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of fhe species, found that the tree had been destroyed some 3ears before to make 

 room for a house. I am, therefore, not entirel}- certain of my determination of the 

 species, but it is certainlj^ a banyan. The bark was fibrous and well suited for 

 beating out a coarse cloth, and in India is used much for ropes. (Desc. J. D. Hooker, 

 Flora of India.) 



Antiaris Leschen, in Ann. du Mus. Par., vol. xvi, p. 476, t. 22; Trecul in 

 Ann. Sc Nat., ser. 3, vol. viii, p. 142, t. 6, f. 158-162. — Flores monoici. V\.S: in 

 involncro co-floro, oo-phyllo, foliolis plurifariam imbricatis, receptaculum demum con- 

 vexum cingentibus, dense congesti. Perigonia 4-rarius, 3-phylla, inter se aliquando 

 connata; foliolis spathulatis, apice inflexis, aestivatione imbricatis. Stamina 4, rarius 

 3, perigonii foliolis opposita, inclusa; filamenta brevissima; antherte oblongse, erectse, 

 extrorsEe, biloculares, loculis connectivo lineari adnatis, rima longitrorsum dehiscenti- 

 bus. Fl. $ : super receptaculum foliolis imbricatis instructum solitarii. Perigonium o. 

 Stylus brevis, bifidus, cruribus filiformibus. Ovarium involucre connatum, i-loculare, 

 i-ovulatum; ovulum ex apice loculi pendulum. Fructus drupaceus. Semen testa 

 chartacea; embrj'o exalbuminosus, cotyledonibus plano-convexis crassis; radicula 

 supera. — Arbores vel frutices lactescentes; foliis (in A. toxicaria) distichis petiolatis 

 integris integerrimus, nonnunquam dentatis, basi ssepe cordatis, apice acutis vel 

 acuminatis; stipulis 2 axillaribus, non amplexicaulibus; inflorescentiis axillaribus, 

 masculis geminis vel pluribus femineis solitariis. 



A. toxicaria Leschen. — A majestic tree, attaining 250 ft.; branchlets glabrous, 

 pubescent or pruinose, young villouslj^ hirsute. Leaves 4-8 in., glossy, base rounded 

 or cordate; young lanceolate, serrulate, hirsute; petiole very short. Male receptacles 

 orbicular and peduncles velvety, Yz in. diam. Fruit like a small fig, purple, scarlet 

 or crimson, p^'riform, velvety, intensel}^ bitter, tipped with a few bracts. India on the 

 Ghats; Ceylon; Malay Islands. (J. D. Hooker.) 



PipturtlS Wedd., in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 4, i. 196. — Flores dioici v. rarius monoici, 

 dense globoso-glomerati. Fl. $ : Perianthium 4-5-fidum, lobis ovatis acutis valvatis. 

 Stamina 4-5. Ovarii rudimentnm lanatum. Fl. $ : Perianthium ovoideum, apice attenu- 

 atum, ore contracto minute dentato, frnctiferum tenuiter carnosulum. Ovarium inclu- 

 snni, perianthio adhserens; stigma lineare, exsertum, uno latere villosum, deciduum; 

 ovulum a basi erectum. Receptaculum sub fructibus globosum, leviter carnosum v. 

 siccum, ssepe villosulum. Achsenium perianthio parum aucto herbaceo v. carnosulo 

 arete inclusum, a quo tamen ssepius liberum ; pericarpium rigide membranaceum v. 

 tenuiter crustaceum. Semen conforme, testa tenuiter membranacea; albumen perpar- 



