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forms the anther, is evidently only a widely d^ated connec- 

 tive. 



Obser. III. — Most authors agree in referring Chloran- 

 thacete to the neighbourhood of Pipnaceae and Sausuracea, 

 which is unquestionably their true position, the point of 

 attachment of their ovule being the only important distinc- 

 tion between them. 



Strombosia. — Blume Bijdr. 1154. G. Don Diet. 2. p. 

 2\. Meisner Gen. 71.(51.) Endl. n. 5752. 



(Ord. Nat. Olacine^e.) 



Char. Gen. — Calyx adnatus, 5-fidus. Corollce petala 5, 

 intus villosa, cestivatione valvata, apicibus sub antheri revo- 

 luta. Stamina 5, cum petalis inserta, iis opposita et basi 

 adnata. Antherce oblongas, introrsae, inclusae, 2-loculares 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium disco immersum, basi 

 5-loculare. Ovula tot quot loculi spurii ex apice placentae, 

 pendula, anatropa. Stylus brevis, filiformis. Stigma 5-lobum, 

 lobis obtusis. Drupa oblonga, exsucca, calyce toto adnata, 

 monosperma. Semen inversum, testa membranacea. Embryo 

 in axi albuminis, (copiosi carnosi,) orthotropus, apici fructus 

 proximus, brevissimus terebinsculus ; Cotyledonibus compla- 

 natis, orbiculatis ; radicula magna, supera. — Arbores Java- 

 niece, et Ceylanica inermes\ foliis alternis, exstipulatis, inte- 

 gerrimis, lucidis, penniveniis } floribus infasciculis axillaribus 



1. Strombasia Ceylanica. 



Hab. — In dense virgin forests on the mountains near 

 Kandy. Flowers in October. 



Descr. — A tree 50-60-feet high. Branches round, the young 

 ones subflexuose, and of a green colour. Leaves alternate, exstipu- 

 late, petiolate, oblong, or ovate- oblong, acuminate, obtuse at the base ; 

 entire, glabrous, shining, penninenous, veins about six on each side, 

 midrib, prominent both above and below, from 4- 7 -inches long, and 



