?i.\TE 2399 (flower) ; 2400 (fruit}. 



OXYMITRA MACRANTHA, H-m.J. 



Anonacr.k. 



4 



0. (§ Goniotbalamus) macrantha, If* 



mm.*. / y' 



nA 



30 ped. alta apiee tantum rainosa {Coming) raniulis primuni pan-o 

 fenugineo-puberulis, internodiis brevibus, io\ih mediocribus pctiolafw 

 vix coriaceis ovato-oblongis apice obtusis vel rotundatis;?lft^^r'^'^''fltibuii, 

 veuis primariis lateraiibus utrinque circiter \'2 curvatis prope inar- 



ginem inter se conjunctis, novwus iaLcnujs ^u wu.-w j. . ...- 

 (Cowm.*f) breviter pedunculatis pendulis ex adumbratione Cormnsiana 

 solitariis coriaceis glabris, calyce obscure trilobate lobis obtu.sis, i-ta u 

 3 exterioribus valde elongatis angustis caudatis vix acutit, peUlw 

 3 interioribus brevibus supra medium connatis breviter un^uiculatis 

 corollam fenestratam formantibus, connective ultra loculos anthennn.t 

 capitato, stylis filiformibus elongatis, carj>ellis nuincrosis-^imis nit^-nis 

 arete confertis brevissime stipitatis pyrifonmbus vel ovoKle.s ^P';"l« '■* 

 glabris minute verrucosis, seminibus in <iuaque carpelJa 5 b ori.i.u- 

 laribus cotnpressis tomentosis. 



Hab. Solomon Islands ; Florida, R. B. Comins (No. 293). 



Petaln I'X- 



Folia 4-6 poll, longa. Calyz circ ter 1 ,po 1. ^'^^^^ni l^l^ 



teriora usque ad 7 poll. longa, interiora circi er 6 h Uonga^ ^ - 

 maturus 1 ^ poll, diametro. CarpeUa 2 poll, longa. S'.nm .MU 



lin. diametro. 



Baillon and other writers who combine Oril^n^^^^^^^Z 

 and the Fijian genus ie.W./^« hT%^ thrlfeSiTa.melhat 

 character of importance to separate them. Jhe presen ^ ^^ 



anomalous species, the carpels ^'^""S^^-'^^^^^^L*!';,,, umrioi^-*. 

 ea.t, all the ovules matui-e into seed^ J; exceptional in hnving 

 King (Ann. Calc. Bot. Gard. W. t. 1 4 J), is aJ.so excr^ 



4-seeded carpels. 



Mr. Comins describes this as ^ rner-sm^ -- ' pendent brick- 



30 feet, and having a naked trunk ou .^:^ the ong F^^ ^^^ ^^ 

 red flowers are borne down to withm 2 feet ot g 



intervals of about a foot. 



? 2 Inner petJiU. ^ Stamen, 



Plate 2399.-Fig. 1. Tlower the F^'^K,;;^";;:^^^;'; ofovarV. ^_^ . 



back and front y\J: 4. Carpel o. ■I^'"?''"'';"^' ^^ed iruit-curp*!. 2- *^- ^• 



