222 -Mr. J. Miers on Bursinopetalum. 
Bursinoprratum, Wight. — Flores polygami. Caly# semi- 
adnatus, apice liber et in dentes 5 acutos divisus. Petala 5, 
dentibus calycinis alterna, oblonga, apicibus 2-3-dentatis in- 
troflexis, intus nervo carineformi instructa, in sstivatione 
quincuncialiter imbricata, valde decidua. Stamina 5, petalis 
alterna ; filamenta subulata, subcomplanata, imo dilatata ; an- 
there 2-lobz, lobis segregatis, ad connectivum carnosum cordi- 
formem filamento apicifixum dorso collateraliter adnatis, singu- 
lis 2-locellatis, et rima longitudinali introrsum dehiscentibus. 
Ovarium semisuperum, in ¢ depressum, et radiato-suleatum, 
in 2 conicum, glandula disciformi apiculatum, 1-loculare, 1- 
ovulatum : ovulum e summo placente longitudinalis parietalis 
carineeformis suspensum. Stylus brevis, crassus, apice trun- 
catus et cavus. Stigma obsoletum, in cavitate styli sistens. 
Drupa sicca, ovalis, dentibus calycinis emarcidis eoronata ; 
putamen coriaceum, crassissimum, indehiscens, revero 1-loct- 
lare, sed ob incrementum placente, nunc in laminam crassam 
longitudinalem fere ad axin loculi prolate, semibiloculare, 
monospermum. Semen suspensum, loculum implens, et hine 
circa semiseptum longitudinale plicatum; testa e laminis 2 
farctura cellulosa repletis crassiuscula, laxa, ad endocarpium 
semiadherens, raphe dorsali chordiformi ea immersa; integu- 
mentum internum tenuissimum, testa multo minus, albumen 
arcte vestiens ; albumen parciusculum, scaphiforme, utrinque 
acutum, testa equilongum ; embryo (sec. el. Wight) parvus, in 
apice albuminis sepultus, cotyledonibus parvis acutis radicula 
tereti imo spectante tertia parte brevioribus. 
Arbores Indie Orientalis et Zeylanie, frondose; folia alterna, 
ellyptica, integra, subcoriacea, petiolata; panicule corymbosa, 
terminales ; flores subparvi. 
._ 1. Bursinopetalum arboreum, Wight, Spicil. Nielg. i. 22, tab. 24; 
Icon. iii. tab. 956; Walp. Ann. i. 124; Thw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 
42;—ramulis rugosis, subflexuosis; foliis ellipticis, imo 
acutis et in petiolum subdecurrentibus, apice reflexis et re- 
pente angustato-attenuatis, acumine obtusiusculo, margine 
subrevoluto, superne paulo infuscatis, in nervis immersis sul- 
catis, subtus pallidis, nervis utrinque 3 venisque transversim 
reticulatis prominulis; petiolo longiusculo, angusto, canalicu- 
lato; panicula terminali, corymbosa, trichotome divisa, bra- 
chiis ultimis 3-floris, bracteolatis ; floribus breviter pedicellatis. 
—India Orientalis, v. s. (in flore) in herb. Hook. ; in fructu in 
herb. meo; Nielgherry (Wight et Gardner). 
In my authenticated specimen, the leaves are 24-23 inches 
long, 14-13 inch broad, on a petiole 9 lines in length; the 
corymb is 2 inches broad and long, its primary branchlets are 
