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lowermost, all pedicellate. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla purple 

 towards the centre, 5-parted, furnished with 10 callous nec- 

 taries or glands at the base. In the male the filament is 

 columnar, bearing 10 anthers which diverge in a radiated 

 circle round the submit. The female has a 3-lobed ovary 

 surmounted by 3 styles with bifid stigmata. 



Ohs. — There can be little doubt of the identity of this plant 

 with Rumphius's Arbor spicularum, of which he says he 

 was never able to procure the flower. I have seen great 

 numbers of these plants in the woods, but only once was 

 successful in observing the flower, and have never met with 

 the fruit. As the spike however fortunately contained both 

 male and female flowers, its characters have been sufficiently 

 determined to assign its proper place. It comes nearest to 

 Cluytia, but differs in the corolla and in having ten anthers 

 with filaments united into a central column. Both its fruc- 

 tification and habit appear to distinguish it from all the 

 present genera of the Euphorbiaceous family. 



XXXIX. STILAGINEiE. 



ANTIDESMA FRUTESCENS. (W. J,) 



Frutescens, foliis oblongo-ovalibus basi rotundatis supra 

 glabris, racemis terminalibus et axillaribus subpaniculatis ge- 

 minis solitariisque, nectarii glandulis quinis cum staminibus 

 alternantibus. 



Bencoolen. 



A small dioecious shrub not exceeding a few feet in height. 

 Branchlets tomentose. Leaves alternate, petiolate, oblong- 

 oval, rounded and sometimes subcordate at the base, acute, 

 sometimes terminated by a short mucro or awn, entire, 

 smooth above, subtomentose beneath, chiefly on the nerves ; 

 three inches long. Stipules long, subulate, acute. Racemes 



