18 



Hesperides. 



2) folia oblonga v. ianceolata, ob- 

 tusa, vix raucronulata; suffrutico- 

 sa(?) glabriuscula: raniis erectis 

 parce ramosis. 



2. Racemi axillares, 



1) ante anthesin bifariam imbricati ; 

 folia bifaria 



(1) ovato-lanceolata v. oblonga, integra, 

 nitida; drupae ovatae. Frutex scandens. 



(2) ovato- aut ovali-oblonga, obtusissima, 



subtus ramiilique teretes pubescentiaj 



drupae globosae. 



2) disticbi: pedicellis confertis rha- 



chi distiche insertis, singulis bra- 



ctea obtectis ; staminodia superiore 



parte (anthera sterili) biiida. 



(1) Arborescens, erecta : ramulis acutan- 



gulis glabris transverse rugulosis; folia 



flabra ovato-acuminata ; racerai pauci- 

 ori : pedicellis brevibus. 



2. 0. nana Wall. L. 6783. — Bth. in Ann. and 

 Mag. of Nat. hist. VII. 217. 

 In NepaJid: tVaUich. 5- 



Spermaxyris (Olacibus Novae Hollandiae 

 staminodiis simplieibus) habitu similis; at sta- 

 mina epipetala et antherae steriles bifidae spe- 

 cierum indicarum. (W. &; A.J 



(2) Fruticosae , scandentes : 



a. glabra, ramis angulatis ; folia ovato- 

 lanceolata, acuminata; racemi bre- 

 ves, pauciflori ; calyx toro incras- 

 sato basi breviter adnatus. 



b. partibus vetustioribus hinc inde spi- 

 nosis, ramis teretibus, junioribus pu- 

 bescentibus; folia ovalia, subtus plus 

 rainus pubescentia ; racemi solitarii, 

 simplices, pubescentes: pedicelli bra- 

 ctea sufFulciente primum multo bre- 

 viores, demum vix duplo longiores. 



3) laxi, pedicellis rhaclii absque 

 ordine insertis, bracteis eos su- 

 perantibus nunquam imbricatis: 



(1) saepius aggregati, utplurimum com- 

 positi: pedicellis bractea subjecta sem- 



fer multo longioribus ; folia ovata v. ob- 

 onga, glaberrima, supranitida, subtus 

 pallida; rami teretes, glabri. 



(2) pluri- (4 — 12)flori; calyx basi ovario 

 adnatus, parte libera truncata subsi- 

 nuata ; ovarium pubescens; fructus ova- 

 to-oblongus. Ramuii glaberrimi ; folia 

 ovato-Ianceolafa , acutiuscula , glaber- 

 riraa. 



3. 0. iinbricata Hoxh. FI. Ind. 1.169.— G.Oon. 

 gen. syst. 1. 580. — R.Sch. S. V. Mant. 

 I. 349. 



In India orient. pr. Chiftagong. 5 '"'• 



4. 0. obtusa Bl. Bijdr. 131. — G.Don. 1. c 

 In Javd, circa Bataviam. 5- 

 Racemi (spicae Bl.) brevissimi. 



5. O. zeylanica L. Sp. pl. 49. —]Vahl Symb. 



III. 7. En. II. 33. - Wlld. Sp. pl. 1. 185. 



— DC. I. c. — G.Don. I. c. — R.Sch. S. 



V. I. 547. — Sprg. S. V. 1. 175. — Wight 



& Arn. Prodr. FI. Penins. Ind. or. I. 88. 



313. — WuU. L. 6776. 

 Malla holla Herm. Zeyl. 13. — Burm. Ind. 17. 

 Arbor stercoraria zeylanica glandifera BMrni. 



Zeyl. 26. 

 In insula ( eylona etPeninsula Indiae orient. 5. 



Lignum foetidissimum saporis salsi in febri- 

 bus putridis adhibetur ; folia in acetariis come- 

 duntur. Raccmi simpIicissimi,5flori (Vahl'), se- 

 cundum sagacissimos naturae scrutatores Wight 

 & Walker-Arnott distichi. Antherae steriles in 

 omnibus indicis ab illis descriptis ad medium 

 usque fissae: laciniis parallelis sibi invicem 

 approxiraatis. 



6. 0. acuminata Wall L. 6781. — Bth. 1. c. 

 In Silhet. 5- 



7. 0. scandens Roxh. Corora. II. 1. 102. — DC. 



I. c. — G.Don. 1. c. — IF. & A. 1. c. 89. 



314. — Sprg. 1. c. — R.Sch. I. c. 

 0. Psittacorura ^. Vahl En. 34. 

 0. Bador. Hamilt. in Watl. L. 6778. 

 Roxburghia baccata Koen. MS. 

 In Curomandel. 5- 



Frutex magnus,trunco saepiusfemoriscras- 

 sitie, spinis eornu Rhinocerotis aemulantibus. 



8. 0. Wig^Iitiana W. & A. 1. c. 315. — Wdl 

 L. 6779. 

 0. psittacorum Vahl 11. cc. (quoad plantara 



zeylanicam). 

 In Peninsnlae Indiae orientalis regionibus 

 australioribus. 5- 



Ab O. zeylanica et scandente facile race- 

 mis laxis et floribus duplo majoribus distin- 

 guenda. 



9.0. Gardneriana Bth. in Hooh. Lond. 

 Journ. of Bot. II. 375. 

 In Brasilid. 5- 

 Folia pleraque SpoIIicaria. 

 Forsan eadem ac Liriosma (Hypocarpus) 

 Gardneriana et ut stirps neogaea in genere 

 mere gerontogaeo vix hujus generis. 



