Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 225 



one cell is fertile and contains a single seed. Seed fur- 

 nished with albumen ; embryo inverse^ with flat cotyledons 

 and superior radicle. 



06*.— This may perhaps be one of the smaller varieties of 

 Ganitrus mentioned by Rumphius ; it differs from E. Ga- 

 nitrus of Roxburgh, who quotes Rumphius III. t. 10, in the 

 number of the stamina, the position of the racemes, and 

 the number of fertile cells in the nut. Compare Adenodus 

 sylvestris, Loureiro Fl : Cochinch : p. 294. which agrees in 

 the number of the stamina. I suspect Gaertner must have 

 fallen into an eror in representing the embryo erect in his 

 Ganitrus, in this it is certainly inverse. 



MONOCERA. (W, J.J 



Elceocarpi Species. 



Calyx pentaphyllus. Corolla pentapetala, petalis apice 

 laciniatis, saepe sericeis. Stamina plura, antheris apice de- 

 hiscentibus, unicornibus, valvula altera majore. Ovarium 

 basi glandulis cinctum, biloculare, polysporum. Drupa nuce 

 1—2 sperma. 



TRis genus whose characters appear to be sufficiently 

 distinct, will include, besides the following new species, 

 several hitherto referred to Elaeocarpus, viz. E. Mono- 

 cera, Cavanilles, the separation of which has already been 

 suggested, and of which the specific name may be appro- 

 priately adopted for the geuus, E. rugosus, E. aristatus, and 

 E. bilocularis of Roxburgh, probably also E. grandiflorus 

 and E, reticulatus, Sir J. E. Smith in Rees' Cyclopedia. The 

 E. dentatus, Dicer a dentata, Forst : may also belong to this, 

 if, as remarked by Sir J. E. Smith, Rees' Cycl. in loco, the 

 anthers have only one of their valves awned, not both equal, 

 as originally stated by Forster. His capsule may perhaps 

 be only the ovary, which will then agree with the present 

 genus. 



