Plate 1714 



LOPHOPYXIS MAINGAYI 



EUPHORBIACE^ ? 



Lophopyxis, Hookf. (genus nov.). Flares parvi, monoici, in cymas 



laxas elongatas axillares et terminalea dispositi, $ in eymas inferiores. 



Fl. $. Calyx 5-partitus, persistens, lobis ovatis valvatis. Petda 



minuta, inter lobos obcordatos disci crassi inserta. Stamina 5, lobis disci 



alterna, filamentis brevibus pubescentibua ; antherae breves, connectivo 



apiculatse, locnlis oblongis introrsum debiscentibns. Pistillodium par- 



vum, villosum. Fl. $>. Perianthium maris. Discus annularis, crenatus. 



Ovarium ovoideum, tomentosum, 5-loculare ; stigmata 5, sessilia, sub- 



ulata, recurva ; ovula loculis 2, collateralia, pendula, linearis, obtura- 



tore 0. Fmctus (immaturus) lineari-oblongus, profunde 5-suIcatas 



et 5-costatus.— Frutex scandens, ramulis ut videtur pendulis. Folia 



alterna, breviter petiolata, integerrima, hast S.nervia. Panicute 

 pendulai . 



L. Maingayi, Hook /. in Fl. Brit Ind. v. v. (ined.). 

 Hab. Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1429). 



Bamuli sulcati, puberuli. Folia 4-6 poll, longa, coriacea, ovato- 

 subcordata, longe acuminata, supra nitida, minute reticulata, subtus 

 swcitate purpurascentia, nervis utrinque supra basilares 4-5 ; petioli 

 6 poll, longi ; BtipnlBB non visaa. Paniculce pedales, pendula?, rachide 

 puberula, ramulis canis. Flares ^ poll, diam., breviter pedicellati; 

 alabastra globosa • bracteaa minuta*. Sepala utrinqne tomentosa. 

 Fmctus immaturus J poll, longus, stigmatibus coronatus. 



I am very doubtful as to theaffinities of this curious plant.— J.D-H- 



6 ^flowi fl 7n; ?' Th ST e with thfi S6 P als amoved. 3. Stamen. 4. Pwlillod* 



natural^' 5' A « J ' J - Ve f ,CHl Section of the same - »• Immature fruits of the 

 natural size. 9. An .mmature fruit. All but fig. 8 enlarged. 



