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



filaments for half their length adhere to the petals, but are 

 easily separated, they are narrow, linear, compressed, and three- 

 fourths of the length of the petals ; the anthers are filled with 

 pollen. 



5. Platea Lohhiana, n. sp. ; — ramulis angulatis; foliis elhpticis 

 imo subacutis, apice obtusiusculo subito attenuatis, glaber- 

 rimis, coriaceis, supra lucidis, utrinque pallidis et concolo- 

 ribus, costa supra sulcatis, nervis utrinque prominulis, venis 

 immersis, niargine valde revolutis, pagina inferiori minute 

 cavo-punctatis, petiolo brevi, tereti, flavescenti, transverse ru- 

 goso, superne paullo canaliculato ; racemo brevissimo, axillari, 

 petiolo vix longiori, floribus subfasciculatis, sicce aurantiacis, 

 hermaphroditis, calyce piloso, petalis linearibus, glabris ; ovario 

 piloso, ovuligero, disco annulari glabro insito. — Moulmein. — 

 V. s. in herb. Hook, et Lindl. (Lobb, 385). 



The leaves in this species are 4f to 5| inches long, and If to 

 2\ inches broad, on a rather slender terete petiole about ^ inch 

 in length : the flowers are hermaphrodite ; the lobes of the 

 calyx are imbricated; the petals adhere by their margins in a 

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

 filaments for half their length cohere to the petals, but are easily 

 separated, they ai'e narrow, linear and compressed, nearly the 

 length of the petals ; the pollen is globular and reticulated ; the 

 style is hollow, terminated by three erect obtuse teeth ; the ova- 

 rium is conical, hairy, seated on an annular glabrous disk ; it is 

 ' 1 -celled, with two ovules collaterally suspended from near the 

 summit of the cell. 



6. Platea Wightiana. Gomphandra polyraorpha, var. Wight, 

 Icon. tab. 933; — foliis oblongis, apice obtusiusculo repente 

 attenuatis, glabris ; panicula axillari, divaricatim dichotomo- 

 ramosa, folio 4-plo breviori, floribus aggregatis, staminibus 

 exsertis, filamentis linearibus, apice latioribus. — Coonoor in 

 Mont. Nielgherrensibus. 



This is the plant to which I alluded when speaking of Ste- 

 monurus {ante, p. 37) : although figured as the male plant of 

 Gomphandra polymorpha, it would seem to be hermaphrodite, for 

 the ovarium, as shown in the section given in fig. 6, is repre- 

 sented as ovuligerous. 



7. Platea laxijiora, olim Stemonurus laxiflorus, n. sp. ; — ramis 

 flexuosis, nodosis, ramulis teretibus, subglabris, rugoso-stri- 

 atis ; foliis oblongis, utrinque acutiusculis, apice repente atte- 

 nuatis, utrinque glabris et concoloribus, venis subtus promi- 

 nulis, petiolo subtenui canaliculato ; paniculis solitariis vel 



