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BOTANY- 



DICOTYLEDONS. 



POLYPETAL^. 



B}- EDMUjfD G. Bakee, F.L.S., of the Botanical Department. 



(PLATE XVII.) 



MEXISPERMACE^. 

 1. Tiliacora racemosa, Colebr., forma. 

 Bistrih. — India, Ceylon, Java. 



CAPPARIDE^. 



2. Pedicellaria pentaphylla, Schrank {Gynandr(q)sis penfa- 



phylla, DC). 



Settlement jS^o. 84. 



Bistrib. — Widely spread in tropics. 



PITTOSPORE^. 



3. Pittosporum nativitatis, sp.nov. (Plate XYII.) 



Arbor hiimilis. Bamuli divaricati cortice griseo. Eolia apices^ 

 ramulorum versus snbverticillatim disposita ; lamina oblonga vel 

 oblongo-lanceolata utrinque glabra in petiohim attenuata apice 

 acuta penninervia subcoriacea modice petiolata margine Integra 

 vel subintegra. Inflorescentia pro genere aliquantulum insignis ; 

 flores ad apices ramulorum subdense capitati-congesti ; pedicellis 

 teretibus brevibus. Sepala lanceolata acuminata petalis breviora. 

 Petala oblanceolata libera. Ovarium subsessile ; stylus brevis, sub- 

 crassus petalis brevior, stigmate terminal! coronatus. Capsular 

 subglobosaj coriacea3 bivalves. 



Hah. — Christmas Island Plateau, East Coast. I^o. 150. In 

 flower andfi'uit; March, 1897. 



