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erect, at apex stigmatose capitellate. Ovules in cells (2) solitary (of 

 Aquilaria). Fruit, seeds and other characters of Aquilaria ; pericarp 

 ovato-oblong or subovate. — A shrub; leaves alternate (of ^g'm'^ana) ; 

 flowers axillary and subterminal subumbellate, very shortly pedicel- 

 late. {Ceylon.) See p. 104. 



3. Phaleria Jack. — Flowers hermaphrodite, 4— 5-merous ; recep- 

 tacle long tubular (petaloid) ; sepals inserted in throat, imbricate. 

 Disk very thin lining the tube, thickened above at the throat and 

 there annular, subentire or 5-crenate, sometimes produced to 4, 5 

 scales alternating with the sepals and more or less prominent and 

 •thick. Stamens 8-10, inserted in two series under the throat ; the 

 oppositipetalous longer ; filaments either very short enclosed, or more 

 or les'j elongate and exserted ; anthers basifixed introrse, 2-rimose ; 

 all exserted or enclosed, or the oppositisepalous semi-exserted. G'ermen 

 subsessile, sometimes shortly attenuate at base and there girt with 

 hypogynous membranous disk, equal or unequal, subentire or lobate ; 

 cells 1, 3, 1-ovulate; style terminal or lateral, or short enclosed, or 

 elongate exserted, at apex stigmatose capitate subentire or more or 

 less 2-lobed. Ovules in cells 1, descending; micropyle extrorsely, 

 superior. Fruit bare drupaceous, indehiscent; sarcocarp oftener 

 thin ;, putamen woody, 1-2-locular, 1-2-spermous ; embryo of exal- 

 buminous descending seed fleshy ; cotyledons thick plano-convex J 

 radicle short superior. — Glabrous trees or shrubs; leaves oftener 

 opposite and shortly petiolate exstipulate entire coriaceous penni- 

 nerved ; flowers in short or umbelhform spikes terminal or lateral ; 

 bracts imbricate forming involucre, around flowers, caducous. (Souths 

 east. Asia and north, trop. Oceania.) See p. 104. 



4. ? Gonistylus Tetsm. and Binn.^^^" Flowers hermaphrodite ; 

 calyx short subsemiglobular '^ coriaceous, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes sub^ 

 valvate, persistent. Scales numerous (35), inserted in one series m 

 the throat, filiform. Stamens 10; filaments short, incurved in 

 aestivation; anthers oblong obtuse; cells 2, confluent above, longi- 

 tudinally rimose. Germen subglobular, 4-5-celled ; ovules in cells 

 solitary pendulous anatropous ; style filiform very slender geniculately 

 bent, apex small clavate 2-lobed stigmatose. Berry ^ subglobular ; 



1 Bot. Zeit. (1862), xx. 265.— Mm. Aim. Mm. ^ Very like a cupular receptacle ; sepals 



Jiugd.-Sat. i. 184, i. i.-^'R.'&TS. Adansonia.si. somewhat perigynous free (?) 

 faac. 10. ' " Pomi majoria mole, auraatiaca." 



