154 DESCRIPTION OF 
Calyx bibracteate at the base, five-parted, 
segments thick, subrotund, over-lapping 
each other. Corolla white, twice as long 
as the calyx, erect or conniving, five-peta- 
led, petals ovato-oblong, broad at the base, 
acute. Stamens about thirty, closely ar- 
ranged in several circles, the inner ones 
shorter ; filaments divisible to their bases, 
but closely pressed against each other, se- 
riceously pilose, particularly on their outer 
side ; anthers of two parallel lobes, adnate 
to the sides of the filament, which is pro- 
longed into a mucro at the summit. Ovary 
superior, smooth, five-celled, polysporous ; 
the cells are almost biparted by placenta, 
which project from the inner angle, and to 
whose edges the ovules are attached. Style 
single, subulate. Stigma simple. Berry 
globose, embraced at the base by the ca- 
lyx, and acuminated by the persistent style, 
five-celled, many-seeded. 
Oss. In general habit and in the tex- 
ture of the leaves, this plant has some re- 
semblance to Diospyros, but differs widely 
in fructification. 
IXONANTHES. W.J. 
Calyx 5-passim 6-partitus, foliolis sub- 
rotundis. Corolla 5 v. 6-petala, gluti- 
nosa. Stamina 10 vel 20. Nectarium ger- 
men ringens. Stylus 1. Capsula supera, 
calyce corollaque persistentibus cincta, 
ovato-acuminata, 5-locularis, 5-valvis, val- 
vularum marginibus introflexis. Semina 
singulo loculo duo, margini interiori dis- _ 
Mia e affixa, compressa, in alam 
embranaceam producta. Albumen semi- 
n 
- "conforme M. inverso foliaceo, 
icy 
IXONANTHES RETICULATA. W. J. 
. well as the nite petals spreading, su 
MALAYAN PLANTS. 
with thick, revolute edges, shining above, 
rather glaucous beneath, veins reticulate; 
about three inches long. Petioles short, 
flattened above. Stipules minute, deci- 
duous. Peduncles axillary on the younger 
shoots, much longer than the leaves, 
smooth, dichotomous at the summit, with a 
pedicel in the bifurcation, bearing gene- 
rally about seven flowers, which are small 
and green. Calyx five-parted, segments - 
rounded. Corolla glutinous as well as the 
calyx, five-petaled, petals roundish. Sta- 
mens ten; filaments inserted below the 
petals : anthers yellow, two-celled. Ovary 
surrounded at the base bya yellow, fleshy, 
nectarial ring, five - celled, ten - seed. 
Style erect. 
surrounded at the base by the persistent - 
calyx, and corolla somewhat enlarged, ob- 
long, pointed, smooth, five-valved, five- 
celled, septa formed by the introflexed - 
margins of the valves, cells two-seeded; 
but, frequently, only one comes to perfec- 
tion, they are separated from each other 
by a ridge which projects from the middle 
of the valves. Seeds compressed, oblong, 
angular, winged at the lower end. Albu- 
men conform to the seed. Emb 
verse, central. Cotyledons flat, oval. Ra- 
dicle superior, cylindrical, not so long a 
the cotyledons. : 
IXONANTHES ICOSANDRA. W. J. 
Floribus icosandris, foliis crenatis. 
Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 
A Tree. Leaves alternate or sca 
short petioled, lanceolato-oblong, emargi- 
small, deciduous. Pedunclesaxillary, nearly — 
as long as the leaves, bearing a trichoto- — 
mous umbel or corymb of greenish flow- — 
ers. Bracts small. Calyz five to six-parted. : 
Corolla five to six-petaled, glutinous 85 — 
mens twenty, mech longer than 
rolla. Nectari crenate 
