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BOTANY. 



DICOTYLEDONS. 



POLYPETAL^. 



By EDMU^y'D G. Bakee, r.L.S., of the Botanical Department. 



(PLATE XA'II.) 



MENISPERMACEiE. 

 1. Tiliacora racemosa, Colebr., forma. 

 Distril. — India, Ceylon, Java. 



CAPPABIDE^. 



2. Pedicellaria pentaphylla, Sclirank {Gynandropsis penta- 



phylla, DC.)- 



Settlement Xo. 84. 



Distrih. — Widely spread in tropics. 



PITTOSPOEE^. 



3. Pittosporum nativitatis, sp.nov. (Plate XYII.) 



Arbor hnmilis. Ramuli divaricati cortice griseo. Polia apices- 

 ramnlorum versus subverticillatim disposita ; lamina oblonga vel 

 oblongo-lanceolata utrinque glabra in petiolum attennata apice 

 acuta penninervia subcoriacea modice petiolata margine Integra 

 vel subintegra. Inflorescentia pro genere aliquantulum insignis \ 

 Acres ad apices ramnlorum subdense capitati-congesti ; peclicellis 

 teretibus brevibus. Sepala lanceolata acuminata petalis breviora. 

 Petala oblanceolata libera. Ovarium subsessile ; stylus brevis, sub- 

 crassus petalis brevior, stigmate terminali coronatus. Capsular 

 subglobosae coriacese bivalves. 



Sab. — Christmas Island Plateau, East Coast. IS'o. 150. In 

 flower and fruit ; March, 1897. 



