PLANT/E JAVANIC/E RAUIORES. 649 



arcuatim recurvi. Spicye longae, saepius 2 — 3 aggregatae 

 quandoque solitarise, nunc rameae absque cicatrice folii 

 delapsi, nunc axillares, indivisae sed e glomerulis alternis 

 3 — 4 floris formatae ; rachi tereti pedicellisque flosculorum, 

 perianthio brevioribus, extus pubescentibus. Flores parvi. 

 Perianthium exterius abbreviatum, 5-lobura lobis rotun- 

 datis ; interius aestivatione valvata alte 5-fidum ; laciniis 

 planis, lanceato-linearibus, acutis, intus glabris, supra 

 medium recurvis. Stamina 5: filamenta laciniis perianthii i 2i3 

 interioris alternantia, ejusdem tubo inserta, filiformia, 

 lacinias limbi aequantia v. superantia. Antherae versatiles, 

 ovales ; loculis parallelis, approximatis, longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. Rudimentum pistilli parvum, pubescens. 

 Fern, perianthii, ut in Masc. interioris, laciniis apice re- 

 curvis. Ovarium ovatum, pubescens, uniloculare, bio- 

 vulatum ; ovulis collateralibus, ab apice cavitatis penclulis. 

 Pericarpium drnpacenm, oblongum, ipsa basi perianthio 

 interno indurato vix aucto subtensum ; putamine crasso- 

 pergameneo, rugoso (pulpa succulenta eduli, B. Horsfield). 

 Semen 



My remarks on the affinities of Sarcostigma are 

 annexed to the account of the following genus, lodes. 



Tab. XLVII. Fig. 1. Flowering branch of a female 

 plant of Sarcostigma Horsfieldii. Fig. 2. Part of a male 

 spike; both of natural size. Fig. 3. A male flower, mode- 

 rately magnified. Fig. 4. A male flower with quaternary 

 division; probably a rare occurrence. Fig. 5. A stamen, 

 to show the mode of dehiscence and insertion of filament. 

 Fig. 6. The outer floral envelope or calyx. Fig. 7. A 

 female flower, magnified in the same degree as the male ; 

 to show the expansion, recurvation, and external pubes- 

 cence of the segments of the inner perianthium or corolla. 

 Fig. 8. An ovarium, slightly magnified and cut open to show 

 the two pendulous ovula. Fig. 9. A drupe, nearly ripe, 

 natural size. 



