106 v. MENISPERMACE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Pycrwrrhcna. 



gibbous, style-scar lateral ; endocarp subreniform. Seed slightly concave 

 ventrally, albumen ; cotyledons oblong, i-terete, very thick, slightly in- 

 curved, radicle minute, ventral. DISTKIB. Two species, an Indian and 

 Bornean. 



1. P. pleniflora, 1 Miers Contrib. iii. 353, t. 141 ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late quite glabrous. P. planiflora, //. / <fc T. Fl. 2nd. 20G. Cocculus plani- 

 florus, Wall. Cat. 4961 (error for pleniflorus). 



SILHET, Wallich. 



Branches striate, pubemlous. Leaves 5-7 by lf-2i in., thin, coriaceous, obtusely 

 acuminate, puberulous on the midrib beneath, reticulate; nerves prominent beneath, 

 arching within the margin ; petiole in., top clavate. Flowen almo-t capitate ; pe- 

 duncles jl-. 1 , in.. 1 --'2-flowcreil, with '2 basal and a median bract . />ni/>>.-; 



^ in., smooth. 1'. merist>phylla, Mi> r* I.e. 353, from Assam (Griffith), described from 

 leaves only, does not appear to us to be congeneric. 



18. HJEIVIATOCARFUS, Miers. 



A strong glabrous climber. Leaves very coriaceous, 3-nerved. Flowers 

 in axillary racemes, diaM-iou>. MALI. fl. : ,V' /"//.< \\-\-i \vith :>> bracts, large. 

 Petals 6, base minutely auricled. Mum- //> <;. free ; anther-cells -2, remote on 

 the face of a large galeate dilated connective, bursting obliquely. Jfmfi- 

 mentary carjyel* 3, minute. FEM. rl. : unknown. JJrujn's 1-4, large, ovoid 

 fleshy, oblong, stalked, style-scar subbasal ; endocar]> coriACeouj, ol.j 

 adherent. Heed oblong, albumen ; embryo large, cotyledons accumbeht, 

 folded on themselves, very thick ^-terrete, obtuse ; radicle short, stout, in- 

 ferior. 



1. H. Thomson!, Mirrs Conlrth. iii. 325, t. 134 ; leaves oblong obtusely 



acuminate. F. comptus <nnl incusus. J///-x I.,-. :JLM;, \\-ll. llatennm vali'- 

 dum, Miers in Tt/l. J //'//, sv/-. 3 5 xiii. 1:M. Fibraurea? hsematocarpa. 



nn<l Kii.\siA iiiu.s, alt. 3-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 

 .11 ranches stout, ]>al-. /.tuns :> 1 by 1 \ "2 in., base obtnsr .r acute, ]ialo, or glabrous 

 beneath, nerves reticulate ; pctiuli: slender, -1 in. Ji'amitrg supr.i-axillary, solitary 

 or several, slender, branch > >lmrt : j/n; /-.s .small; jioiliecls slender. Sepal* ciliate. 

 Petals concave. J''ni/ti/it/ r<t<-inns wo^ilv, 1-3 in.; torus globose with 4 (j ncars. 

 Drupes 1^-2 in., smooth, suboliliipie ; stalks }, in., stout; sareocarp hard, blood-red; 

 mesocarp traversed by stout vessels from the, thin crustaceous endocarp. 



19. ANTITAXIS, Miers. 



A shrub. Leaves penninerved. Flowers in axillary fascicles, dioecious. 

 MALE fl. : Sepals 8, in decussate pairs ; outer small ; 2 next obovate ; 4 inner 

 larger, orbicular, imbricate. Petals 2, obovate. tfttinn ns 4, filaments clavate ; 

 anthers 1-cellecl, subglobose, bursting- transversely. FEM. fl. : unknown. 

 Drupes 1-3, subglobose, style-scar ventral ; endocarp thin, fragile, subreni- 

 form oblong. ISeed subglobose, concave ventrally, albumen ; cotyledons 

 oblong, ^-terete, slightly incurved, very thick ; radicle minute, ventral. 

 DISTEIB. Eastern Archipelago. 



1. A. fasciculata, Miers Contrib. iii. 336, t. 142 ; leaves oblong acumi- 

 nate glabrous, petiole tomentose. Cocculus lucidus, Teij&m. tr JJcu. 

 Tijdsch. iv. 397. 



