598 xxxix. OLACINE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Cardiopteris. 



sagittate-ovate, 5-7-lobed, terminal lobe largest ovate acuminate, lateral lobes angular 

 acuminate, lowermost unequally cuneate. C. subhamata, Wall. mss. 



Tbere are differences of opinion as to tbe structure of the flower. The figure of the 

 ovary in Blume's Eumphia, t. 177, f. 8, differs from tbe description, and is erroneous. 

 The persistent and accrescent style (?) assumes a spongy cellular character, and is 

 traversed by two bundles of spiral vessels and by laticiferous tubes. Octahedral crys- 

 tals'also abound in its tissues. The cells of the epicarp contain in .some cases a spiral 

 fibre. The structure of the ovule is very peculiar. According to Dr. Hooker's unpub- 

 lished drawings made from the fresh specimens, the ovule is pendulous and originally 

 straight, but afterwards curves upward. It is devoid of coats, but is provided with a 

 raphe and the embryo sac (?) is protruded iu the shape of a long tubular process. 



ORDER XL. ILICINE-ZE. (By J. D. Hooker.) 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, simple, ex-stipulate, or with. 2 minute 

 stipules, usually coriaceous and evergreen. Flnwrs small, in axillary 

 cymes fascicles or umbellules, oroally dkBCJOUS, $ with imperfect ovary, 

 and $ with imperfect stamens, r/ ////./ \\-\\ -partite or -lobed ; segments or 

 lobes imbricate, persistent. /V'/A- -l-.~>, rarely (5-8, connate at the !>.-. 

 connate in the c { and free in the ?, deciduous, imbricate. Slawm 4-5, 

 adhering to the bases of the petals, sometimes free and hypogynous in the 

 $, filaments subulate ; anthers shortly oblong, dorsilixed. />/.</ o. (ii'uri/ 

 free, 3-16-celled; style 0, or very short, rarely long, stigma cupit 

 discoid; ovules 1, or 2 collateral, pendulous, raphe dorsal, micropyle 

 superior, funicle often cupular. Drupe, witli 2 or more L -seeded free rarely 

 connate stones. Seed with a membranous testa, lleshy albumen and 

 minute embryo. DISTKIB. Three genera, a;id about 150 species, chiefly 

 tropical. 



An examination of the Indian species has led to very important modifications of the 

 ordinal character as given 'in the Cicnera I'lantarum, and to the suppression of the 

 genus Byronia. 



1. ILEX, Linn. 



Calyx 4-5-lobed or -parted. Corolla rotate, petals free or connate at the 

 base. Stamens 4-5, adhering to the base of the corolla in the , sometimes 

 hypogynous in the $. CM/r// B-12-celled; styles <> or very short, stigmas 

 free or confluent on the top of the ovary. l)rn/' globose, very rarely 

 ovoid, with 2-1U stones. DISTIUH. Of the Order ; species about 145. 



SECT. L Floivers in strict spikes. Drupe with 10-16 stones. 



1. X. spicata, fi//tme JJiJtlr. 1149; glabrous, leaves elliptic shortly 

 obtusely caudate-acuminate very coriaceous quite entire. Prinos spicata, 

 Miq. /'/. /"</ fit. i. pt. 2, 594. 



MALACCA, Mnint/ifi/. DISTIMU. Java, Borneo. 



An often epiphytic shrub (Jihnnc}; branches stout, woody. 'Leaves 4-6 in., base 

 rounded, midrib stout beneath, dark olive-green when dry ; nerves very slender, reticu- 

 late ; petiole very short. X pikes l in., solitary or twin, axillary and below the leaves, 

 suberect or spreading ; rachis rather stout, flowering from the base ; bracts ruiuute, 

 pedicel T V ' n - Flowers minute ; <J about T V in. diam. Calyx flat, of 4-5 rounded 

 lobes. Corolla of 4-5 broadly oblong petals, slightly connate at the base, finally re- 

 flexed. Stamens inserted at the junction of the petals, filaments at length longer 

 than the corolla ; anthers small. Imperfect ^ovary globose, grooved. Fl. ? uot seen. 



