170 DR. J. D. HOOKER ON THE FLORAS OF MALAYA 



erectuin apice trifidum angustatum, stigmatibus 3 capitatis, ovulo solitario prope apicem loculi 

 pendulo. Semen immaturum infra apicem loculi umbilico lato adnatum. — Arbor pulchra, coma 

 jmtenti floribunda, ramuKs apice ferrugineo-tomentosis. Folia ulterna, exstipulata ? impari-pinnata, 

 foliolis alternis, multijugis, brevi-petiolulatis, oblongo-ovatis, acuminaiis, bast cordatis, integerrimis, 

 coriaceis. Paniculfe amj^la, nutantes, ferrugineo-tomentosce. Flores grucili-pedicellati, masc. jjarvi, 

 pedicellis basi bracteatis, calyce tomentoso, 



1. Pabishia insignis, H. f. 



Hab. In peninsula Malayana, ad Mergui, beat. Griffith ; insulis Andaman, Rev. Bom. Parish {Fl. Feby, 

 Mart.). 

 A remarkable and beautiful tree, wbicb bears the name of a very intelligent and 

 zealous investigator of tbe Botany of Moulmayn, the Rev. C. Parish, who procured speci- 

 mens of this plant from the Andaman Islands, and communicated them to Sir William 

 Hooker. The first aspect of the specimens recalls Melanorrlioea — a native of the neigh- 

 bouring Birmese States, and also an Anacardieous tree, remarkable for the size, abundance, 

 and conspicuous character of its flowers ; but whereas it is the petals of Ilelanorrhoea 

 that are foliaceous and accrescent after flowering, it is the sepals of Farisliia that assume 

 this remarkable character. Farishla further differs from Ilelanorrlioea in the quater- 

 nary flowers, the small disk, and few stamens ; and its lateral ovule places it in another 

 division of the Suborder. Its nearest ally is undoubtedly Astroniwn, a Brazilian genus 

 also with accrescent sepals, and which differs mainly, in habit, in having quinary flowers 

 and longer styles. 



Tab. XXVI. A. small portion of male inflorescence; B. of fruiting panicle; C. leaf; fig. 1. male 

 flower; 2. the same, cut vertically; 3. unripe fruity with remains of petals and stamen; 4. sepal 

 from the same; 5. vertical, and 6. transverse section of unripe fruit: all magnified. 



Subordo BuBSEREiE. 

 Nov. Gen. Trigonochlamts, II. f. 



Flores polygami. Calyx magnus, 3-partitus, persistens, lobis triangularibus valvatis. Petala 3, parva, 

 oblonga, valvata, tomentosa. Discus perigynus tenuis, annularis. Stamina 6, margini exteriori 

 disci inserta, filamentis brevissimis. Ovarium depresso-globosum, 3-loculare, stylo recto breviusculo, 

 stigmate trilobo, ovulis loculis geminis collateralibus angulo interiori affixis. Drupa oblique 

 globosa, Iffivis, abortu 1-locularis, mesocarpio i-esinoso, endocarpio crustaceo. Semen globosum, 

 umbilico lato angulo interiori loculi affixum, testa membranacea cellulosa, cotyledonibus condupli- 

 catis profunde lobatis, radicula supera. — Arbor ramulis pubescenti-tomentusis, pustulatis. Folia 

 alterna, exstipulata, impari-pinnata, foliolis 6-lO-jugis petiolulaiis ojipositis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 integerrimis obtuse acuminatis. Paniculse axillares, robustm, foliis breviores, ramosw, ru/o-tomentoscB, 

 ramulis pedicellisque basi bracteatis. Flores majusculi, sicci rufo-tomentosi. Fructus parvus, diametro 

 jnsi, nitidus. 



1. Trigonochlamys Griffithii, H. f. 



Hab. In peninsula Malayana ad Malacca, beat. Griffith. 



The genus Trigonochlamys belongs to the Suborder Burserece of Terebinthacece, distin- 

 guished by the two collateral ovules, exalbuminous seeds, and plaited or crumpled cotyle- 

 dons, and to a tribe distinguished by the free ovary (which is 3-4-celled), dru^paceous or 



