110 I'LOEA INDICA. [Jnonacea. 



broader style, wMch is not more than half the length of the ovary ; but this charac- 

 ter cannot be considered of much importance, in the absence of other differences. 

 Blume does not represent bis species with looping nerves ; but authentic specimens 

 communicated by himself show them to be so, and to be dotted, like all the other 

 thin-leaved species of Qoniothalamus. 



11. G. Griffithii (H.f. et T.) ; foliia oblongis obtuse acuminatis 

 basi acutis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis, sepalis obtusis, petalis longe 

 acuminatis. 



Hab. In Mei-gui, Griffilh !—{v. s. in Hb. Wight.) 



Hamuli rugosi, grisei vel nigricantes. Folia 6-8 poU. louga, 2|— 3 lata, petiolo 

 ^-poll., teuuiter coriacea, in sicco nervosa, glaberrima, nitida, subtus pallida, pellu- 

 cido-puuctata. Pedunculi petiolnm sequantes, basi distiche squamigeri, deflesi. Se- 

 pala basi coalita, fere rotundata, obtusa, in sicco nervosa, \ poll, longa, pnberula. 

 Fefala exteHora bipollicaria, oblongo-lanceolata, longe attenuata, basi parum cou- 

 tracta, crasse coriacea, glabra ; interiora in mitram ^-poll. altam coalita, parce stri- 

 goso-pubescentia. Stamina lineari-oblonga, ultra autheras in processum carnosum 

 acutum producta. Ovaria strigoso-pilosa, stylo longe subulato terminata. 



Very near G. macropkylla^ Blume, but with flowers twice as large, and a different 

 style. It is, however, described from a single specimen, and, as we have ah'eady 

 said, our materials are not sufficient to enable^ us to ascertain the value of characters 

 in this genus. 



7. OROPHEA, Blume. 



Bocagea, Bl. Fl. Jav. non St. Hit. 



Sepala 3. Petala 6, fest. valvata ; exteriora ovalia, interiora ungui- 

 culata, laminis in mitram cobaerentibus. Stamina definita, 6-12, toro 

 vix convexo inserta, carnosa, ovalia, dorso antberam bilocularem geren- 

 tia. Ovaria 3-15, oblonga vel obovata ; omda in sutura ventrali 2-4. 

 Stigma sessile, oapitatum vel oblongum. — Arbores vel frutices, foliis 

 parvis, floribus axillaribus fasciculatis vel cymosis mediocribus velparvis. 



This genus, which was originally instituted by Blume in the Bijdragen, was after- 

 wards reduced by him to Bocagea, St. Hilaire. M. Alph. De Candolle and Mr. 

 Bennett have, however, both objected to this, and stated their conviction that there 

 are too many important differences between the two genera to justify their union. 

 The long-clawed inner petals, usually more delicate in texture than is common in the 

 Order, distinguish it from all the genera except Mitrephora, from which it may at 

 once be known by the definite stamens. The reduced number of stamens is the chief 

 resemblance between Orophea and Bocagea, which have no close agreement in habit 

 or inflorescence. The stamina of Orophea are in structure more like those of Sac- 

 copetalece than the more ordinary state of these organs in Anonaceae ; but we do not 

 place sufficient reliance upon this character to induce us to refer the genus to that 

 section of the Order, because the majority of characters appear to indicate the pro- 

 pi'iety of associating it with Mitrephorea. In this group, however, it certainly forms 

 the transition to Saccopetalece, standing as it were on the border between the two 

 tribes. Bocagea, with small inner petals, not contracted at the base, appears to belong 

 to SaccopetaleiB. The species of Orophea are all Asiatic, and are confined to the 

 most tropical provinces. In the "Western Peninsula they do not occur north of Ma- 

 labar. One only is found in Ava, but several inhabit the Malayan Peninsula, and ex- 

 tend thence to the Malayan Archipelago, which appears to possess many species. 



1- O. Heyneana (H.f. et T.) ; fobis coriaceis ovato-lanceolatis ob- 

 tusis glaberrimis, pedunculis abbreviatis oppositifoliis 1-2-floris, sta- 



