 

 pnberuli,maturatenuitercoriacea, superne in siccopulcliurriiue impresso- 

 r.'ticul:ii;. ; petiolo ^ poll, longo. Flores subglobosi, pull.lati, gr.-u-ili: 

 pedicellati, in paniculas pollicarea dispositi, latiores quam longi; 

 staminibus staminodiis ovarioque basi perianthio cinctis. 



A very singular genua, quite unlike any other of Laurineai, probably 

 allied to SyndidU (Plate 1515) and Endiandra.—J . D. Hooker. 



