o88 xxxix. OLACINEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Apodytcs. 



crustaceous. Seed pendulous ; embryo small, in the apex of flashy albumen, 

 cotyledons narrow. DISTRIB. Species 9, natives of tropical Asia and 

 Africa. 



* Anthers elongate, linear-oblong. 



1. A. Eenthamiana, W'ujltt I<\ 1153; leaves glabrous oblong obtuse 



at both ends margins revolute, anthers and ovary puberulous. Bedd. Ft. 

 Sylv. 140 var. a. 



"\YKSTKKN PENINSULA in the NJLGHIRI MTS. and Southern provinces, IVlght, 

 Bcddome. 



Jirnnclic.8 terete, glabrous, shoots pubernlor j :] 4 by 1 -U in., cor;.: 



black in drying; pen',,!,. .V-l in. I\i,ii.l,x terminal, rigid, shorter than the leaves, 

 pedicels puberulous. Flowers in. l\t<il-t inllxcJ at the point. Ovary hairy. 

 j'>rii/ic, ;', ! by .', in., ovoid, reniform, crowned with the [ier,-.jstrnt base of the style, and 

 firiiHhed with a lateral scntelliform appendage, 1 -seeded. Seed pendulous, obovate- 

 cuneate, compressed. 



2. A. Gardneriana, MiertinA**. <(' Murj. Nat. ]Ii*t.s<>r. 2, vol. ix. 



389; C<mtril>. i. 58 ; leaves oblong acute at both ends abruptly acuminate, 

 margins revolute, anthers glabrous, ovary slightly puberulous. Tlm'<iit<.-* 

 Enum. 4-2. 



CEYLON ; Central province, alt. 5-7000 ft., Gardner, Tlnm 



I'xn-I; wrinkled. L('.a>-c* - 1 by f in., blaek in drying; petiole ,", in. 



pedancled, terminal, pedicels divar;. ; "ling, ultimate pedicels shorter than the 



flowers. Jl. I 7. ,u*c r* ^ in. 



3. A. Beddomei, JAr>7. / loaves membranous broadly ovate acute acn- 

 minatc, mar-ins Hat, anthers and ovary glabrous. A. In'iithumiana, \ 



Fl. ,s>//<.. 140. 



WK-TKKX PKMNMI.A in the Nilghiii Mts., and Travancore, Wif/J/t, &c. 



finite glabrous. 4 by 1 L '2 in., black in drying, base rounded or acute ; 



petiole].!, in. /',-//-, Is pilosiilons, ultimate pedicels shorter than the/o 

 oblong, obtuse. Flowers \ in. Fruit in., wrinkled. 



** Anthers short, oblong. 



4. A. andamanica, A'urz Andnn. /.'r//. r> ; J<mrn. As. Xo<\ /.' 



; haves nbhmg acununate not black in drying, cymes axillary short. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS. Kurz. 



A small tree. Brandt* virgate, terete. Lmf-lnnl* piilienilons. Leaves 1 - 

 in., glabrous, base obtuse or acute, midrib depressed above prominent beneath; 

 | in. Cymes peduncled, peduncles not much exceed!, ,g the ptiol<:, striu r " 

 /; in. Califx puberulous, cup-shaped, scarcely lohed. l\:lnl* externally puberulous, 

 ul long-acute, midrib prominent within. Filamtutt>[\nt, ligulate ; anthers short, oblong. 

 14 in.; stone fibrous woody. 



1.1. X&AFFXA, Jacq. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, 1-nerved. Flowers small, in 

 terminal corymbose cymes. (_'<il;/ ")-toothed. Petals 5, usually hairy within. 

 Xtomens 5, hypogy nous, alternate with the petals; anthers 2-lobed, dorsi- 

 lixed, dehiscing longitudinally ; pollen grains subquadrate. Disk liypo- 

 gy nuus, cup-shaped. Ovary superior, 1 -celled ; style short ; ovules 2, 

 pendulous. Fruit drupaceous. Seed pendulous ; embryo in fleshy albumen, 

 cotyledons leafy, radicle superior. DISTRIB. Species 8 or 10, natives of the 

 Western Peninsula, Ceylon and tropical South America. 



