Pseudoldchuost^lii!.] cxxii. eupiiokbiace.e (hutchixson). 671 



'2><. PSEUDOIiACHNOSTYLIS, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxviii. 19. 



Flowers dioecious. Petals absent. Male flower : Sepals 5, imbricate. 

 Disk annular, glabrous. Stamens 5 ; filaments connate into a column for 

 about half their length ; anther-cells parallel, slightly unequal, introrse, 

 dehiscing longitudinally, lludimentary ovary in the middle of the 

 stamiiial column, olten divided. Female flower: Calyx as in the male. 

 Disk annular, closely embracing the base of the ovary, often irregularly 

 toothed. Ovary 3-celled ; styles 3, diverging, very slightly connate at 

 the l)ase, bilobed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule globose or depressed - 

 globose, entire, tardily septicidal ; endocarp thick and bony. Seed- 

 solitary in each cell, ellipsoid, strophiolate ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons 

 flat and broad. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple. 

 Male flowers in axillary few-flowered pedunculate cymes surrounded 

 by membranous bracts. Female flowers axillary, solitary or subsolitar} 

 Species 4, endemic. 

 Fruits ellipsoid or ovoid ; young shoots and leaves 



g-labrons, the latter glaucous below . . .1. P. /jlauca. 



Fruits more or less globose or depressed-globose ; young 



shoots and leaves more or less hairy (glabrous in 



2, P. JSussei). 



Leaves glabrous on both surfaces ; young shoots 



glabrous j pedicels glabrous (at least when in 



fruit) 2. P. Bussei, 



Leaves liairy on both surfaces or only on the mid- 

 rib ; yoimg shoots and inflorescence hairy. 

 Leaves hairy only on the midrii) below . . 3. P. maprounea folia. 



Leaves hairy over all the lower surface . , 4. P. Dekindtii. 



1. P. glauca, Hutchinson. A tree 12-GOft. high; trunk straight, 

 about 2 ft. in diam., bare of branches for a long distance below ; head 

 widely spreading, leafy ; branches subterete, very slightly angulai-, 

 with grey bark ; branchlets spreading or suberect, rather slendei , 

 obtusely angular, sulcate, leafy. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 

 rounded, emarginate or obtusely pointed at the apex, unequal and 

 slightly narrowed or rounded at the base, 1-3J in. long, |-1 J in. broad, 

 coriaceous, very deep green above, highly glaucous beneath, glabrous 

 on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 6-8 on each side, very slender and 

 inconspicuous ; petiole rather slender, 3-6 lin. long, glabrous ; stipules 

 lanceolate, about 1 lin. long, slightly pubescent towards the apex, 

 caducous. Male flowers in axillary pedunculate cymes on short lateral 

 leafy branchlets ; peduncle J-J in. long, swollen towards the apex, 

 glabrous ; flowers in each cyme subsessile or very shortly pedicellate ; 

 bracts acuminate from abroad base, Ij lin. long, shortly ciliate, other- 

 wise glabrous. Sepals 5, ovate, very obtuse or rounded at the apex, 

 \\ lin. long, J-1 lin. broad, entire, slightly coriaceous, glabrous. Disk 

 fleshy, annular, wrinkled or a little cut up, glabrous. Staminal 

 column glabrous, about J lin. long ; filaments free at the top ; anthers 

 J lin. long, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary small, subentire or slightly 



