Ooniotkalamus.] flora indica. 105 



guiculata, ajst. valvata. Stamina numero subdefinita, 13-31, cuneata, 

 truncato-capitata, antherarum loculis dorsalibus oblongis discretis. Ova- 

 ria 5-7, ovali-oblonga, strigoso-pilosa, stylo magno obovato verruculoso 

 reourvo. Ovulum e basi erectum, solitarium (vel 3 parietina). Car- 

 pella monosperma. — Arbores, foliis^amis, nervis diatantibus obliquis in- 

 conspicuis, fioribus minutis oppositifoliis. 



This genus, which was established by EndKcher for the reception of Bocagea pi- 

 socarpa, of Blurae, appears to be the proper place for the Wallichian species which 

 we here refer to it, notwithstanding some discrepancies in the structure of the orary 

 between it and Blume's plant. Ouv specimens are so imperfect that we have been 

 able to examine very few ovaries, but in every case we found the ovules solitary and 

 erect. The petals being very different from those of Orophea, it does not seem de- 

 sirable to imite our plant to that genus, though probably, unless the genus Popowia 

 had been already established, we should have put it there till its structure was bet- 

 ter known. The flowers are small, and the petals are only very slightly unguicu- 

 late at the base, so that the genus is intermediate between Milrephorece and Guat- 

 teriea. A plant fi-om Natal, in South Africa, and another from North Australia, 

 collected by Armstrong, seem to be referable to the same genus. The imperfectly 

 known Uvaria Fogelii, Hook, fil., from the Quorra, in West Africa, is perhaps also a 

 congener. 



1. P. ramosissima (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis subtus 

 secus nervos tomentosis, staminibus 18. — Guatteria? ramosissima, Wall. 

 Cat. 7394! 



Hab. In peninsula Malayana? Wall.! loco speciali omisso, sed 

 cum pluribus plantis e Penang longe post cseteras Anonaceas Herbarii 

 Walliohiani distributa. — (». s.) 



Arbor ramosissima. Hamuli rugulosi, cortice nigricante glabro ; juniores laxe fer- 

 rugineo-tomentosi. Folia basi rotundata, acuta vel acuminata, 3-4 poU. longa, 

 1-1— 1|- lata, petiolo vix -^^ poll, longo, tomentoso, tenuiter coriacea, opaca, utrinque 

 glabra, praster costam nervosque subtus pubescentes. PeduncuU oppositifoUi, fiK- 

 formes, vix \ poll, longi, tomentosi, uniflori, medio unibracteati. Alabastri rufo- 

 pilosi. Ovaria 6, dense aureo-atrigosa; ovulum solitarium e basi erectum. Fmctus 

 ignotus. 



6. GOWIOTHALAMUS, Blume. 



Polyalthia, § Goniothalamus, Bl. Fl. Jav. 



Sepala 3, plerumque magna. Petala 6, sestivatione valvata ; exte- 

 riora plana, crasse coriacea, ovata, oblonga vel elongata ; interiora late 

 unguiculata, crasse coriacea, laminis incurvis in mitram conicam arete 

 cohasrentibus. Stamina indefinita, conneetivo ultra antheras lineari- 

 oblongas discrete biloculares in processum ovalem vel capitatum pro- 

 ducto. Torus parum elevatus, truncatus, medio ssepe excavatus. Ovaria 

 indefinita (rarius subdefinita), lineari-oblonga, strigoso-pilosa, biovu- 

 lata. Ovula axi pauUo supra basin inserta, superposita, in mucilagine 

 nidulantia. Stylus oblongus vel ssepius elongatus, intus sulcatus. Car- 

 pella oblonga, semine solitario fere Ouatterix. — Arbores parvce vel fru- 

 tices, foliis supra nitidis, nervis obliquis parallelis dktaniibus non pro- 

 minentiJjus, venulis prope marginem arcuatis conspicuis junctis, pedunculis 

 axillaribus vel supra-axillariius unifloris. 



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