580 XXXIX. OLACiNE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Anacolosa. 



7. ANACOIiOSA, Blume. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, 1-nerved. Inflores- 

 cence cymose, axillary. Gah/x cup-shaped, 5-7-toothed, not accrescent. 

 Feials 5-7, free, valvate, springing with the stamens from an hypogynous or 

 perigynous disk. Stamens concealed in the cavity of the petals and slightly 

 adnate to their base, filaments glabrous, or pilose at the apex ; anthers 

 basifixed, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary imperfectly 2-3-celled 

 below, 1-celled above ; style simple, stigma shortly lobed ; ovules 2-.3, 

 pendulous from a central placenta. Fruit drupaceous, surrounded by the 

 accrescent disk ; stone crustaceous, 1-seeded. Seed pendulous ; embryo 

 minute, at the apex of fleshy albumen, radicle superior thicker than the 

 cotyledons. — DiSTEiB. Species 5 or 6, natives of Southern India, the Malay 

 peninsula, and archipelago. 



1. A. denslflora, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 211, t. 22 ; Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 138 ; leaves oblong acuminate, base rounded, cymes many-flowered dense, 

 calyx glabrous. 



Tkatancoe, on the Anamallay hills, Beddome. 



A lofty tree. Branches terete. Leaves 4-5 by l|-2 in., glabrous, shining, entire ; 

 petiole \ in. Cyme 7-20-flowered, pedicels \ in., as long as the yellow fragrant flowers. 

 Flower-huds ovoid, couic. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-6-toothed. Petals 4-6, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, reflexed at the tips, hispid vnthin. Filaments glabrous, much shorter than the 

 petals, anthers ro\indish glabrous. Ovary surrounded by a broad disk, 3-celled, cells 

 1-ovulate ; style simple, scarcely so long as the ovary, stigma 3-lobed. 



2. A. ilicoldes, Mast- leaves oblong- lanceolate acute at both ends, 

 cymes few-flowered lax, calyx glabrous. 



Khasia Mts., J. D. H. & T. T. 



A small spreading tree. Bark grey. Leaves 5-6 by 2 in., glabrous, coriaceous ; 

 petiole 4 -J in. Peduncle half the length of the petiole, dividing into 3 pedicels as 

 long as itself, or cymes sessile, umbellate. Flower-huds ovoid, subglobose. Calyx 

 glabrous, cup-shaped, 5-6-fid, lobes deltoid. Petals 5-6, 2 or 3 times longer than 

 the sepals, coriaceous, oblong, inflexed at the points, hairy within just above the anther. 

 Filaments broad, glabrous ; anthers subglobose. Ova/ry depressed conic, imperfectly 

 3-celIed ; ovides 3. Fruit unknown. 



3. A. Grifflthil, Mast; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, cymes 

 few-flowered, calyx glabrous. 



Temasserim and Andaman Islands, Oriffith, Kurz. 



Shrub or tree? Branches slender, purplish. Leaves 2^ by 1 in., coriaceous, glabrous; 

 petiole 4 in. Cymes axillary, sessile, or on a short scaly spur ; pedicels half the length of 

 the petiole. Flower-huds subglobose. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-6-toothed. Petals 2 or 3 

 times longer than the sepals. Filaments much shorter than the petals. Ovary conical, 

 2-3-celled ; style short, stigma obscurely lobed ; ovules 2-3. 



4. A. nCaing'ayi, Mast.; leaves suborbicular, base rounded, cymes 

 few-flowered, calyx glabrous. 



. SiNCAPOEE, Maingay. 



A tree or shrub? Baric grey, rugose, tubercled. Leaves about 2 in. each way, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, venation obscure ; petiole J in. Cymes axillary ; pedicels glabrous, 

 shorter than the petiole, each with 2-3 minute, squamiform bracts at the base. Flower- 

 huds oblong. Galyx cup-shaped, minutely 5-toothed. Petals 5, oblong, valvate. 

 Filaments glabrous, much shorter than the petals ; anthers oblong. Ovary surrounded 

 by a 5-lobed disk, imperfectly 3-celled ; style as long as the ovary, stigma 3-lobed 

 ovules 3, pendidous. Fruit the size of a pea, glaucous, globose. 



