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PROF. OLIVER ON A NEW ANISOPHYLLEA FROM MALACCA. 461 



seen fruit or seed ; so that I cannot speak to the fact noted by Mr. Thwaites respecting the 

 embryo and its germination, which latter that excellent botanist iinds, in A. zeylanica, to 

 resemble that of Careya and Barringtonia. Admitting this to apply to the genus, how- 

 ever, I am far from considering it a sufficient ground for associating Anisophyllea with 

 BarrmgtoniecB, from which group it is in other respects a1:)undantly diverse. But tlie 

 structure and germination of the embryo, as described by Mr. Thwaites, I think not very 

 dissimilar to that of the Mangrove, apart from the singular though comparatively unim- 

 portant circumstance of the germination of the embryo while yet suspended in the 

 pericarp from the parent tree. 



EXPLANATION OE PLATE XLVIII. 



Anisophyllea Griffitim, Oliv. 



Fig. 1. Flower. Fig. 5. Petal. 



Fig. 2. The same, with lobes of the calyx removed. Fig. G. Stamen. 



Fig. .1. The same, vertical section. Fig. 7- Cross section of the ovary. 



Fig. 4. Petal and its opposed stamen. 



