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Fructus drupaceus, pyriformis, inoiiospermus, laciniis periantiiii 

 marcescentibus et disco coronatus. Semen sphaericom, hilo prope 

 basin. Albumen carnosum. Embryo axilis, gracilis, semine dimidio 

 brevior. Radicula supera. 



Arbor ( Rheedeo teste) spinosa. Ramuli teretes, glabri. Folia 

 glabra, alterna, exstipulata, breve petiolata, ^^-Q poll, longa, l| 2^ 

 lata, supra lucida, ex ovatis obtusis in ovalia lanceolata, penninervia, 

 nervis paucis subtus prominulis secus costam decurreniibus, ad axil- 

 las nervorum eporosa, integerrima. Flores subsessiles, dense spi- 

 cati, spicis in axillis foliormn (scepius delapsorum ) subsessilibus, 

 Jlorentibus folio i^-4-plo brevioribus, rachi dense pubescenti, brac- 

 tea minute lanceolata pubescente persistente sub quoque jlore. Flores 

 masculi illis Pomaderridis hand absimiles, Filamenta apice infra 

 fissuram dorso, perianthiique lacinice ad medium, villis albis paucis 

 instructcs. Drupa basi in pedicellum brevem crassum attenuata. 



1. S. Wallichiana, Arn. — Sphaerocarya Wallichiana, Wight et 

 Am. in Ed. Phil. Journ. (1882) xv. p. 180 ; Wight, Cat. n. 948. 

 ~Idu-mulli, Rheed. H. Mai. iv. t. 18, (feni.)— Tiri-itti-Caniii, 

 Rheed. H. Mai. vii. t. 30, (mas.) 



Hab. — In Malabaria. 



In all the flowers I have examined the stigmas appeared imper- 

 fect, and although the central column of the ovarium vi^as slightly 

 incrassated at the apex, I could perceive no trace whatever of ovules. 

 I therefore consider them as unisexual, in which I am confirmed by 

 Rheede, who says of his Tiri-itti-Canni, " fructus nulli :" in his 

 Idu-mulli, or the fructiferous plant, no stamens are figured, but 

 they are described ; probably they are abortive. Rheede figures the 

 female with thorns on the branches, but not the male, although he 

 describes them. On my specimen there are none whatever, but it 

 is the mere termination of a young branch. Rheede says of the 

 male that it is a parasitical plant, of the female that it is a lofty 

 tree : the former appears to me quite a misconception on his part. 

 The figures he has given, the one of the male flower, the other of 

 the fruit, are faithful. 



Mackaya, Arn. 

 Calyx ebracteolatus, brevis, late campanulatus^ limbo brevissimo 

 5-denticulato. Coyolla subgamopetala, rotata, 5-partita, decidua, 

 lobis oblongis calycis denticulis alternantibus ; aestivatio valvata. 

 Stamina 5, inter glandulas duas inserta prope basin corollae lacini- 

 arum ac iis opposita. Antherce sessiles, incurvse, ovatse, biloculares, 

 longitudlnaliter versus latera dehiscentes, connectivo crassiusculo. 



