Plate 2305. 



MELICSMA HERBERTII, Rolfe. 



Sabiace^. 



Herhert H, & G. W. 



M. Herbertii, Eol/e in Kew Bulletin, 1893, 244 ; folils simplicibus 

 petiolatis ovali- v. oblongo-oblanceolatis basi cuneatim aiigustatis apice 

 cuspidatis v. breviter acuminatis integris v. leviter repandis coriaceis 

 glabris v. costa subtus nervisque parce setulosis, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 7-9-11, paniculis terminalibus folia vix superaiitibus densi- 

 floris ferruginoo tomentellis, floribus subsessilibus, fructibus obovoideis 

 endocarpio osseo. 



Hab. West Indies ; St. Yincentj Messrs. 

 (Nos. 830, 1837). 



Arhor 30-60-pedalis. Folia 4-7 poll, longa, l§-2f poll, lata; 

 petiolus ^-| poll, longus. Sepala orbicularia concava ciliolata, Petala 

 3 majora rotundata glabra calyce paullo majora staminodia t<)tidem 

 basi adnata ; petala minora stamina antherifera opposita squamiformia 

 bifida connectivum incurvum fere siiperantia. Ovarinm ovoideum 

 glabrum 2-loculare. Fructics § poll, longuni, 6-7 lin. diam. 



This is perhaps the most interesting novelty contained in the fine 

 collections made by the Messrs. Smith in the Windward Islands in 1889 

 and 1890 at the cost of Mr. F. Ducane Godman,and presented by him 

 to the Royal Gardens. Of this collection a detailed enumeration is 

 given in the Kew Bulletin cited above. The genus is chiefly Indian 

 and Malayan with a few species extending northward in Eastern Asia 

 from Formosa to Japan. None is known from Africa, and very few m 

 the New World, if. opposidfolia, Griseb., of Cuba is the only West 

 Indian species in the Kew Herbarium. — D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Bud. 2. One of larger petals and opposed sUminode. 3. Squamiform, 

 Difid, ymaller petal and opposed stamen. 4. Pisul. 5. Transverse section of ovary. 

 6. Fruit and its pedicel. 7. Longitudinal section of fruit, showing intruded endo- 

 t^'U'p. Ml enlarged. 



