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Malay. Binjaee. 

 Sumatra. Malacca. 



A large tree. Branches rough with the vestiges of the 

 fallen leaves. Leaves fifteen or sixteen inches long, alter- 

 nate, petiolate, broad-lanceolate, acuminate, tapering to the 

 base and decurrent on the petiole, very entire, smooth, thick 

 and rigid, strongly nerved, the middle rib flattened. Petioles 

 short. Panicles large, erect, terminal, finely tomentose, of a 

 glaucous reddish-colour. Bracts small. Calyx erect, slightly 

 tomentose. Corolla erect, purple within, paler without. 

 Nectary small, sHghtly lobed. Stamina on the nectary, one 

 fertile. Style oblique. Fruit oblong-obovate, of a reddish 

 white colour.— W. Jack. 



^mCalyx inferus, tubulosus, deciduus, ore irregulariter rup- 

 tus. Corolla pentapetala, petalis stipiti germinis insertis. 

 Stamina quinque, petalis alterna, filamentis longitudine fere 

 coroUae ; antheris oblongis. Ovarium trilobum, lobis monos- 

 poris, saepe abortivis. Styli 1 — 3 ex apicibus loborum 



ovarii, staminibus breviores. Stigmata obtusa. Bacca re- 

 niformis, hinc sulcata, cortice varicoso, monosperma. Semen 

 exalbuminosum ; embryone erecto, pseudo-monocotyledoneo, 

 fissura laterali ; radicula incurva. 



Arbor succo resinoso caustico scatens, foliis simplicibus 

 exstipularibuSf floribus paniculatis. 



This genus is nearly related to Rhus, but distinguished 

 by the following particulars. The petals and stamina are 

 both inserted on the stipes of the ovary, which is not sur- 

 rounded by a nectarial ring, as in Rhus, and is three-lobed 

 when perfect. The styles are inserted on the lobes of the 

 ovary, and do not spring from one point. Their number 



STAGMARIA. W. J.* 



Pentandria Trigynia. 



* Companion to the Botanical Magazine, 1. 267. 



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