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TJENIOCHL^NA GRIFPITHII, Hook./. 



CoNNARACEiE. Tribe Cnestide.e. 



I T. Griffithii, Hooh.jil in Benth. et Hook Gen. Plant, i. 434 ; frut^x 

 subscandens, ramis teretibus glabratis v. novellis obsolete hirtis, foliii 

 imparipinnatis 5- v. 3-folioIatis, foliolis subcoriaceis glabris ellipticii 

 oblongo- V. ovato-ellipticis v. lateralibus infeiioribus minoribus ovatis 

 "fisi late rotundatis v. subcordatis apice plus minus obtiisis sivj* 

 Pmarginatis subtus reticulatis nervis primariis utrinque 3-5 incurvi*, 

 paniculis fulvo-hirtis axillaribus e basi raniosis folio muUo brevioribus, 

 ralycis 5-partiti segraentis oblongo-Iaiiceolatis apice anguste inibricatis 

 niargmibus facieque exteriore plus minus hirtis tandem reflexiispcLilis 

 e ongatis linear! lanceolatis apicem versus attenuatis basi breviler et 

 abrupte angustatis glabris calyce duple longioiibus, staminibusbrevil.iis 

 nlamentis subulatis glabris complanatis basi vix coalitis, antheris 



ovoideis basifixis mucronulatis, carpellis 5 liberis parvis sessilibus 

 hirtis, stigniate capitellato, ovulis geminatis, carpellis fructifens 

 pWique ovoideis v. ellipsoideis apice ssepe rostratis fusco-tomentellis 

 intus glabris.- /7om Brit. Ind. ii. 55. 



Hab. Malacca, Griffif}i, Maingmj. 



Folia, 5-10 poll, longa; foHola terminalia 3 6 poll, longa, 1?-2| 

 r'-lata; foliola iuferiora U-H poll, longa, cum petioluhs brevibus 

 iineam vix excedenfcibus. r'anicuhH |-2 poll. longa> ; bracteis parvis, 

 oo.ongo-Ianceolatis, cymbiformibus, pedicello multo brevioribus. tar- 

 T''na fructifera |-1 poll, longa. 



] find the segments of the calyx are slightly imbricate confirming JJ 



in MS. of Dr. Maingay's. ' Calyx . . . very slightjy, but stHi 

 ;";te distinctly, imbricated at the tips of the sepals.' The genus, as 

 >^t monotypic, Jias not been hitherto figured, to my knowledge. 



^- Oliver. 



lon!'^;,].- ^^tnched flower, prdi.el and bract. 2. Stamen. 3. I'ist.I. 4. r.-rp^l- 

 ^ taainal section, o. Seed. L.Trepf Jo. .1 aU mhr^d 



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