110 Mr. J. Miers on some genera of the Icacinacese. 



menta interdum brevia;, ssepe petalis fere sequilonga, linearia, 

 compressa, imo cum petalis laxe adhserentia : anthercE ovato- 

 oblongEB, basi breviter bifidse^ dorso affixse^ 4-loculares, 2-lobse, 

 lobis singulatim 2-locellatis, demum septicidis, et longitudina- 

 liter evolutim dehiscentibus. Pollen globosum, reticulatura. 

 Ovarium sterile disco 5-gono 10-striato piloso immersum ; fer- 

 tile liberum, conicum, pilosulura, disco annulari glabro insitum, 

 abortu 1-loculare, ovula 2 juxta apicem loculi subcollateraliter 

 suspensa. Stylus brevis^ sulcatus, pilosus, dentibus 3 stig- 

 matosis erectis terruinatus, demum in discum magnum sessile 

 pulviniforme fructus coronans auctus. Drupa baccata, mono- 

 pyrena^ putamen oblongum, lignosum, angulato-rugosum, 

 1-spermum. Semen structuram Stemonuri semulans? — Arbores 

 Asia tropicce, folia elliptica, coriacea, glaberrima, vel juniora 

 interdum subtus lepidota, breviter petiolata, flores perpauci in 

 cymas vel racemos breves axillares dispositi, interdum fasciculati, 

 sicce aurantiaci : fructus atvo-purpureus. 



1. Platea excelsa, Bl. Bijdr. 646; — arbor 80-100 ped., foliis 

 oblongo-lanceolatisj acuminatis, integerrimis, subtus cinereo- 

 virentibus. — Java. , 



2. Platea latifolia, Bl. Bijdr. 646 ;— arbor 40-60-ped., foliis 

 ovalibus, acuminatis^ basi parum attenuatis, integerrimis, 

 costatis, subtus griseo-lepidotis. — Java. 



3. Platea Sumatrana, Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 249 ; — foliis e 

 basi obtusata vel rotundata elliptico-oblongis, acuminatis, sub- 

 coriaceis, venosis, subtus cinereo-virescentibus. — Sumatra. 



4. Platea Griffithiana, n. sp. ; — ramulis substriatis^ subrugosis, 

 foliis oblongo-ovatis, e medio inferne paullo angustioribus, 

 apice obtusiusculo breviter ac lineari-angustatis, coriaceis, 

 utrinque pallidis et concoloribus, nervis inferne prominentibus, 

 margine revoluto, petiolo brevi, canaliculato^ racemo axillaris 

 petiolo vix longiori, pedunculo pedicellisque aspero-pilosulis, 

 floribus cum pedicellis articulatis, et bine bracteatis; calycis 

 glabri lobis ciliatis^ petalis carnosulis, glabris, filamentis line- 

 aribus, compressis, imo latioribus, ovario brevissimo, sterili, 

 disco pentagono immerso, stylo conico, piloso, dentibus tribus 

 stigmatosis pube celatis. — Mergui. — v. s. in herb. Lindl. et 

 Hook. (Griffiths, 849). 



The leaves are 5| inches long, nearly 3 inches broad, on a 

 deeply channelled petiole 4<-5 lines in length ; the raceme is 

 about 7 lines long, few- flowered ; the lobes of the calyx are di- 

 stinctly imbricated ; the petals conjoin by their margins in a 

 tubular form, leaving the upper portion free and reflexed ; the 



