594 xxxiif. OLACiNEJE. (Maxwell T. Masjbers.) [MiqueUa. 



the petiole. Cedyx deeply toothed. Oorolla-lohes lanceolate. Ovary obovoid, base 

 tapering ; style very short, dilated into a eup-shaped stigma; ovules 2. 



3. M. 7grlbba, Baill. Adansonia, x. 278; DC. Prodr. xvii 15; leaves 

 ovate acuminkte entire, base rounded 5-nerved. 



Western Bekgal, Griffith. 



-Br-arecAes terete, glabrous. Leaves 8 hj A in., membranous, glabrous, nerves pro- 

 minent beneath. Drupe IJ-U in., ellipsoid, glabresceiit, brownish, convex on one side, 

 ftirrowed on the other, gibbous towards the base ; stpne hard, granular. Cotyledons 

 thin. — An imperfectly known species. I have seen no specimens. 



20. SARCOSTXGDXA, W. & A. 



Climbing shrubs. Wood without zones. Leaves alternate, simple, shortly 

 petioled. Flowers dioecious, minute, arranged in tufts along a long pendu- 

 lous rachis. Male fl. : Calyx minute, 4r-5-lobed. Petals 5, free, or nearly 

 so, valvate, oblong, ultimately reflexed. Stamens 5, alternate with the 

 petals, free, or adnate to the base of the petals, filaments glabrous ; anthers 

 erect, 2-ceUed, dehiscing longitudinally. Pistil rudimentary. Female fl. : 

 Caii/x and corolla as in the male. Staminodes 4r-6, hypogynous, alternate 

 with the petals. Ovary superior, sessile, 1-celled ; stigma subsessUe, globose 

 or umbonate; ovules 2, collateral, pendulous, funicle expanded into an 

 " obturator." Drupe surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx and 

 corolla, epicarp coriaceous, endocarp woody lined with a thin white mem- 

 brane. Seed (according to Baillon) pendulous, exalbuminous ; cotyledons 

 fleshy, wrapping round the short superior radicle. — Disteib. Species 3 or 4, 

 all tropical Asiatic. 



1. S. Kleinli, W. & A. in Edin. New Phil. Journ. xiv. 299; leaves 

 glabrous oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate. Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 2. 116 ; Co.vtrih. i. 103, t. 18 ; Wight Ic. t. 1854 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 221. 



Eastees and Western Peninsulas ; Malacca, Maingay, Cochin and Travancor, 

 Wight; the Concan, Stocks. 



A climbing, branched shrub, Branches terete. Leaves 4-10 by 2-4 in., coriaceous, 

 pale on both surfaces, base rounded, nerves promipf nt beneath ; petiole f in., trans- 

 versely wrinkled. Rachis extra axillary, angular, covered with brownish strigose hairs. 

 JPlowers^^ in. diam. MaleA.: Cuhjx minute, pilosulous, cup shaped, obscurely 4-5- 

 lobed. Petah -^ in., glabrous, oblong, acute. Stamens as long as the petals, filaments 

 glabrous, flat, strap-shaped ; anthers 2-celled. Rudiment of pistil conical. Female fl. : 

 Calyx and corolla as in the male. Ovary obovoid, pilosulous, surrounded by 5 hypogynous, 

 abortive stamens ; stigma subsessile, conical ; ovules 2, collateral. Fruit 1-14 iii- 

 olive-shaped, somewhat compressed, bright orange-red, rugose and strigose externally, 

 smooth within. 



2. S. Walllchli, Baill. in Adansonia, x. 282 ; leaves downy 'beneath 

 along the nerves ovate acute or acuminate, fruiting peduncles densely, 

 villous. Wall. Cat. 9030 (" indeterm.") 



BiRMA ; Phanoe Hill on the Saluen, Wallich. 



Branches terete, rugose. Leaves 6 by 3 in., nerves depressed above, prominent 

 beneath ; petiole | in., thick. Fruiting peduncles from the old wood. Calyx minute, 

 villous, 4-fid. Fruit 3i in., ovoid-oblong, compressed, densely hairy. — ^The specimens 

 are very imperfect. 



3. S. edule, Xurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 298 ; glabrous, 

 leaves ovate-oblong apiculate, spikes rusty-tomentose. Chailletia edulis, 

 Kurz in Andam. Rep. App. B 6. 



