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GENtrS in. SAMAEA. 



Teti'itndria lUonogyvia. Sex: 



Gen. Char. Calyx minute, 4-parted, acute, persistent : petals. 

 -4, ovate, sessile, with a longitudinal furrow at the base : filaments. 

 long-siib\ilate, immersed in the furrow ; anthers subcordate : ^ignia 

 fuunel-shaped : drjipe round : seed solitary. 



(1) S. AVRANTIACA. {R. W.) 



Ident, Wight's Spicil. II. p. 32. 



Syn. Choripetalum aurantiacum, Dec. prod, VIII. p. 88. — ^^ 

 Myrsine auraiitiaca, W'all. in Roxb. flor. hid. II. g. 306. 

 Engrav. Wight's Spicil. II. t. 13,6.— :Icon. t. 1210. 



Spec. Char. ClihiWng : leaves ovate-laiiceolate, subacute at 

 both ends, entire, coriacjsous, Igng-petioled : racemes much shorter, 

 than the leaves, longer than the petioles : bracts acuminated, as 

 long as the pedicels-: petals linear-lanceolate, reflexed : fiUments 

 lo'nger than the petals, much larger than the anthers : flo^ets^ 

 bright orange. 



Neilgherrips. Malabar. Flowering in the dry season. 



(2) S. PANtCUXATA. (Roxb.) 



Ident. Roxb. flor. lad. I. Ed. C&r. p. 435.— Wight's Spipil. 

 ILp. 32. 



Syn, Ardisia paniculata, Dec. prod, VIII. p. 139. 



Spec Ch4R. Tree : leaves opposite, petioled, broad-lanceolate, 

 acuminated) entire, glabrous : corymbs axillary, small, peduncled, 

 shorter than the leaves, divided by three forkied divisions : drupoj 

 i^ry, oblong. 



Circar mountains. 



^3) S. Eheedti. ('B. W.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 



Engrav. Wight 1. c. t. 1591.— Rheede Mai. 7. t. 42. 



Spec. Char. Scandent shrub : flpriferOtrs brancM^ts BUb-bifi-. 

 riOu'S, ageeiidtng : leaves petioled, ovate-elliptic, entire, subaeumi- 

 nate, gla/brous, coriaceous : spikes axillary, usually solitary, numer- . 

 ous towards- the extremities of the hi;anchlets : flowers short pedi- 

 cdled, each furnished with a small ovate bract : calyx lobes broad- 

 oVat^, dekitate on the margin : lobes of the corolla scarcely cohering 

 at the base, ovate-obtuse,, ciliated towards the apex : stamens 

 scarcely exceeding the petioles: anthers glandiiloso-cuspidate: 

 drupe about the size of a pea, 1 -settled": floWers greeflish'-'Whltef. 



^alabar. Keilgherries, Flowering ia the rainy season. 



