586 xxxix. OLACINEJ3. (Maxwell T. Masters.) \Gomphcmdr*. 



1. G. axillaris, Wall. Cot. 3718; leaves lanceolate, cymes axillary about 

 the length of the petiole, flowers unisexual or polygamous. /A-/ A/. Fl. 

 8ylv. Ixi. Lasianthera ? tetrandra, Wall, in Rn.,'1,. Fl. fnd. ed. Can'y, ii. 327. 

 Platea axillaris, Thwirit*-* J-I-n>n,i. 44 ; Jhtlz. <(. (,'ihs. Bomb. FL 28. Stemo- 

 nurus axillaris, longifoliiis, Heyneanus, and ceylanicus, J//V/>' ( 'ontrih. i. 

 90-93. S. polymorphic, Miers I.e. i. 87, parti//. Olax Heyneana, Watl. 

 Cat. 6780. O. lODgifoJia, Waif. Cat. 6782, A partly, 6782 B. Gomphandnt 

 polymorpha, Wight Ic. 954, ? partly. Dioecia pentandra, JFtftf. G'af. 

 670 B. 



SILHET, WalUck; WESTERN PENINSULA from the Concan southwards; CKYI,<>\, 

 from the sea level to 4000 ft., 7V/"- 



A small tree or large shrub, glabrous, or the terete branches slightly puberuloiis. 

 fjeaves 2^-5^ by 1-2^ in., submembranons, conspicuously nerved, base ai-nte : 

 {-\ in. Cymes puberulous. f >////./ minute, 4-5-topth'd, sii_;htly ciliated. Corolla 

 4-5 times longer than the caKx, tubular-campanulate, limb 4-6-lobed; lobe> 

 acnminate, point inlle.xed, ultimately Bpeading. J''il<(nirttttt tlat, pilose at tin- 

 Ovary small, oblong, smooth; st\l<- co:de, siigma minute; disk accrescent. 

 \ in., oblong, obtuse, smooth, crowned by the remains of the stigma. <St'cd large, 

 integument striated; cotyifdnns very large, Bemicylindric, amygdaloid, obtuse, ra ii> -le 

 superior (Wallich). Wallich dex-ribcs the stigma as fleshy, broadish, subcapitatu, 

 hut my own examination of ^"allich's sperimens a-rees with that of Miers' de- 

 S'-ription and ligmv. What WaHieli took for the stigma may thus 1..- ili<> .-pigviioiis 

 disk of which Miers rlsewhere makes mention. The Silliet habitat is derived from 

 AVallieh's sp.M imeii of his number 078-. There is no other authority tor this plant 

 occurring in Eastern India. 



2. G. polymorpha, W'ujht III. H>:j; /b. 953 (not 954) ; leaves coriaceous 



roundish to lanceolate, KIM- tapering, cymes terminal or opposite the 1 

 very rarely axillary, two or three times l-mg-.-r than the petiole, flowers 

 olygamous. Wall. Cat, !Mi24. G. coriacea, IT/V//// ///. i. 103; /A////. />. 

 Anal. Gen. t. ix. SU-moiiunis polymorphus, coi'iacens, \\'alkeri ///// 



Wigbtaana, Mi>Ti>, I.e. i. :>. 



Gardneri, J/ /./.< ('mdi-ilt. i. .s7. I'latea 



\\'i:^i i.i:.\ I'I.MNSULA, Nilghiri Mts., Wiyltt ; 



A small tree or large shrub, glabrous, or the young parts and leaves slightly pube- 

 rulous. Li'di-c* 2-6 oy 4~2^ in., more or less coriaceou<, opaijne, inconspicuously 

 veined; petiole \-\ in. fifim-* pnbcrulous. Fl<>n;-r /,//,/.-, olilong . lavate. /''io/n-rs & in., 

 4-5-merous, hermaphrodite or unisexual. Cnl.i/.c minute. Cor<iU<t camp inidate, lobes 

 acuminate, points intlrxed. >V/////'-//x glabrous or (-lightly puhendou^ free, or ulti- 

 mately agglutinated into a tub.', at h-ngili -x-erted. Ornri/nn an liypogynous disk; 

 style short, conic, stigma minute. Fruit ^-'-\ in., oblong or ohovoid, readish-brown. 

 Tlie plant ligured by Wight Icon. 95:}, as the male of this species has, ys shown, her- 

 maphrodite flowers, and the stamens are destitute of hairs. Miers in consequence, rulers 

 it to his Platea }\'iyl<ti<tn(i, but it diilers i'rom Plati'd in the coherent petals and 

 acute, not discoid, stigma. It is apparently the same form as Wight's G. coriacea. 

 \ Vry variable. Wight 111. p. 103, distinguishes the following varieties : 



"\ AK. 1. acuminata, leaves oval attenuate at both ends terminating in a longish 

 linear acumen. 



VAR. 2. ollonffifoUa, leaves linear-oblong obtuse at both ends abruptly acuminate. 



YAK. 3. anguxtifolia, leaves 5-7 by 1-2 in. narrow linear-lanceolate acuminate, 

 base acute. 



VAK. 4. longifoliff, leaves 5-7 by 1-2 in. linear acuminate, base rounded. 



VAR. 5. ovalifolia, leaves 2-3 by 1 in. oval, obtuse at both ends or shortly acuminate. 



3. G-. affinis, Mast. ; leaves glabrous oblong-lanceolate, base acute, 

 cymes axillary 2-3 times longer than the petiole, tiowers hermaphrodite. 



