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aENUS rV. AMBLYAjrTHTJS, 



Pentamdrla lIEonogynla. Sex: Sy»t: 



Deriv. From Amblys, obtuse, and Anthps, a flower, alluding t<^ 

 the very obtuse flowerrbud. 



Gkn. Char. Calyx 5-cleft, tube funnel-sbaped, lobes ovate- 

 acute : corolla 5-cleftj tube cylindric, lobes round, 'reflexed, twisted 

 to the left in aestivation : filaments very 'short, inserted at the lowest 

 base of the corolla : anthers many times longer than the filameutr 

 connate above into a convex tube, free at the base and apex, includ- 

 ed, longitudinally dehiscing inwards by two clefts : ovary ovoid, 

 1-celIed : placenta central : ovules few (5-3) immersed : style cy- 

 Ijndric : stigma obtuse, depressed ia the middle,' obscurely 4-^67. 

 ^ornered, not exceeding the anthers, 



(1) A. G^ANDULOSUS. (Defi^.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 91, 



S^n. Ardisia glandulosa, Roxb. flor._ Ind. II. j>, 282. — A. Rox- 

 byrghiana, Z)ze<r. 'iS'yi;. J. p. 617. 



Spec Char. Shrub, quite glabrous: branches diffuse: leaves; 

 lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, glanduloso-crenate, petioled, 

 peduncles 7-8, subumbellate at the apex of the branches, unequally, 

 shorter than the leaf-: pedicels 4^6 at the apex of the peduncles ;. 

 umbellate, somewhat longer, than the flower : flower-buds peai-^. 

 ^aped, obtuse : flowers small, white, 



^ilhet, flowering in the rainy season. 



GENUS V, HYMBNANDRA. 



P«ntandria ItEQuogynii^. Sex: SysU 



Periv. iProm Hymen, a membrane, and Aner, andros, male, al- . 

 luding to the anthers. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted, lobes ovate-acute, not valvate.in 

 aestivation, quincuncial ; corolla 5-parted, rotate, lobes lanceolate-, 

 acuminate, elongated, twisted to the left in aestivation : anthers ses- 

 sjle, produced laterally and upwards into connate membranes, free, 

 obtuse at the apex: membranaceous tube of the anthers twisted to^ 

 the left, twice as long as the introrse cells, equalling the corolla: 

 pvary ovoid, angular : style flliform : stigma slightly obtuse : ov,ui|e«^ 

 Bumeroui. 



