Plate 1702. 



SPHYRANTHERA CAPITELLATA, Hook. f. 



EuPHORBUCE.fi. Tribe ?. 



Sphyranthera, Hook. f. (gen. nov.). Flores minnti, 4 ad apicem 



pedunculi axillaris urabellati, pedicel lati, pedicellis basi bracteolatis. 

 Sepala 3-5, late ovata, concava, valvata. Petti a (v. disci loin) sepalis 

 alterna iisque multo minor integra lobata v. fere bipartite segments 

 divaricatis. Stamina 12-20. centro flori- inserta, filament is libens 



erectie glabria ; antherae loculi ad ipioem filament i discreti, subglobosi. 



Pistillodium 0. FL ? et frucfiis desunt— Arbor v. 'rutex glaber, 

 ramulis (jracilibus. Folia aXtt na petinlata, tllipt to-lanceolate, obtuso 

 integerrima, penninervia. Pedunculi jl. masc. qn *, p*-tiolis paullo 

 longiores. 



S. capiteUata, Uook. f. FL Brit. bid. v. (ined.). Codioeum? 



lutescens, Kurz, For. Fl. ii. 405. 



Hab. Middle Andaman Island ; in bamboo jungles along the Middle 

 Straits, Kurz. 



longa 



r uwiui « li^ueiH. Tona o-o pon. longa, in acumen >. tuo^ 



obtusam producta, recta v. subfalcata, flaveseenti:.. tenuiter coriacea, 

 basi acuminata in petiolum £ poll, longum ftttenuai , Demi utrinqne 

 coste 10-15 tenuissimis, nervulis reticnlatis; Btipul© non vis®- 

 Pedunculi ^-pollicares, gracilea, pubescentes, capitula br: ^rum 

 gerentes; pedicelli ^ poll, longi deeurvi ; alabaetra <J ovoide:i, vjx 

 lV poll, longa, pubescentia ; sepala inttll glabra; petala v. glanduto 

 disci polymorpha, integra v. 2-fida ; stamina malleiformia, connectivo 

 interdum producto. 



The affinities of this genus are uncertain : it is clearly not a 

 Gudiaum, and is probably referable to the tribe Acahjphew. When 

 the plate was prepared for this work I had not re >gmsed its being 

 the Codiaurn ? lutescens of Kurz, or I should have adopted his specitic 

 name.— J. D. H. 



Fig. 1 Umbel of <J flower. 2. Sepal. 3. Rower expanded. 4 & 5. Forms of 

 the petals or disk-lobes. 6. Stamen. 7 & 8. Anthers. All enlargtd. 



