598 ' XXXIX. 0LACINE2E. "(Maxwell T. Masters.) [Cardioi>te^. 



sagittate-ovale, 5-7-lobed, terminal lobe largest ovate acuminate, lateral Ipbes angular 

 acuminate, lowermost unequally cuneate. C. subhamata, Wall. mss. 



There are differences of opinion as to tbe structure of the flower. The figure of the 

 ovary in Blume's Eumphia, t. 177, f. 8, differs from tbe description, and is erroneous. 

 The persistent and accrescent style (?) assumes a spongy cellular character, and is 

 traversed by two bundles of spiral vessels and by laticiferous tubes. Octahedral crys- 

 tals also abound in its tissues. The cells of the epicai-p contain in some cases a spiral 

 fibre. The structure of the ovule is very peculiar. According to Dr. Hooker's_ unpub- 

 lished drawings made from the fresh specimens, the ovule is pendulous and originally 

 straight, but afterwards curves upward. It is devoid of coats, but -is provided with a 

 raphe and the embryo sac (?) is protruded in the shape of a long tubular process. 



Order XL. II.ICINi:.a:. (By J. D. Hooker.) 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, simple, exstipiilate, or with 2 minute 

 stipules, usually coriaceous and evergreen. Flowers small, in axillary 

 cymes fascicles or umbellules, usually dioecious, ^ with imperfect ovary, 

 and $ with imperfect stamens. Ca^i/x 3-6 -partite or -lobed; segments or 

 lobes imbricate, persistent. Petals 4-5, rarely 6-8, connate at the base, or 

 connate in the (j and free in the $, deciduous, imbricate. StaTnens i-S, 

 adhering to the bases of the petals, sometimes free and hypogynous in the 

 ¥ , filaments subulate ; anthers shortly oblong, dorsifixed. Ijish 0. Ovary 

 free, 3-16-celled; style 0, or very short, rarely long, stigma capitate or 

 discoid; ovules 1, or 2 collateral, pendulous, raphe dorsal, micropyle 

 superior, funicle often cupular. Brupe with 2 or more 1-seeded freS rarely 

 connate stones. Seed with a membranous testa, fleshy albumen and 

 minute embryo. — Distkib. Three genera, and about 150 species, chiefly 

 tropical. 



An examination of the Indian species has led to very important modifications of the 

 ordinal character as given in the Genera Plantarum, and to the suppression of the 

 genus Byronia. 



1. IIiEX, Linn. 



. Calyx 4-5-lobed or -parted. Corolla rotate, petals free or connate at the 

 base. Stamens 4-5, adhering to the base of the corolla in the $, sometimes 

 hypogynous in the $ . Ovary 2-12-celled ; styles or very short, stigmas 

 free or confluent on the top of the ovary. Drupe globose, very rarely 

 ovoid, with 2-16 stones. — Disteib. Of the Order ; species about 146, 



Sect. L Flowers in strict spikes. Brupe with 10-16 stones. 



1. X. spicata, Blume Bijdr. 1149 ; glabrous, leaves- elliptic shortly 

 obtusely caudate-acuminate very coriaceous quite entire. Prinos spicata, 

 Miq. Fi: Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 594. 



Malacca, Maingay. — Disteib. Java, Borneo. 



An often epiphytic shrub (Blume) ; branches stout, woody. Leaves 4-g in., base 

 rounded, midrjb stout beneath, dark olive-green when dry ; nerves very slender, reticu- 

 late ; petiole very short. Spikes li in., solitary or twin, axillary and below the leaves, 

 suberect or spreading ; rachis rather stout, flowerjng from the base ; bracts minute, 

 pedicel ^ in. Flowers minute ; S about ^V in. diam. Calyx flat, of 4-5 rounded 

 lobes. CorolM of 4-6 broadly oblong petals, slightly connate at the base, finally re- 

 flexed. Stamens inserted at the junction of the pqtals, filaments at length longer 

 than the corolla ; anthers small. Imperfect ovary globose, grooved. Fl. S not seen. 



