678 3Ir. Bentham's Account of two new Genera allied to Olacinese. 



3. Olax*. Calyx liber v. toro incrassato necnon ovarii basi plus minusve 



adhœrens, fructifer ampliatus driipain involvens. Petala nunc sex per 

 paria connexa, nunc quinque quinto libero. Stamina cum petal is basi 

 connata, fertilia 3 petalis alterna, sterilia tot quot petala et iis opposita, 

 filiforniia, intégra v. bifida. 



4. ScHŒPFiAf. Calyx toro incrassato necnon ovarii basi adheerens, margine 



libero brevisslmo truncato, fructifer drupam includens et ei adnatus. Co- 

 rolla gamopetala 4-, 5-, 6-fida. Stamina tot quot lacinise corollee et iis 

 opposita, omnia fertilia, filanientis tubo corollœ alte adnatis. Bracteoke 

 sub calyce parvse in cupulam inœqualiter 3 — 4-fidam connatae. 



* I have examined the flowers of 0. stricta, Br., O. nana. Wall., O. zeylanica, Linn., 0. scandens, 

 Roxb., 0. imbricata, Roxb., 0. Wightiana, Wall., 0. acuminata. Wall., O. macrophylla, m., and O.pauci- 

 flora, m., and fruits of O. nana, zeylanica and scandens. Among the above species the following are 

 as yet undescribed : — 



0. nana (Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 6783.), sufFruticosa ? glabriuscula ramis erectis parce ramosis, foliis 

 subsessilibus oblongis lanceolatisve obtusis \'ix mucronulatis, pedicellis axiUaribus solitariis uni- 

 floris, calyce libero, staminibus sterilibus bifidis. — Napalia ? Wallich. 



0. acuminata (Wall. I.e. n. 6781.), fruticosa scandens? glabra, ramis angulatis, foliis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis acuminatis, racemis brevibus distichis paucifloris, calyce toro incrassato basi breviter adnato, 

 staminibus sterilibus bifidis. — Affinis O. zeylanicœ, foliorum forma, floribus minoribus paucioribus 

 diversa. — Sillet, Wallich. 



O. macrophylla, sp. n., glaberrlma, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis inaequilateris, racemis axiUaribus 

 brevibus distichis, calycibus glabris ovarii basi adnatis margine libero truncato, staminibus ste- 

 rilibus integris v. vix emarginatis, ovario glabro. — Folia 4-6-pollicaria. Racemi yvs. semipolli- 

 cares, floribus circa 10 albis. — In monte Padawan Guianae Anglicse leg. Schomburgk. 



O.pauciflora, sp. n., foliis ovatis junioribus ramulis pedicellisque puberulis, pedunculis axiUaribus 1-3- 



floris, calycibus moUiter pubescentibus ovarii basi adnatis margine libero brevissimo truncato, 



staminibus sterilibus longe bifidis, ovario villoso. — Serra Acurua provinciée Bahiensis, Brasilise, 



Blanchet, n. 2795. An hue Dulacia singularis Veil. Fl. Flum. 1. t. 78. .'' 



Among the species enumerated in Wallich's List, n. 6777. 0. lucida appears to be 0. Wightiana ; 



n. 6778. O. Bador is correctly referred by Wight and Amott to 0. scandens; n. 6780. 0. Heyneana 



is Gomphandra polymorpha, Wight; and n. 6782. O. longifolia is Gomphandra axillaris, at least the 



letter A ; the letter B may perhaps be a different species of Gomphandra. 



t Of this genus I have examined S.fragrans, Wall., in flower and fruit, and a Brasilian species, in 



flower only, from Serra Jacobina (Blanchet, n. 2593), perhaps S. arborescens, but my materials do not 



at present admit of my determining the species with certainty. 



