LIRIODENDRON APTERA Sp. nov. 

 PL. VIII, figs. 6-8. 

 Capitulum parvum, carpellis multis haud alatis rostro brevi triangulari 



TERMINATES J SEMINA MINUTA, GRANULATA SED QUAM EA L, tulipiferae MINUS STRIATA. 



Head small, of many carpels, attached nearly at right angles to a cylindrical 

 receptacle, which expands suddenly at the base ; carpel wingless, terminating in a short 

 triangular beak; seed minute, granulate, but less striate than in L. tulipifera. 



Length of head 8.5 + mm., breadth 9 mm. Length of carpel 4.5 mm. 



Length of seed 1.5 to 3.0 mm., breadth 1.0 to 2.0 mm., Reuver. 



Of this curious species we have the unique fruit shown in figs. 6, 7 and a few 

 isolated seeds, all fromReuver. The minute compact head of carpels, terminating in short 

 imbricate triangular beaks makes this fruit look very different from either of the living 

 species of Liriodendron. The head is incomplete at the apex, and the carpels on one side 

 of the axis have been shed, exposing the elongated receptacle covered with lozenge* 

 shaped scars, and giving a good view of the anatomy. The base is complete, except for 

 the shedding of some of the carpels. On the left of fig. 7, towards the base, the structure 

 of a carpel is well seen. It shows the two seeds placed exactly as in the living species ; and 

 the length of these seeds is 2.3 mm., which is about half the length of seeds of L. tulipifera. 

 The detached seed shown in fig. 8 is even smaller, so that in order to show it properly we 

 have been compelled to figure it on double the scale of that of L. tulipifera (fig. 1). It is 

 perfectly developed, and it does not agree with the small undeveloped seeds of L. tulipifera 

 which are occasionally found in the same deposit. 



ILLICIUM Sp.? 

 PI. VIII, figs. 12-13. 



In figs. 12, 13 is shown half a carpel which appears to belong to the Magnoliaceae 

 and suggests Illicium. The resemblance is not sufficiently close, and the state of preser* 

 vation of the unique specimen is not good enough, to allow us definitely to refer it to 

 that genus. 



Carpel hard and bony compressed laterally attachment lateral; style terminal 

 (jointed?); seed one, large flattened laterally broadly ovate (only the impression seen). 



Length 7 mm., breadth 6 mm. Reuver. 



ANONACEAE. 



JONGMANSIA Gen. nov. 



Reuver and Swalmen both yield in considerable quantity a small hard seed, very 

 irregular in shape, but when most symmetrical and least distorted resembling a minute 

 coffee*bean. These seeds gave us the greatest difficulty, for they are unlike anything we 

 could find in temperate regions. On showing them to Mr. H. N. Ridley, who has spent 



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