Plate 2313. 



MELANOCHYLA BECCARIANA, Oliv. 

 Anacardiace^. Tribe SEMECARPE.ii. 



M. beccanana, Oliv. (,s/?, 7iov.) ; rainulis crassis dense ferrugineo- 

 tomentosis, foliis^ petiolatis obloiigo- v. oblanceolato-ovalibus apice 

 obtusis^ mucronatis, subtus pra^cipue in costa nervisque paten tibus pro- 

 nnnentibus primariis utrinque c. 17-19 venulisque ferrugineo-hirsutis 

 supra parce pilosis denique costa liirtella excepta gkbratis, petiolo 

 crassiusculo tonientoso, paniculis terminalibus dense ferrugineo- 

 tonieiitosis ramulis lateralibus brevibus adscenden tibus pauci- v. 

 plunflons, calyce campanulato crasso limbo quam tubo 3-1-pIo 

 breviore segmentis crassis ovato-deltoideis valvatis subvalvatisve tubo 

 mtus glabro ore leviter constrictOj petalis alte perigynis calycem 

 paulJo superantibus ci'assiusculis ovatis utrinque (apiue leviter recurvo 

 excepto) hirsutis, filanientis dense pilosis petalis brevioribus, o^ario 

 immerso apice tempore florifero convexo v. subplano dense piloso, stylo 

 iHfvqualiter 3-fido, stigmatibus capitellatis. 



Hab. 



ifl^ 



^awi^a«f?(No. 814). 



^olia 7-10 poll, longa, 3-31 poll. ]ata ; petiolus 1-U poll, longus. 

 aniculo' foliis sa-pJus breviores. Flares ^ poll, longi, v.' in var. brevi- 

 fi'^'-o- H poll, longi, i-i poll. lati. 



To ^'this curious genus, founded by Sir Joseph Hooker, upon four 



''\r!m'^^ species collected by Maingay, in his ' Flora of Brit. India,' ii. 



« y, and to which no addition was made by Professor Engler in his 



monograph of Anacardiace*, Dr. Stapf has added se\eral new species 



id f..^^^^°^^ti<>n of the Haviland Bornean collections. He lias also 



entitled as congeneric the plant here figured, presented to the Kewr 



h T 1^*^^" ^y Signor Beccari, wliich had been left doubtful until taken 



1 hand by him. This species is remarkable in the extent to which the 



ai-y IS immersed in the axis, being indeed wholly inferior in at least 

 En !^"y^^^*Ses of flowering. In the generic figure given by Professor 



n ^^^^ Cand. Monogr. iv. tab. xv. tig. 21) the ovary is wholly free. 



—-L'. Oliver. 



iZlhb ^^^''''7,- 2- Same. long;tudinaI section. 3. Petal. L Stamens, back and 



*ie\\a. All enlarged. 



