Cansjera.] xxxix. olacine^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 583 



2. C. parvlfolla, Zwrz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 298 : leaves 

 pubescent and pilose rounded or ovate acute. 



Tehasserim, Heifer. 



A shrabby climber? Shoots, leaves and inflorescence pubescent and with stiff forked 

 hairs. Leaves f by | in., coriaceous, base rounded ; petiole very abort. Bracts ovate, 

 aijute. Panani^ iV in., funnel-shaped or uroeolate, limb 4-parted; lobes ovate, ulii- 

 mately spreading. Stamens 4, free, springing from a perigynous disk, opposite the 

 -lobes of the perianth ; anthers small, introrse. Qlands of dish (staminodes) ovoid, acute 

 fleshy. Ovary oblong. ' 



10. IiEFZONURUS, Blume. 



Arborescent. Leaves alternate, shortly petioled, simple, 1 -nerved. Inflo- 

 rescence axillary, of numerous densely packed trictotomous umbellate 

 cymes, each subtended by an ovate bract. Flowers monochlamydeous, 

 regular, hermaphrodite. Perianth urceolate, limb 4-parted ; lobes valvate, 

 glabrous -within. JStamens equal in number to the lobes of the perianth 

 amd opposite to them ; anthers glabrous. Staminodes- 0. Bisk fleshy, 

 yellow, lining the base of the perianth-tube. Ovary free, oblong, conical ; 

 stigma sessile 4-lobed ; ovule solitary. Fruit drupaceous, glabrous, stone 

 crustaceous. Seed pendulous ; embryo small, in the axis of fleshy albumen, 

 radicle terete, cotyledons ternate. — ^Distkib. Species 2, natives of Tropical 

 Asia. 



1. Xi> oblong'ifolius, Mast.; leaves oblong or obovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate. Leptonium oblongifoUum, Griff, in Cole. Joum. Nat. Hist. iv. 

 236. Opilia acuminata. Wall. Cat. 7206 F. 



Eastern Bengal, Assam, and the Khasia Mts., ascending to 2000 ft. Aboe hills, 

 Griffith; Tenasbekim at Mergui, Griffith. Malacca, Maingay. — Disteib. Java, 

 Sumatra. 



Branches greenish, subangular, glabrous. Leaves 6-7 by lf-2| in., membranous, 

 glabrous, base acute ; petiole J-J in. PfA'ceZs twice the length of the petiole. Bracts 

 thin, membranous, roundish, imbricating when young. Flowers minute. Fruit J by 

 \ in. — The flowers are minute and the specimens very imperfect, hence the flowers are 

 ditferently described by different authors. In the absence of more complete material, 

 it is not possible to decide which view is the more correct. In the generic description 

 I have followed Griffith, as the results of my own examinations, so far as they have 

 gone, are in accordance with his. Wallich's 7464 A may possibly also belong to 

 this genus, but the material is too scanty for accurate determination. Its flowers are in 

 axillary spikes, and have a monochlamydeous, 5-parted, campanulate perianth, isome- 

 rous stamens opposite the lobes, 2-celled anthers dehiscing longitudinally and a free 

 roundish ovary. 



11. OFXZiXA, Eoxb. 



Scandent shrubs or low trees. Leaves alternate, distichous, simple, entire, 

 1-nerved, shortly petioled. Flmoers numerous, in axillary, racemose 

 cymes, each cyme umbellate. Bracts deciduous. Calyx minute, annular, 

 obscurely 5-toothed, not accrescent. Petals 5. Fertile stamens 5, free, oppo- 

 site the petals ; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Qlands of the dish 

 (staminodes) alternating with the petals, thick, fleshy. Ovary free, sessile, 

 1-celled ; style short, stigma minute ; ovule solitary, pendulous. Fruit 

 drupaceous. Seed albuminous : radicle superior. — Disteib. Species 1 or 2 

 natives of the tropics of the Old World. 



1. O. amentacea, BoxKCor. PI. ii. t. 158 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 87 : leaves ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate. Wight III. t. 40 ; Thwaites Enum. 41 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



