Plate 2367. 



PIPTOCALYX MOOREI, Oliv. 



MONIMIACE^. 



P. Moorei, Oliv. in Benth. FL Austral. V, 292 ; frutex scandens 

 ramisgracilibus cum inflorescentia costaque foUorum ferrugineo-liirautis, 

 riiis Jaxcappressis, fohis oppositis petiolatis punctatis ovato-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 7-9, rete venularum 

 prommente margme integro v. obsolete sinuato cum nerve utrinque 

 conterramo subtus prajcipue in costa venisque parce lursutis supra 

 giabratis, floribus polygamis in raceniis terminalibus axillaribiisque 

 aispositis, breviter peclicellatis v. subsessilibus, bracteis flore brevioribus 

 ^inceolatis dorso dense hirsutis bracteolis 2 periantliio appressis eodeiu 

 oreMonbus ovato-ellipticis, perianthii segmentis 5 late ellipticis v. 

 oDovato-ellipticis subscariosis apice obtusis exterioribus dorso plus 

 nunus lursutis, fl. ^ staminibus 15-13 tore breviter elevato insertis, 

 antnera adnata oblonga rimis longitudinaliter dehiscentia connectivo 

 pice apiculata, filamentum evolutum tequante, rudimento ovarii 0, fl. f 

 lamimbus fertilibus pauciora, ovario oblongo 1-loculare, stigmate 

 be.sui dense papiUoso leviter oLliquo, ovulo solitario prope apicem 

 «-a^ itatis latiuscule et oblique inserto pendulo anatropo. 



V^t^'A Australia : N. S. Wales, Hastings River, C. Moore : New 

 England, Stuart {fide Mueller, Frag. Phyt. Austr. x. 1 06). 



lat'f'"'''!-^^ "^""''^ 30-40-pedalis. Folia 4-5 poll, longa, I^-lf poU. 

 axillarFs^b -^ 4-5 PoU- longus. Jiacemus terminalis l-l^ poll, longus, 



ouit?"^ "material of this interesting plant is still very imperfect, though 

 Ite recently reinforced by fragments of inflorescence brought to 

 Jvew for identification by Mr. E. M. Hoi 



Th 



'"- j-uibtings itiver must be three times that distance. 

 and u^^ -^r *^^^^^si^'ely bitter to the taste in the dried specimens 

 sion ^^ ,"^^"V punctate, though not very conspicuously. My impres- 



^vith^M ^^'^"^^^^° *^^ P^^^^* ™^"y y^^^^ ^S^ '^^'^^ ^^^^ ^*^ affinity was 

 flowA ^^^'^^^""^^ese, and, as pointed out in ' Genera Plantarum,' the 



Fiii T^i ^'^ "1^^^^ in common with those in Trimenia, Seemann, of the 

 not d r i' ^^^'''cs of which also are minutely punctate, though 



distinctly bitter.-D. Oliver. 



2 and 3. Bracts. 4. Leaf 



of pSianth ^^?^ o °^ '''^^' sl^o^v■ing the marginal nerve. 



^ack and f • ^''^"""^t^ flower, one le:).f of perianth remaining. 6. Anthers, 



f«sile sti "'^^' '^- II'-"i-m:iphrodite flower, perianth removed. 8. Ovary and 



•■'gma. 9. Longitudinal section of same. All enlaraed. 



