594 xxxix. OLACINE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Miquelia. 



the petiole. Calyx deeply toothed. Corolla-lobes lanceolate. Ovary obovoid, base 

 tapering ; Style very short, dilated into a cup-shaped stigma- ovules 2. 



3. H. ? gibba, Baill. Adansonia, x. 278; DC. Prodr. xvii 15; leaves 

 ovate acuminate entire, base rounded 5-nerved. 



WESTERN BENGAL, Griffith. 



Branches terete, glabrous. Leaver 8 by 4 in., membranous, glabrous, nerves pro- 

 minent beneath. Drupe 1^-14 in., ellipsoid, glabrcscent, l>n>wnisli, convex on one side, 

 furrowed on the other, gibbous towards the base ; stone hard, granular. Cotyledons 

 thin. An imperfectly known species. I have seen no specimens. 



20. S ARCOSTTG1VIA, W. & A. 



Climbing shrubs. Wood without zones. Leaves alternate, simple, shortly 

 petioled. Flowers clinecious, minute, arranged in tufts along a long pendu- 

 lous rachis. MALE fl. : C<i/t/,i; minute, 4-5-lobed. /V/v//x 5, free, or nearly 

 so, valvate, oblong, ultimately reflexed. Staim-H* f>, alternate with the 

 petals, free, or aunate to the base of the petals, filaments glabrous ; anthers 

 erect, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. / J /W/7 rudimentary. FK.MALK 11. : 

 Calyx and <-<n-Ua as in the male. Stouninodes 4-- r ), hypogynous, alternate 

 with the petals. Qi>nr<i superior, sessile, 1-celled ; stigma sul>s t -ssile, globose 

 or umbonate; ovules 2, collateral, pendulous, funicle expaude<l into an 

 "obturator." Drni- surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx and 

 corolla, epi-arp eoriaeeoiis, endocarp wood v lined with a thin white mem- 

 brane. iSW :..i'T.rding to Taillon) pendulou.s7exall>uminoiis ; cotyledons 

 fleshy, wrapping round the short superior radicle. DISTUIK. Species 3 or 4, 

 all tropical Asiatic. 



1. S. Kleinli, W. ,(- A. in F, <!',,>. Xew Phil. Jnurn. xiv. 299 ; leaves 

 glabrous oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate. J//V/-.V /// Ami. Xnt. Hint, 

 ser. 2. 116; Co.itri'.. i. lo:5, t. Is ; }Yi<,hf fc.t. 1N>4 ; Dalz. <( Gibt. H<,nJ>. /'/. 

 221. 



EASTERN AND WKSTKKV PKNIXSI-LAS ; Malacca, Maingay, Cochin and Travancor, 

 Wight; the Concan. Xti>d.-x. 



A climbing, branched shrub, flranchtfi terete. Leaves 4-10 by 2-4 in., cori 

 pale on both surfaces, base rounded, nerves prominent beneath; petiole;] in., trans- 

 versely wrinkled. AV/r///'\ ,-xtra axillary, anirular, covered with browniMi strigose hairs. 

 I' 1 loin /-.s- \ in. diam. I\lAi,Kfl.: CuJi/.r miimt(>. jiilosulous, cup sliajied, obscurely 4-5- 

 lobed. J'i-1'ilx ,'._. in., irlabrous. oblong, acute. Mmm-ii* as long as tlie petals, iilaments 

 glabrous, flat, strap shajted ; anther* -j-cellcd. Jlinl'>iin-nt <>//>ist:i conical. FEMALE il. : 

 Calyx and corolla as in the male. n/v//-//obovoi<l, pilosidous. surrounded byShvpOgynous, 

 abortive stamens; stigma sul'sessile. conical ; ovules 2, collateral. Fruit II 1 , in. 

 olive-shaped, somewhat compressed, bright orange-red, rugose and strigose externally, 

 smooth within. 



2. S. Wallichii, /?<////. in Adansonia, x. 282; leaves downy beneath 

 along the nerves ovate acute or acuminate, fruiting peduncles densely 

 villous. Wall. Cat. 9030 (" indeterm.") 



HIKMA ; Phanoe Hill on the Saluen, Wallich. 



Branches terete, rugose. Leaves 6 bv 3 in., nerves depressed above, prominent 

 beneath; petiole | in., thick. Fruit ing pcrtiiiiclt's from the old woud. Cfif//.r minute, 

 villous, 4-fid. Fruit 3^ in., ovoid-oblong, compressed, densely hairy. The specimens 

 are very imperfect. 



3. S. edule, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 298 ; glabrous, 

 leaves ovate-oblong apiculate, spikes rusty-tomentose. Chailletia edulis, 



in Andam. Rep. App. B 6. 



