440 LVII. RHIZOPHOREJ;. (G. Henslow.) [Pdlacalyx. 



6, PELLA CALYX, KorUi. 



A small tree, ferruginously pubescent. Leaves oblong, minutely serrulate or 

 entire, subscabrous above, rufescent with stellate pubescence beneath. Flowers 

 subsolitary or in dichotoniously branched glomerules. Calyx ebracteolate ; limb 

 5-8-fid, recurved, campanulate above the ovary. Petals 2-6, tips lacerate. Sta- 

 mens 10-12, inserted with the petals on the margin of a crenulated disk lining 

 the calyx-tube, filaments short subulate ; anthers small. Ovary with the ovu- 

 liferous part inferior, 5-10-celled ; style subulate, stigma discoid, 5-10-lobed ; 

 pvules many in each cell, fascicled, pendulous from the axis. Fruit pisiform or 

 turbinate, black, fleshy, 5-10-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, testa striated ; 

 embryo becoming green, straight, in the axis of the albumen; cotyledons 

 scarcely broader than the terete elongated radicle. 



1. P. axillaris, Korth in Van der Hoev. et de Tries Tijdschr. iii. 20, 

 t. 2 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 75 ; Griff. Notul. iv. 429 j Ic. PL Asiat. 

 t. 486 (Cunoniaceae). , 



PENANG and MALACCA, Griffith. 



Leaves 5-8 by l-3 in., shortly acuminate. Flowers small, shortly pedicelled, 

 erect. Calyx-tube in. long, densely ferruginously pubescent. 



7. GYNOTROCHES, Bhunc. 



Small trees and shrubs. Leaves oblong ; stipules deciduous. Flowers small, 

 axillary, fascicled ; peduncles jointed in the middle. Calyx ebracteolate, 4-5- 

 partite ; segments valvate, reflexed. Petals 4-5, inserted below the margin of an 

 8-10-lobed perigynous disk, clawed, spathulate, finibriate-lacerate. Stamens 

 8-10, inserted in the disk, filaments filiform ; anthers small. Ovary superior, 

 adhering by a broad base to the calyx, ovoid-globose, 3-6-angled, 3-6-celled ; 

 style columnar, furrowed, conical at the base ; stigma 3-6-lobed, lobes emargi- 

 nate recurved ; ovules 4 in each cell, ascending, fascicled. Berry globose, 4-6- 

 celled, many-seeded. Seeds small, obovoid, testa crustaceous wrinkled, albumen 

 fleshy ; embryo terete. DISTRIB. Species 2, natives of the Malay Islands. 



1. Cr. axillaris, Miq. Ft. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 592; Blume Mus. Bot. i. 

 127, t. xxxi. ; Kurz. For. Ft. Brit. Burm. \. 451. G. Dryptopetalum, Blume 

 1. c. G. reticulata, A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Explor. Exped. vol. i. 607, ex descr. 

 Dryptopetalum coriaceum, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 372, Microtropis cori- 

 acea, Wall. Cat. n. 4338. 



SINGAPORE and PENANG, Anderson, Wallich. MALACCA, Griffith. MOULMEIN, 

 Lobb. DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago. 



Leaves 2-5 in., oblong or elliptic, acuminate, coriaceous. Flowers small, numerous, 

 axillary, subdioecious : male with petals and perfect stamens ; ovary often empty ; 

 stigma not dilated : female or hermaphrodite flowers with longer pedicels ; petals and 

 stamens often smaller, the latter sometimes effete ; stigma radially lobed. Fruit 

 baccate, ^- in. diam. 



8. "WEI HE A, Spreng. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves oblong, quite entire or obtusely serrate ; stipules 

 interpetiolar, oblong, deciduous. Flowers in axillary 1- or more flowered ped" 

 uncles. Calyx with connate bracts ; limb 4-5-fid, patent. Petals inserted 

 under the margin of an obscure disk, clawed, spathulate,' finibriate-lacerate, 



