Ochanostachys.\ xxxix. OLACINE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 577 



not accrescent ? Petals 4-5, free, valvate, hairy within. Stamens 12-15, 

 hypogynous, or adlierent to the base of the petals, or arranged in groups of 

 3 before the petals, filaments subulate, glabrous ; anthers minute, di lymous, 

 opening longitudinally, titamiiwdes 0. Disk hypogynous, fleshy, very 

 shallow, annular, or inconspicuous. Ovary free, ovoi I, incompletely 3-celled 

 beneath, 1 -celled above ; style cylin Iric, stigma minute capitate obscurely 

 3-lobed ; ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous from the apex of a central 

 placenta, fruit unknown. DlSTREB. Species 1 or 2 natives of the Malay- 

 peninsula and Borneo. In technical characters allied to Ximenia, but dif- 

 fering in habit, arrangement of the leaves, inflorescence and number of 

 stamens. The name refers to the thong-like inflorescence. 



1. O. amentacea, Mast. ; leaves oblong acuminate, base acute, spikes 

 about as long as the leaves. 



MALACCA, Mainyay, Griffith. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Branches terete. Leave* 5-6 by 2} 2 in., coriaceous, glabrous, quite entire, 1-nerved, 

 secondary pairs of nerves about 5, rather distant, arching ; petiole ^ in. Flower-bud 

 roundish-oblong, flowers T V in. Calyx puberulous. Stamens ^ shorter than the 

 petals. 



4. CTENOLOPHON, Oliv. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, petiolate, simple, 1-nerved. Inflorescence panicled- 

 cymose, terminal. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, diclilamydeous. Calyx 

 5-parted ; lobes imbricate, not accrescent. Petals 5, free, imbricate, oblong, 

 reflexed after flowering. Stamens 10, free, springing from a short, ring-like 

 hypogynous disk, those opposite the petals longer than the others ; anthers 

 roundish, apiculate, 2-celled, dehiscing lengthwise. Stctminodes 0. (Jvart/ 

 free, shortly stalked, imperfectly 2-celled ; style cylindric, apex bifid, 

 stigmas capitate ; ovules in pairs in each cell, collateral, pendulous, fruit 

 coriaceous or crustaceous, 1-celled, 1-seeded, dehiscing irregularly. Seed 

 pendulous from the apex of a free central placenta, and provided with a 

 dorsal, pectinate crest. DISTWB. 2 known species, both Malayan. 



1. C. parvifolius, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxyiii. 516, t. 43 ; leaves 

 elliptic shortly and obtusely acuminate, ovarian cavity reaching nearly to 

 the base of the style. 



MALACCA, Main gay. 



Branclilets glabrous, purplisb. Leaves 2-4^ by l|-lf in., coriaceous, glabrous, 

 sbining above, reticulate beneath, base rounded ; petiole 3-.', in., channelled. Inflores- 

 cence about the length of the leaves, cano-tomentose, panicled-cymose ; pedicels short, 

 tbick. Bracts ^ in., caducous, ovate, deltoid. Flowers ^ in. ( 'alyx-lobes roundish, 

 concave, tomentose outside, subglabrous within. Petals 5, erect, four times longer than 

 the calyx-lobes, coriaceous, oblong, recurved, downy outside, except at the overlapped 

 margin. Antlers adnate. Ovary ovoid-giobo.se, hirsute, surrounde 1 at the base by an. 

 annular disk, 2-celled ; style elongate, 2-i'urrowed, glabrous. Fruit -^-if in., edipaoid; 

 pericarp woody, crustaceous, splitting on one side. /Seeds with an arilloid crest. 



2. C. grandifolius, Oliv. I.e. ; leaves oblong shortly and obtusely acu- 

 minate, ovarian cavity scarcely exceeding in length the hypogynous disk. 



MALACCA, Ma'my-nj. 



Branclilets terete, glabrous. Leaves 3^-7 by 1^-2.1 in., coriaceous, glabrous, entire, 

 midrib prominent beneath; petiole ^- in., gia' rous or pruinose. . ce Mib- 



pyramidal, peduncles ascending, articulate at the nodes, pedicels exceeding the calyx. 

 liruct^ .scidc-like, caducous. Flowers -J, in. &_}>' 'Is equal, roundish, concave, coria- 

 ceous, cano-tomcntose outside, glabrous within. Petals 5-6 times longer than the 



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