152 XXXII. ICACINACEiE [Mappkt 



tlie Konkan soutliwarcls, generally in evergreen forests. Nilgiris, Ananialaib, Palnis. 

 Fl. MaroTi-AtLg. No difference between this and il/. ot'«^<nr, Miers, and ohloncja, Mieis. 

 .¥. tomentosa.^ Miers (Hteinonurus (?) jfcBtidu^, Wiglit Ic. t. 955) Nilgiris, inflorebcence 

 and tinder side of leaves tomentose, is a remarkable form of tliis mobt variable species. 



3. APODYTES, E. Meyer ; El. Erit. Ind. i. 587. 

 (Species 7, tropical Asia and Africa.) 



1. A. Benthamiana, Wight Ic. t. 1153; Bedd. EL Sylv. t, 140. 



A middle-sized tree. L. coriaceous, turning black in drying, obtuse elliptic- 

 ovate. El. bisexual, pentamerous, white, | in. long, in short rigid terminal 

 panicles, calyx minute, cup-shaped, petals free, valvate. Stamens 5, alternating 

 with petals, anthers oblong, sagittate, longer than filaments. Ovary hairy^ 

 obliquely gibbous, style lateral. Drupe reniform, scar of style lateral, embryo 

 small, in the apex of fleshy albumen. 



Nilgiris, Anamalais, Travancore and Tinnevelli bills, 5-7,000 ft. PI Feb. Ceylon. 

 2. A. Beddomei, Masters. Nortli Kanara 2,000 ft., Soutli Kanara, Nilgiris. Tinnevelli 

 bills at 3,000 ft. A bandsome tree. L. ovate acuminate, membranous, panicles ample. 

 Fl. J in.. Ovary glabrous, 



PWebocalymna GriffitMana, Mast. {G-onocaryimi Qrijfithianum, Kurz ]?, Fl. i. 211) is a 

 middle-sized glabrous evergreen tree, frequent in swamp forests of Tenasserim and 

 Southern Pegu. L. coriaceous, shining above, 3-6 in, long. Fl, minute, polygamous, 

 pentamerous, the male in small globose heads, the bisexual flowers in short axillary 

 spikes, sepals broad-ovate, acute, thick, petals more or less cohering. Stamens alter- 

 nating with petals. Fr, 2 in. long, pericarp woody, oblong. P. LoUbiana^ Mast., is 

 probably the same. 



Gonocaryum gracile, Miquel ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 240, Tenasserim, Sumatra. An evergreen 

 shrub or tree, has a 2-celled ovary, the fruit is dry, spongy, 4-gonous, 1-seeded, the 

 second cell small and empty. 



4. PHYTOCRENE, Wall.; El. B. Ind. i. 591. 



(Species 7, Indo-Malayan region.) 



1. P. gigantea, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 216. 



A gigantic woody climber, the trunk often 12 in. thick, irregularly tubercled, 

 branchlets often prickly. Branchlets, petioles, nerves and underside of leaves 

 tawny- or rusty-hirsute. L. from a deeply cordate base broadly ovate, some- 

 times B-lobed, blade G-10, petiole 2-3 in. long, basal nerves 3. El. dioecious, 

 ^ : Innumerable in small globose clusters on long compact racemiform panicles, 

 from the old wood, often near the grou.nd. ? : In large solitary globose peduncu- 

 late heads. Perianth of 4 segments, free or united below, in the <? supported 

 by an involucre of 3-5 bracts. Stamens 4, alternating with segments of perianth. 

 Ovary villous, stigma sessile, often lobed. Drupes numerous, packed in large 

 heads. 



Pegu Yoma, along streams, more frequent in Tenasserim. PL Feb.-March, The 

 structure of Fh^toerene is most remarkable. Outside a continuous but nairow 

 cylinder of wood, which surrounds the pith, are seen on a transverse section 5-17 

 radial masses of wood with very wdde vessels, alternating with narrower radial masses 

 of bast. Outside this original cylinder of wood and bast, older stems show numex'ou.^ 

 detached masses of wood and bast, arranged more or less in concentric zones, Large 

 quantities of water flow from fresh cut stems. 



^. E "bracteata, Wall. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, supposed to grow in South 

 Tenasserim. <? panicles cylindric, 4-8 in. long, with subulate, curved hispid bracts, h in. 

 long. Drupes densely covered with yellowish bristles, crowded in dense pendulou«=? 

 clusters, as large as a man's head. 



5. MIQUELIA, Meissner : PL Brit Ind. i. 593. 



(Species 5, Indo-Malayan region.) 



1. M. Kleinii, Meissn.— Syn Jcnkinsia assamica^ Griff., Gale. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist. vol. iv. p. 321 t. 12. 



