Qlycoamis.] aueantiace,e. 51 



1. G. citrifolla, lAndl. in Tram. Hort. Soc. vi. 73. A tall glabrous 

 shrab. Leaves some simple, on short petioles, oblong-elliptical and obtuse, or 

 oblong-lanceolate and acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long ; others pinnate, with 2 or 3 

 rather smaller leaflets. Panicles dense, shorter or scarcely longer than the 

 petioles of the pinnate leaves. Flowers and ovary almost always 5-merous. 

 Berry globular, depressed and oblique, very pulpy, about i in. diameter. — 

 Limonia parvifolia, Bot. Mag. t. 3416. 



Rather scarce in Hongkong, Champion ; also Sance and Wright. lu the adjacent parts 

 of S. China, in the Philippine Isles, and in Borneo, and probably a variety only of the 

 G. arborea, a species widely diffused over tropical Asia and Australia. 



4. ATALANTIA, Corr. 

 (Sclerostylis, Bl. Severinia, Ten.) 

 . Calyx 4- or 5-cleft or lobed. Petals 4 or 5, free. Stamens 8 or 10, or 

 rarely about 15 ; filaments free or united in a tube. Ovary of 3 or 4 cells, 

 with 1 or 3 collaterally pendulous ovules in each. Style short and thick, con- 

 tinuous with the ovary. Berry globular, usually with 1 or 3 seeds. — Shrubs 

 often thorny. Leaves simple. Flowers in axillary clusters or very short 

 racemes. 



A genus of several species, dispersed over tropical Asia and Australia. 



Stamens 10 . . . . \. A. huxifolia 



Stamens about 15 'i. A. ~ ' ' 



1. A. buxifolia, Oliv. MS. A small shrub or dwarf tree, glabrous or 

 with the young branches pubescent, often armed with stout axillary thorns. 

 Leaves obovate-oblong, very obtuse or emarginate, 1 to 1^ in. long, narrowed 

 into a veiy short petiole, marked with numerous fine veins. Flowers sessile 

 or nearly so, solitary or 3 or 3 together in the axils of the leaves. Petals 5, 

 about 3 lines long. Stamens 10, free. Ovary 3-celled, with 1 ovule in each 

 cell. Beny nearly globular, depressed, black when ripe. — Limonia bilocularis, 

 Roxb. PI. Ind. ii. 377. Sclerostylis atalantioides,'W . and Am. Prod. PL Penins. 

 ■ i. 93. Severinia buxifolia. Ten. Cat. Hort. Nap. 96. SelerostyUs huxifolia, 

 Benth. in Kew Jour. Bot. iii. 326 ; Seem. Bot. Her. t. 81. 



Abundant in the island, Champion and others. Also on the adjacent continent and north- 

 wards to Formosa, but uot known out of S. China, the indications of the Indian Peninsular 

 station having probably originated in a garden mistake. 



1. A. Hindsii, Oliv. MS. A glabrous shrab, with stout axillary thorns. 

 Leaves oval-elliptical or oblong, obtuse, 34 to 3 in. long, obtuse at the base, 

 on a short broad petiole, coriaceous, with fewer veins than the last species. 

 -Flowers shortly pedicellate, in axillary clusters, usually 5-merous. Petals 

 about 3 lines long. Stamens about ] 5, in-egularly united, but sometimes be- 

 coming quite free after the flower opens. Ovary 3-celled, with 2 ovules in 

 each cell. Style very short and thick. Berry globular, rather large, of an 

 orange-colour. — Atalantia monophylla, Benth. in Lond, Joum. Bot. i. 483, not 

 of DC. Sclerostylis Hindsii, Champ, in Kew JoUrn. Bot. iii. 338 ; Seem. Bot. 

 ■Her. t. 82. S. venosa, Champ. 1. c. (a slight variety, with the flowers occasion- 

 ally 4-merous). 



Common in Hongkong, Champion and others. Not known from elsewhere. The struc- 

 ture of the ilowers, as observed by Oliver, shows some approach to that of Oititts. 



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