Sageraa.l flora indica. 93 



petals, as well as by the occasional separation of the sexes, and the tendency to repand 

 leaves. The truncal inflorescence of Steleckocarpus recnrs in Kadmra cauliflora, 

 Blume. 



The American genus Jsimina, in which the petals are only very slightly imbri- 

 cated, approaches Unona by their thin, almost membranous texture, and by its sta- 

 mens and torus. 



1. SAGER.S:A, Dalzell in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 307. 



Flores hermaphroditi vel unisexuales. Sepala 3, rotundata, sest. im- 

 bricata. Petala 6, biserialia, orbicularia, carnosula, concava, sest. im- 

 bricata. Stamina 13-31, abbreviato-cuneata, carnosa, truncata, dorso 

 antlierifeva ; antherse biioculares, loculis oblongis longitudinaliter dchis- 

 centibus. Torus planus. Ovaria definita 3-6, lineari-oblonga ; ovula 

 circiter 10, suturse ventrali inserta, biserialia. — Arbores, foliis coriaceia 

 lucidia glaberrimis, floribus axillaribus fasdculatis. 



When the ovaries are three in number they alternate with the sepals. The 

 stamens closely resemble those of Bocagea (among Saccopetalea ?) and of Orophea 

 among Milrefhorece ; but there is too little resemblance in other respects among those 

 genera which have snbdefinite stamens, to render it advisable to form of them a dis- 

 tinct section, as has been done by Blume and Endlicher. No species of Sageraa 

 are known save those described below; but Guatteria polita. Wall. Cat. 6450, from 

 Tenasserim, which has no flowers nor fruit, has the habit of the genus, and is pro- 

 bably a congener, if indeed it be not referable to one of the species described below. 



1. S. laurina (Dalz.! 1. c.) ; foliis lineari-oblongis, pedicellis 1-5 

 basi squamulosis, floribus hermapliroditis 13-andris, sepalis glabris, 

 carpellis globosis. — Guatteria laurifolia, Graham, Cat. Bomb. p. 4. 



Hab. In sylvis Concan utriusque ! — (Tl. Oct. Nov.) (». «.) 



Arior mediocris, elegans, Lauri facie. Bam-uli rngosi, nigricantes, glabri. Folia 

 basi rotundata vel acutiuscula, apice angustata, 5-7 poll, longa, 1^2 lata, petiole 

 ■^-poll., tenuiter coriacea, rigida, nervis crebre reticulatis. Pedicelli ^-polfioares, 

 bracteola in medio pediceUo ovali vel rotundata. Flores albi. Petala fere semi- 

 pollicaria. Antherce exteriores interdum anantherae. Carpella globosa, glabra, cir- 

 citer sexsperma. 



This tree is said by Mr. Dalzell to yield valuable timber of a reddish colour. It 

 wiU probably be found to be also a native of Malabar. 



3. S. elliptica (H.f. et T.) ; foliis lineari-oblongis, floribus axU- 

 laribus vel secus ramos crassiores soKtariis aut fasciculatis, pedicellis 

 brevissimis basi squamulosis, floribus dioicis 12-andris, sepalis ciliatis, 

 carpellis obovatis. — Uvaria elliptica, Alph. BO. M6m. 37 ; Wall. Cat. 

 6470! 



Hab. In prov. Tenasserim ad Tavoy, Wall.l^iv.s.) 



Arior excelsa, cortioe ramulorum albido vel griseo Isevi glabro. Folia 10 poll, 

 longa, fere 3 lata, pet. l^-poU., basi obtusa, apice obtusa vel acuta, crasse coriacea, 

 nervis vix conspicuis. Bracteola in medio pediceUo rotundata. Sepala margine 

 membranacea. PetalalsAe ovalia, margine ciliata, | poll, longa. Carpella immatura 

 obovato-oblonga. 



3. S. Thwaitesii (H.f. et T.) ; foliis auguste oblongis, floribus 

 secus ramos crassiores fasciculatis icosandris Lermaphroditis, 



