Gomphandra.] xxxix. OLACINE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 587 



Stemonurus prasinus, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 249. S. affinis, Miers Contrib. i. 

 94. Lasiantliera prasina, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 791. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. DJSTRIB. Java. 



A tree or shrub. Branches angular, tortuous. Leaves 3^-14 in., petiole ^-\ in. 

 Pedicels pubescent. Calyx 4-5-toothed. Corolla | in., tubular- campanulate, 4-5-lobed, 

 lobes ovate acute. Filaments hairy at the back near the top. Ovary cylindric ; stigma 

 large, discoid. Fruit oblong-obovate, narrowed at the base, surmounted by the remains 

 of the stigma. Seed solitary, integument brown, traversed by the raphe, albumen 

 copious ; embryo minute, radicle superior, cotyledons plano-convex (Griff. Mss. in herb.) 



4. Or. penang-iana, Wall. Cat. 7204; leaves oblong- acuminate, cymes 

 extra-axillary erect much branched exceeding the petiole. Stemonurus 

 penangianus, Miers Contrib. i. 90. 



PENANG, WalUch; MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. TENASSERIM, at Moulmein, Lobb. 



A tree. Shoots terete, yellowish, glabrous. Leaves 54 by 2 in., coriaceous, glabrous, 

 margins revolute, base tapering ; petiole \ in. Peduncles 1 in. and upwards, setulose, 

 3-6-chotomous, ultimate pedicels shorter than the flower. Flower % in. Calyx 

 pateriform, 4-5-toothed. Corolla many times longer than the calyx, funnel-shaped ; 

 limb 4-5-fid, lobes acuminate inflexed at the point, midrib prominent on the inner 

 surface. /Stamens 4-5, free, hypogynous, filaments flat, hairy at the back. Pistil 

 rudimentary. FEMALE fl. : Ovary very short, 5-angled, depressed at the top ; style 

 conical, tubular, 5-toothed at the apex (Miers). Immature fruit ^ in., ovoid. Miers 

 describes the flowers of Wallich's plant as hermaphrodite. In Griffith's specimens, 

 which are otherwise indistinguishable, they are unisexual. Arnott in Ann. des Sc. Nat. 

 (Bot.) 1834, ii. 236, says, this plant does not belong to Gomphandra, but he gives no 

 reason for this conclusion. 



5. G-. toxnentella, Mast. ; leaves pubescent beneath oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, base acute, cymes axillary equalling the petiole, flowers herma- 

 phrodite. Stemonurus 'i tomentellus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, 

 ii. 298. 



BIRMA, Griffith. 



Arborescent. Shoots, petioles, under surface of leaves and inflorescence yellow- 

 tomentose. Leaves 6-7 by 1-1 f in. ; petiole { in. Flowers | in. Calyx cup-shaped, 

 4-5-toothed. Corolla 4-5-parted, pubescent externally, lobes acute, inflexed. Stamens 

 exserted, filaments pilose at the apex behind and slightly so in front beneath the 

 anther. Ovary oblong, pilosulous, surmounted by a large discoid stigma. 



6. G-. 1 crassipes, Mast. : leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acu- 

 minate, pedicels pilose. Stemonurus 1 crassipes, K urz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. 1872, ii. 298. 



PEGU, Kurz. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves 5-7 by 2 in., subcoriaceous, glabrous ; petiole \-\ in. 

 Cymes axillary, as long as the petiole, pedicels ^'~m. Calyx coriaceous, cup-shaped, 

 5 toothed. Immature fruit ^-^ in., turbinate, glabrescent, purplish, surrounded at the 

 base by the persistent calyx. Imperfect specimens only known. 



14. AFODYTES, E. Meyer. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, coriaceous, usually 

 black in drying. Flowers small, in terminal or axillary corymbose cymes. 

 Calyx minute, cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals 5, free, valvate. Stamens 5, 

 alternate with the petals, 'filaments dilated; anthers long or short, oblong, 

 basinxed, sagittate, 2-lobed, dehiscing longitudinally : pollen triangular. 

 Ovary 1-celled, obliquely gibbous ; style excentric, curved, stigma small ; 

 ovules 2, pendulous, superposed. Drupe obliquely ovoid, compressed, stone 



