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MR HIERN, ON EBENACEJ3. 



4. KHIPIDOSTIGMA. 

 Dioecious. Stamens 8 18. 



Glabrous. Leaves not cordate at base. 

 . Cymes rather lax. 



9 . Flowers solitary. Corolla-lobes acuminate. 

 ?. Flowers cymose. Corolla-lobes not acuminate. 



Leaves submembranous. Stamens glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous. Filaments often minutely 



ated. Albumen not ruminated. 

 Leaves coriaceous. Albumen ruminated. 



<J. Cymes dense. 



Pubescent. Leaves cordate or subcordate at base. 

 "Hermaphrodite. Stamens 4 5." 



Cymes about | in. long. Leaves oblong. 

 Cymes very short. Leaves oblong-lanceolate. 



Cfr. 



cili- 



40. M. lamponga. 



41. M. mergiiensis. 



42. M. fasciculosa, 



43. M. ruminata. 



44. M. confertiflora. 



45. M. punctata. 



46. M. Teijsmanni. 



47. M. hermaphroditica. 



[48. M. javanica.] 



5. BAEBEEIA. 

 Ovary glabrous. 



Staminodes about 8. 9 Cymes 3 5-flowered. 

 Staminodes about 16. Flowers subsolitary. 



Ovary shortly pubescent. 



Glabrous. Leaves 2 4 in. long, more or less narrowed at base; 

 petioles |in. long. 



49. M. Maingayi. 



50. M. Motleyi. 



51. M. myrmecocatyz. 



Leaves f 2 in. long, rounded at base, with shortly tomentose mid- 



rib ; petioles in- 



52. M. Beccarii. 



6. TBICHANTHEEA. 



Polygamous. Ovary ovoid-conical. Leaves appressedly flavo-sericeous 



beneath, not cordate. 



Ovary globose at base, narrowly conical above. Leaves supra-cordate 

 Dioecious. Ovary subglobose. Leaves not flavo-sericeous beneath. 



Flowers 3- (rarely 5-) merous. 

 Shoots with spreading hairs. 

 Shoots with appressed hairs. 



Flowers 5 6-merous. 



Flowers arising from the old wood. 

 Flowers axillary from the young branches. 



Staminodes 11 13, somewhat pilose 

 Staminodes 25 30, nearly glabrous. 



53. M. sericea. 



54. M. cordata. 



65. M. myrmecoccerpa. 



56. M. myristicoides. 



57. M. cauliflora. 



58. M. Hilairei. 



59. M. Mellinoni. 



