4(40 LTii. BHizoFHOBEiE. (G. Henslow.) [PeUacaVyx, 



6. PEZiXiACAIiirX, Korth. 



A small tree, ferruginously pubescent. Leaves oblong, minutely serrulate or 

 entire, subscabrous above, rufescent ■with stellate pubescence beneath. Flowerg 

 Suhsolitary or in dichotomously branched glomerules. Oatyx ebracteolate ; limb 

 5-8-fld, recurved, campanulate ahove the ovary. Petals 2-6, tips lacerate. iSta- 

 mens 10-12, inserted with the petals on the margin of a crenulated disk lining 

 the calyx-tube, filaments short subulate ; anthers small. Ovary with the ovu- 

 liferous part inferior, 5-10-celled ; style subulate, stigma discoid, 5-10-lobed ; 

 ovules many in each cell, fascicled, pendulous from the axis. Fruit pisiform or 

 turbinate, black, fleshy, 5-10-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ovoid, testa striated ; 

 embryo becoming green, straight, in Ae axis of the albumen; cotyledons 

 scarcely broader thaii the terete elongated radicle. 



1. P. axillaris, Korth in Van der Soev. et de Vries Tijdschr. iii. 20, 

 t. 2 ; Bemth. in Joum. Linn. Soe. iii. 75 ; Griff. Notvl. iv. 429 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. 

 t. 486 (Ounoniacese). 



Penang and Maiacca, Griffith. 



Leaves 6-8 by lJ-3 in., shortly acuminate. Flowers small, shortly pediceUed, 

 erect. Calyx-tiAe ^ in. long, densely ferruginously pubescent. 



7. GVKOTXtOCKES, Blume, 



Small trees and shrubs. Leaves oblong ; stipules deciduous. Floivers small, 

 axillary, fescicled ; peduncles jointed in the middle. Calyx ebracteolate, 4-5- 

 partite ; segments vslvate, leflexed. Petals 4r-5, inserted below the margin of an 

 8-10-lobed perigynous disk, clawed, spathulate, fimbriate-lacerate. Stamens 

 8-10, inserted in the disk, filaments filiform ; anthers small. Ovary superior, 

 adhering by a broad base to the calyx, ovoid-globose, 3-6-angled, 3-6-celled ; 

 style columnar, furrowed, conical at the base ; stigma 3-6-lob^, lobes emargi- 

 nate recurved ; ovules 4 in each cell, ascending, fascicled. Berry globose, 4-6- 

 ceUed, many-seeded. Seeds small, obovoid, testa crustaceous wimkled, albumen 

 fleshy ; embryo terete. — ^Disteib. Species 2, natives of the Malay Islands. 



1. Gr. axillaris, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 59S; Blume Mus. Bat. i. 

 127, t. xxxi. ; Kurz. For. Fl. Brit. Burm. i. 451. G. Dryptopetalum, Blume 

 I. c. G. reticulata, A. Gray, Bat. Amer. Explor. Exped. vol. i. 607, ex descr. 

 Dryptopetalum coriaceum. Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 372. Microtropis cori- 

 acea, WaU. Cat. n. 4338. 



SmcAPoEE and Penang, Anderson, Wallich. Malacca, Griffith. Moitlmein, 

 Iiobb. — DisTBiB. Malay Archipelago. 



Leaves 2-5 in., oblong or elliptic, acuminate, coriaceous. Flowers small, numerons, 

 axillary, subdioecions : male with petals and perfect stamens ; ovary often empty ; 

 stigma not dilated : female or hermaphrodite flowers with longer pedicels ; petals and 

 stamens often smaller, the latter sometimes effete ; stigma radially lobed. Fruit 

 baccate, -^q-^ in. diam. 



8. WEXKEA, i^enff. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves oblong, quite entire or obtusely serrate ; stipules 

 interpetiolar, oblong, deciduous. Flowers in axillary 1- or more flowered ped- 

 uncles. Calyx with connate bracts ; limb 4-5-fid, patent. Petcis inserted 

 under the margin of an obscure disk, clawed, spathulate, fimbriate-lacerate. 



