Amcolosa.] xxxix. oi.aoine^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 581 



, 5. A. puberula, Eurz in Joiirn: As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii, 297 ; ■ leaves 

 oblong or ovate-oblong acuminate, base acute, calyx puberulous.' 



Andaman Islds., Kurz. 

 • A large shrub. Leaves 5-6 in., shortly petioled, slatrous, ooriaoeouB. Pedundes 

 shortr, erect, puberuloiis, springing I'rom a short, thick, axillary spur. Calyx covered 

 with yellowish down (Kara). — I have not seen this species. 



6. A. I heptandra, Maingay in herb. ; leaves lanceolate, base acute, 

 calyx puberulous, filaments hairy. 



Malacca, Maingay. 

 : A shrub or tree. Leaves 6 by 2 in. , coriaceous, glabrous; petiole J in. FedimcUs 

 4-6, axillary, tufted, about the length of the petiole, puberulous.. Flower-buds 

 oblong-truncate. Flower y\ in. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toolhed. Petals 5 (7, Maingay), 

 valvate, coherent, ultimately free, coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, concave, triangular at the 

 apex, hairy on the middle of the inner surface, edges membranous. Stamens 5 

 (7, Maingay), hypogynous, opposite the petals, filameats broadly strap-shaped, bilobed at 

 the apex, and provided with a tuft of bristly hairs ; anthers minute, didymous, concealed 

 by the hairs of the filament ; pollen-grains triangular. Ovary depressed-globuse, lobed, 

 Burrounded by an annular disk, imperfectly 2-3-celled ; style conic-fusiform as long 

 as the ovary, stigma minutely 2-3-too;hed; ovnles 2-3, pendulous. — A remarkable 

 species. The flowers I examined were pentamerous. Maingay says in a note that it 

 agrees with Anacolosa in all respects but the heptamerous flowers. 



8. SCKCEFFXA, Scbreb. 



Trees. Branches terete or angular. Leaves alternate, simple, petiolate. 

 'Racemes axillary, many-flowered. Flowers fragrant, yellow. JSpicalyx cup- 

 shaped, deeply 3-lobed. Calyx adherent to the ovary, limb obsolete. 

 Carolla perigynous, tubular, limb 4-5-parted. Stamens 4-5, epipetalous, 

 filaments slender : anthers free, glabrous, 2-celled, attached below the middle 

 to the apex of the filament ; pollen triangular. Ovary half-superior, sur- 

 mounted by a fleshy epigynous disk, 3-celled beneath, 1-celled at the top ; 

 style cylindric, stigma capitate, 3-lobed; ovules 3, cylindric, pendulous 

 from the apex of a central placenta. Fruit drupaceous, surrounded at the 

 base by the persistent epicalyx. marked above by the remains of the calyx 

 and coroUa ; stone thin, striated, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Embryo minute, in the 

 apex of fleshy albumen, radicle superior, cotyledons plano-convex.-- 

 DiSTRiB. Species 3-4, natives of the Himalaya and of tropical South 

 America. 



1. S. fragrans, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 18, t. 9 ; leaves narrow lanceolate 

 acuminate. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 188; Griff. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 629. S. odorata, 

 Wall. Cat. 485. 



NiPAL, FafficA. Khasia Mts., -.-j, 



A small tree. Barh corky, whitish. Branches terete, smooth. Leaves scattered, 

 2-3 by 4-1 in., acute at both ends ; petiole J in., channelled above. Sacemes half the 

 length of the leaves ; rachis slender, pedicels 6-8, each J-1 in. Flowers i in Lobes of 

 the epicalyx imbricate, ciliate. Corolla double the length of the calyx-tube, tubular 

 or funbel-shaped, limb 5-lobed ; lobes lanceolate, acute, valvate, with a tuft of hairs on 

 the centre of the inner surface. Filaments attached to the petals tor nearly their whole 

 length; anthers on a level with the hairs on the petals, connective prolonged above. 

 Ovary neariy twice the length of the calyx.— The plant varies considerably in the size 

 of th4 leaves and flowers. I have followed Wallich's description of the epicalyx, the 

 three bracts of whiol differ from the calyx of Anacolosa and Cathedra (with which Hiey 

 are compared by Bentham) iu their unequal size and their imbrication. 



