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vatim hiantes. — Faerti, Sepala ut in masc. Petala nulla. 

 Stamina sterilia 10, brevissima, caraosula, compressa, apice 

 emarginata, cffoeta, imo in annulum brevem circa g^'nsecium 

 coalita. Ovaria sa;piu8 4 vel 5 supra gynxcium breviter cylin- 

 dricum imposita, erecta, gibba, glabra, l>locularia, otmlo unico 

 in angulo ventrali appenso. Stylus brenasimus, crassiusculus. 

 Stigma validum, subito reflexum, deltoideum, convexum, papil- 

 kMuni. Drupa 1-5, ovatse, subcamosse, stigmate valde ex- 

 eentrico notat«e, carpophoro longiusculo lignoso incrassato 

 cylindrico apice furcato suffiilUe, furcis tot quot drupis, iisdem 

 articulatis : putamen ovatum, ad ventrem reniformi-excavatum, 

 tcnuiter osseum, 1-locularc, sutura peripherica, 8ab-2-valvare, 

 indchisccns ; condylus omnino interDUs, majosculus, globosus, 

 2-canieratu8, ultra medium loculi protensus, foraminibua 2 

 collateralitersejunctisextemc apertis instructs. 'Sanim localo 

 cnnforme, meniscoidcum, facie ventrali ralde caTUin, et hinc 

 ad condylum affixum : imUgnmenia tcnuissima, par raphem 

 linearem ventralcm sulco condyli intrusa : embryo paulo con- 

 ▼exus, intra albumen copiosum fere 2-laininare ventre nuni- 

 natum inclusus : eotyledones tenuiter foliaceae, lineari-oblongte, 

 lateraliter valdc divaricate, in locellit sejnnctis sepults, radi- 

 aula brevi tereti snpera axin venos indmate et ad stylum spec- 

 tante moHotiea iongiocea. 

 Fruticea 9emAntm IntSm criaUalit et Insularum ineoUt, mqnui 

 glabri, cortioe mtberoto; f<dia wu^u$atla, late ovata, m^ eor^ 

 data, itUeyerrimaf fn&oorioeM, loi^ petioiata ; panicuue raee^ 

 matds, aupra-axiUareSf elongata, penduke; floret pedieellatif 

 pedieellia bati et wudio S-braeteatis. 



1. Anamirta panieulata, Coleb.; — India Orient. 



2. flaveseens, nob. ; — Molucca. 



3. toxifera, nob. ; — Ceylon. 



4. populifolia, nob. ; — Timor. 



5. lemniscata, nob. ; — Java. 



6. luctuosa, nob. ; — Java. 



7. jucunda, noh. i — Java. 



The details of these species will be given in the ' Contributions 

 to Botany/ vol. iii. 



10. Paeabjena. 



This genns was proposed by me in 1851 for the Cocculus 

 gagittatus and C. oleraceus, Wall. These were considered by Dr. 

 Wallich as distinct species. They are climbing plants, natives 

 of India and Ava, with oblong, extremely cordate or sagittate 

 leaves, either entire or deeply and sinuously dentated. The 

 genus agrees with Anamirta in having its anthers aggregated in 



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