152 XXXII. ICACINACE.E [Mappia 



the Konkan 3 southwards, generally in evergreen forests. Nilgiris, Anamalais, Palnis. 

 Fl. March- Aug. No difference between this and M. ovata, Miers, and oblonya, Miers. 

 M. tomentosa, Miers (Stemonurus (?) fwticlus, Wight Ic. t. 955) Nilgiris, inflorescence 

 and under side of leaves tomentose, is a remarkable form of this most variable species. 



3. APODYTES, E. Meyer; M.Brit. Ind. i. 587. 

 (Species 7, tropical Asia and Africa.) 



1. A. Benthamiana, Wight Ic. t. 1153; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 140. 



A middle-sized tree. L. coriaceous, turning black in drying, obtuse elliptic- 

 ovate. El. bisexual, pentamerous, white, \ in. long, in short rigid terminal 

 panicles, calyx minute, cup-shaped, petals free, valvate. Stamens 5, alternating 

 with petals, anthers oblong, sagittate, longer than filaments. Ovary hairy, 

 obliquely gibbous, style lateral. Drupe reniform, scar, of style lateral, embryo 

 small, in the apex of fleshy albumen. 



Nilgiris, Anamalais, Travancore and Tinnevelli hills, 5-7,000 ft. Fl. Feb. Ceylon. 

 2. A. Beddomei, Masters. North Kanara 2,000 ft., South Kanara, Nilgiris. Tinnevelli 

 hills at 3,000 ft. A handsome tree. L. ovate acuminate, membranous, panicles ample. 

 Fl. J in.. Ovary glabrous. 



Phlebocalymna Griffithiana, Mast. (Gonocaryum Griffithianum, Kurz F. Fl. i. 241) is a 

 middle-sized glabrous evergreen tree, frequent in swamp forests of Tenasserim and 

 Southern Pegu. L. coriaceous, shining above, 3-6 in. long. Fl. minute, polygamous, 

 pentamerous, the male in small globose heads, the bisexual flowers in short axillary 

 spikes, sepals • broad-ovate, acute, thick, petals more or less cohering. Stamens alter- 

 nating with petals. Fr. 2 in. long, pericarp woody, oblong. P. Lobbiana, Mast., is 

 probably the same. 



Gonocaryum gracile, Miquel ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 240, Tenasserim, Sumatra. An evergreen 

 shrub or tree, has a 2-celled ovary, the fruit is dry, spongy, 4-gonous, 1-seeded, the 

 second cell small and empty. 



4. PHYTOCRENE, Wall.; El. B. Ind. i. 591. 



(Species 7, Inclo-Malayan region.) 



1. P. gigantea, Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. 216. 



A gigantic woody climber, the trunk often 12 in. thick, irregularly tubercled, 

 branchlets often prickly. Branchlets, petioles, nerves and underside of leaves 

 tawny- or rusty-hirsute. L. from a deeply cordate base broadly ovate, some- 

 times 3-lobed, blade 6-10, petiole 2-3 in. long, basal nerves 3. El. dioecious, 

 $ : Innumerable in small globose clusters on long compact racemiform panicles, 

 from the old wood, often near the ground. 2 : In large solitary globose peduncu- 

 late heads. Perianth of 4 segments, free or united below, in the <J supported 

 by an involucre of 3-5 bracts. Stamens 4, alternating with segments of perianth. 

 Ovary villous, stigma sessile, often lobed. Drupes numerous, packed in large 

 heads. 



Pegu Yoma, along stx-eams, more frequent in Tenasserim. Fl. Feb.-March. The 

 structure of Phytocrene is most remarkable. Outside a continuous but narrow 

 cylinder of wood, which surrounds the pith, are seen on a transverse section 5-17 

 radial masses of wood with very wide vessels, alternating with narrower radial masses 

 of bast. Outside this original cylinder of wood and bast, older stems show numerous 

 detached masses of wood and bast, arranged more or less in concentric zones. Large 

 quantities of water flow from fresh cut stems. 



2. P. bracteata, Wall. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, supposed to grow in South 

 Tenasserim. S panicles cylindric, 4-8 in. long, with subulate, curved hispid bracts, h in. 

 long. Drupes densely covered with yellowish bristles, crowded in dense pendulous 

 clusters, as large as a man's head. 



5. MIQUELIA, Meissner : Fl. Brit Ind. i. 593. 



(Species 5, Indo-Malayan region.) 



1. M. Kleinii, Meissn. — Syn Jenkinsia assamica, Griff., Gale. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist. vol. iv. p. 321 t. 12. 



