Cansjera.} xxxix. OLACINE.E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 583 



2. C. parvifolia, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 298 ; leaves 

 pubescent and pilose rounded or ovate acute. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer. 



A shrubby climber ? Shoots, leaves and inflorescence pubescent and with stiff forked 

 hairs. Leaves f by f in., coriaceous, base rounded; petiole very short. Bracts ovate, 

 acute. Perianth r \ in., funnel-shaped or urceolate, limb 4-parted; lobes ovate, ul'i- 

 mately spreading. Stamens 4, free, springing from a perigynous disk, opposite the 

 lobes of the perianth ; anthers small, introrse. Glands of disk (staminodes) ovoid, acute, 

 fleshy. Ovary oblong. 



10. S.EPIONURUS, Blume. 



Arborescent. Leaves alternate, shortly petioled, simple, 1-nerved. Inflo- 

 rescence axillary, of numerous densely packed trichotomous umbellate 

 cymes, each subtended by an ovate bract. Flowers monochlamydeous, 

 regular, hermaphrodite. Perianth urceolate, limb 4-parted ; lobes valvate, 

 glabrous within. Stamens equal in number to the lobes of the perianth 

 and opposite to them ; anthers glabrous. Staminodes 0. Disk fleshy, 

 yellow, lining the base of the perianth-tube. Ovary free, oblong, conical ; 

 stigma sessile 4-lobed ; ovule solitary. Fruit drupaceous, glabrous, stone 

 crustaceous. Seed pendulous ; embryo small, in the axis of fleshy albumen, 

 radicle terete, cotyledons ternate. DISTRIB. Species 2, natives of Tropical 

 Asia. 



1. Xi. obloran ifolius, Mast.; leaves oblong or obovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate. Leptonium oblougifolium, Griff, in Gale. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 

 236. Opilia acuminata, Wall. Cat. 7206 F. ^^+T^i* /& 



EASTERN BENGAL, ASSAM, and the KHASIA MTS., ascending to 2000 ft. ABOR HILL.S, 

 Griffith; TENASSERIM at Mergui, Griffith. MALACCA, Maingay. DISTRIB. Java, 

 Sumatra. 



Branches greenish, subangular, glabrous. Leaves 5-7 by lf-2f in., membranous, 

 glabrous, base acute; petiole |~4 in. Pedicels twice the length of the petiole. Bracts 

 thin, membranous, roundish, imbricating when young. Flowers minute. Fruit ^ by 

 4 in. The flowers are minute arid the specimens very imperfect, hence the flowers are 

 differently described by different authors. In the absence of more complete material, 

 it is not possible to decide which view is the more correct. In the generic description 

 I have followed Griffith, as the results of my own examinations, so far as they have 

 gone, are in accordance with his. Wallich's 7464 A may possibly also belong to 

 this genus, but the material is too scanty for accurate determination. Its flowers are in 

 axillary spikes, and have a monochlamydeous, 5-parted, campanulate perianth, isome- 

 rous stamens opposite the lobes, 2 -celled anthers dehiscing longitudinally and a free 

 roundish ovary. 



11. OFXX.XA, Koxb. 



Scandent shrubs or low trees. Leaves alternate, distichous, simple, entire, 

 1-nerved, shortly petioled. Flowers numerous, in axillary, racemose 

 cymes, each cyme umbellate. Bracts deciduous. Calyx minute, annular, 

 obscurely 5-toothed, not accrescent. Petals 5. Fertile stamens 5, free, oppo- 

 site the petals ; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Glands of the disk 

 (staminodes) alternating with the petals, thick, fleshy. Ovary free, sessile, 

 1 -celled; style short, stigma minute; ovule solitary, pendulous. Fruit 

 drupaceous. Seed albuminous ; radicle superior. DISTKIB. Species 1 or -1 

 natives of the tropics of the Old World. 



1. O. amentacea, Roxb.Cor. PI. ii. t. 158 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 87 ; leaves ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate. Wight III. t. 40 ; Thwaites Etmm. 41 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



