POISON TREE OF JAVA* 9 



The cliaracters of the genus are ; 



Male-flower — Calix consisting of several 

 scales, which are imbricate. 



Corol none — Stamens Filaments raany, very 

 short, covered hy the scales of the receptacle- 

 anthers. 



The receptacle on which the Filaments are 

 placed, has a conical forra, abrupt^ somewhat 

 rounded above. 



Fem4le-flower— Catkins OTate, Calix con- 

 sisting of a number of imbricate scales (genera!^ 

 Ij morethan in the male) containing one flowen 



Corol, none. 



Pistil — Germ single, ovate, erect^ Style^ t^o, 

 long, slender, spreading, Stlgmas simple, acute. 



Seed'Vesselj an oblong drupe^ covered with the 

 calix. 



Scfd, an ovate nut with one cell, 



Specific Description. 

 The Antshar is one of the largest trees in the 

 Forest of Java. The stem is cylindrical, per- 

 pendicular, and rises completely naked to the 

 height of sixty, seventy or «ighty feet, — Near 

 the surface of the ground it spreads obliquely, 

 dividing into numerous broad appendages or 

 wings, much like the Canarium commune and 



