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BOTANY. 



DICOTYLEDONS. 



POLYPETAL^. 



By Edmund G. Baker, F.L.S., of the Botanical Department. 



(PLATE XVII.) 



MENISPERMACE^. 

 1. Tiliacora racemosa, Colebr., forma. 

 Distrib. — India, Ceylon, Java. 



CAPP ABIDED. 



2. Pedicellaria pentaphylla, Schrank {Gynandropsis penta- 



phylla, DC). 



Settlement Xo. 84. 



Distrib. — Widely spread in tropics. 



PITTOSPORE^. 

 3. Pittosporum nativitatis, sp.nov. (Plate XVII.) 



Arbor humilis. Bamuli divaricati cortice griseo. Folia apices 

 ramulorum versus subverticillatim disposita ; lamina oblonga vel 

 oblongo-lanceolata utrinque glabra in petiolum attenuata apice 

 acuta penninervia subcoriacea modice petiolata margine Integra 

 vel subintegra. Inflorescentia pro gencre aliquantulum insignis ; 

 flores ad apices ramulorum subdense capitati-congesti ; pedicellis 

 teretibus brevibus. Sepala lanceolata acuminata petalis breviora. 

 Petala oblanceolata libera. Ovarium subsessile ; stylus brevis, sub- 

 crassus petalis brevior, stigmate termiuali coronatus. Capsulas 

 subglobosfe coriacese bivalves. 



ITab. — Christmas Island Plateau, East Coast. Xo. 150. In 

 flower and fruit ; March, 1897. 



