166 FLOUA INDICA. [Monimiacea . 



(ex Blume 4, secundum Hasskarl pluribus) bi-triserialibus conniventibus 

 subolauso. Masc. Stamina 5-7 ; filamenta brevia ; antherae basifixse. 

 F(EM. Ovaria indefinita, pyramidata. Stigma sessile, obtusum. DrupcB 

 siccse, stipitatse, calyci deraum fisso et reflexo indurate insidentes. Al- 

 bumen carnosum. — Arbor procera, foliis inconspicue repando-dentatis, in- 

 florescentia axillari racemosa, floribus mimttis aurantiacis. 



This genus seems abundantly distinct by the definite stamens, and, according to 

 Hasslcarl, by the scales of the involucre in several rows. It wants the staniinal 

 glands of Hortonia. Our materials do not enable us to add anything to the infor- 

 mation given regarding it by Blume and Hasskarl. The latter tells us that the 

 cotyledons are very small and adpressed. Only one species is known. 



1. K. coriacea (Endl. Gen. 314). — Bron^niartia coriacea, Bl. 

 Bijdr. 436. Soiadioarpus Brongniartii, Haask. Plant. Jav. Rar. 309. 

 Hab. Ad Malacca, Griffith!— (v. a.) 

 DiSTRiB. Java, Blume. 



Arbor excclsa ; rami crassi, teretes, ad nodos subcompressi ; ramuli complanati, 

 puberuli. Folia ampla, coriacea, ovato-oblonga, acuta vel acuminata, 5-10 poll, 

 longa, 2i-5 poll, lata, petiolo i-l-poUicari, versus apiccm repanda aut subserrata, 

 supra glaberrima, subtus ad nervum medium puberula. Ci/mie axiUares, petiolos 

 superautes. Calyx subglobosus, vix .^-pollicaris. Filamenta parva, obovata, com- 

 planata; anther <s ^xwAt^.. Drupis 1—15 calyci indurato reflexo margine truncate 

 insidentes, oblongae, ^-poUicarcs, pedunculo :|-pollicari sufFultse. 



The details given above are chiefly taken from Hasskarl's description, as we have 

 only seen one very imperfect fruiting specimen, bearing a single drupe. 



3. HORTONIA, Wight. 



Mores hermaphroditi. Petala (cum sepalis) circa 80, multiserialia, 

 sestivatione imbricata, basi subcohasrentia, exteriora cavnosa rotundata, 

 interiora sensim longiora et tenuiora, intima ligulata acuta. Sta- 

 mina 7-10, ad marginem tori explanati uniserialia. Filamenta cylin- 

 drica, basi glandulis 3 magnis camosis cucullatis extus stipata. An- 

 tJierts extrorsae, adnatse, late ovales, biloculares, longitudinaliter de- 

 hiscentes. Ovaria indefinita (15-30), oblongo-subulata, stigmate ses- 

 sili dilatato erecto acuto. BruptB dense glomeratse, siccse, ovoidege, 

 lateraliter compressse. Putamen Iseve, fragile. Semen pendulum ; testa 

 tenuis ; cJialaza magna, basilaris ; rliaphe marginalis conspicua. Alhu- 

 men oleosum ; embryo minutus, in albuinine inolusus, cotyledonibus 

 ovalibus obtusis divaricatis, radicula supera. — Frutices glahri, foliis 

 integerrimis, inflorescentia axillari cymosa, floribus pallideflavis. 



1. H. floribunda C^^ght ex Arn. in Jard. Mag. Zool. Bot. ii. 545). 

 Var. a. acuminata ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis vel longe acu- 

 minatis subtus pallidis. — H. floribunda, Wight, Ic. t. 1997. H. acumi- 

 nata, Wight, Ic. t. 1998,/^. dext. 



Var. fi. ovalifolia ; foliis ovalibus obtusiusculis crassioribus mar- 

 gine reflexis subtus lucidis. — H. ovalifolia, Wight, Ic. t. 1998. /y. «». 

 Hab. In Zeylanise sylvis, alt. 4-6000 ped.. Walker! Gardner! 

 Wlglit ! Tliwaites ! — {v. s.) 



