Puate 2646. 
DIDESMANDRA ASPERA, Stapf. 
DILLENIACEz. Tribe DILLENIER. 
oo lag d (gen. nov.). Sepala 5, imbricata, exteriora duo 
ceeteri Petala 5, imbricata, tenera. Stamina 10 in Pp alanges 
nantibus, amplexicaulibus. Inflorescentia paniculata, parce ramosa 
Jloribus breviter pedicellatis, unilateraliter secus ramos di ispositis. 
D. aspera, Stapf (sp. wnica). Ramuli asperrimi insuper parce 
adpresse mizhine deinde glabrescentes. olia oblongo-ovata, acu- 
minata, basi r. tundata, serrata, 6—8 poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata, utrinque 
aspera et Gnedces in nervis strigillosa, sicca supra nigro-, infra rubro- 
fusca ; petioli 1-3 oer longi, — basi ramulum amplec 
ente es, Panicu 6 nga ; rami 2-4 poll. lengi, pai parce 
navicularia, minus aspera, omnia obt 
ampla, fugacia, rotundato-obovata, crenulata, ad 1 poll. longa. " Stamina 
oe (explanata) 8 lin. longa, sterilia 3-4 lin. longa. Carpella 
laberrima ; stylus ad 9 lin. longus, cirrosus. 
Bornko: Sarawak, Belaga on the Rejang River, Haviland’s 
eran 2324 
Panini is nearest allied to Schumacheria, a genus confined to 
Ceylon. It differs from it in the peculiar structure of the andreecium, 
which, in beth genera, is placed in front of the gyneceum. 
, floral diagram ; 2, carpels and one bundle of stamens ; 3, one bundle of 
Sta Bute = fertile; 4, fertile stamen ; 5, section of a carpel; 6, section of an ovule. 
All enlar. arged 
