﻿Plate 1592. 



MEGISTOSTIGMA MALACCENSE, Hook. f. 



EuPBOBBiACE-ffi. Tribe Plukenbtibji. 



Megistostigma, Hook. /. (gen. nov.). Flores minuti, monoici, in racemos 

 nn m ,u il, sa\Lllaresdispositi,apetali 1 i m w . t ' ovoid, n-, .i-l.-bu^ 

 tubo obconico, disco tubo adnato ; lobi ovati, obtusi. valvati. Stamina 

 3, centro floris inserta, erecta, filamentis brevibus crassis; autherffl 

 magnse, crassae, triangulari-ovatje, basi intrussB, loculis angustisintrorsum 

 dehiscentibus. PistiUodium 0. Fl. fem. Sepala 5, lineari-laiiceolata, 

 fructu accrescentia. Discus 0. Ovarium 3-lobum, hirsutum, 3-loculare ; 

 stylus brevissimns, stigmate crasso globoso valvatim trilobo; ovula 

 in loculis solitaria. Capmla depresso-tridyma, appresse pabescens, 

 3-cocca, 3-valvis, ligaosa. Semina globosa.— Frutex, fere glaber, volu- 

 bilu. Foha altema, petiolata, elliptica, cuspidata, integerrima, tripli- 



sparse hirsuti; calyci 



, Hook.fil. (sp. uniea) ; Singapore, Lobb. 

 Hab. Malacca, Maingay. 



Caulis craasitie penna? corvina?, teres, parce pubescens. Folia 4^6 

 poll, longa, 2-2| lata, tenuiter coriacea, basi subacuta v. rotundata, 

 nervis utrmque costse 2-3, nervulis tenuibus ; petiolus l-l-nnllic-u-is, 

 gracilis. llacemi 1-1 1 " 

 minutse. Fl. masc. ^ 

 glabri. Fl.fem. sepala mreuta; stigma 



obtusis, intus stigmatosis. Gapsula f-| poll. diam. ; epicarpio soln- 

 bili, coccis crustaceis 2-vaMbus. Seminum testa variegata. 



A singular genus, closely allied to Cnesmone, Blume, as also to Baillon's 

 Madagascar genus Sphcerostylis, which has similarly a very large stigma, 

 but very different stamens.-J. D. Hooeer. 



. Fig. 1. Male flower. 2. The same kid on«n a Sh.^n 4 Female flower,. 



