214 FLORA INDIOA. \_Lardizahalece . 



2. PARVATIA, Decaisne. 



Sepala 6, biserialia, ext. eest. valvata. Petala 6, lanceolata, sepalis 

 multo minora. Stamina in masoulis monadelplia, connectivo ultra an- 

 tlieras oblongas apiculato, in foemineis minima libera abortiva. Ova- 

 ria 3, ovoidea, stylo oblongo acuto apiculata. Oviila parieti affixa, 

 sparsa, pilis immersa. — Frutex scaiidens, foliis iri/oliolaiis, iuAoKScentia 

 axillari racemosa, floribus parvuUs ex alho viridescentibiis. 



This little genus, of which only one species is known, is closely allied to Staun- 

 tonia, from which, however, it is at once distingnished by the presence of petals and 

 hy the trifoliolate (not digitate) leaves. 



1. P. Brunoniana (Decaisne, Arch. Mus. i. 190. 1. 13 A) ; foHolis 

 ternis lanceolato-ovatis acuminatis supra nitidis subtus glaucesoentibus, 

 floribus racemosis laxis, pedunculis subfasciculatis. — Stauntonia Bruno- 

 niana, Trail. Ca^. 4592 ! 



Hab. In montibus Khasia, alt. 3-4000 ped. !— (Fl. Oct. Nov.) (y. v.) 



Frutex alte scandens, rarais teretibus cortice rugoso suberoso pallido. Hamuli 

 pnrpurei, striati, subangulati. Folia longe petiolata, petiolis basi incrassatis ; foliola 

 ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, obtuse vel argute acumiiata, rarius ohtusa, basi rotun- 

 data, glabra, supra lucida, subtus glauca, 3-5 poll, longa, 1-31 lata, jietiolulis an- 

 gulatis medio 1-1^ poll, longo, lateralibus dimidio brevioribus. Pedunculi axillares, 

 fasciculati, tuherculo squamigero inserti, 2-4 poll, longi, rigidiusculi, flexuosi, gracilcs. 

 PediceUi patentes, bracteola lineari-membranacea suffulti, longi. Mores foeminei mas- 

 culis fere duplo majores -l-pollicares. SepAla teuuia, tenuiter nervosa. CaryeUa (1 

 tantum visum) ovoidea, utrinque ohtusa, granulosa, \\ poll, longa. Semina in pidpa 

 nidulantia, uudique afRxa. 



"We have before us two specimens from the valley of Assam, one collected by Grif- 

 fith and one by Mr. Simons, which are probably referable to this species, as they 

 only diifer by the leaves being obtuse and thinner in texture, both very variable cha- 

 racters in this Order. The flowers, which are male, are identical with those of P. 

 Brunoniana. 



3. HOLLBOLLIA, Wall, (nou Hook.) 



Sepala 6, biserialia, ext. test, valvata, int. subimbrioata. Petala 6, 

 minuta, squamfeformia, rotundata. Stamina 6, libera ; ftlameuta (in 

 foemineis minima efl'oeta) crassiusoula, cylindrica ; anthera lineares, 

 extrorse biloculares, connectivo apiculatte. Ocaria (in masculis rudi- 

 mentaria) lineari-oblonga, pulpa repleta, stigmnte oblongo terniinala. 

 Ooula numerosa, parietibus undique affixa, pilis immersa, orthotropa, 

 demum anatropa. Carpella indebiscentia, baccata, polysperma, septis 

 pulposis a pariete ortis medium fere attingentibus pseudo-multilooula- 

 ria. Semina in loculis solitaria, anatropa vel semi-anatropa, testa fusca 

 cartilaginea. — Frutices alte scandentes, foliis digitalis 3-d-foliolatis, ra- 

 cemis axillaribus corymbiformibus, floribus pia-piireis vel viridescentibiis. 



This genus was originally founded by "Wallieh in his Tcntamen 11. Nep., but after- 

 wards abandoned by him on the supposition that it was not distinct from Stauntonia, 

 DC. Decaisne has, however, clearly shown that unless all the digitate plants of the 

 Order are to be reduced to one genus, a course which does not seem to us advisable. 



