1896.] G,King^MateiiaUforaFl>cA-avffkeUithiyanVenin8tiU^ 48? 
long» on pGdicols '2 in. long, buds ellipsoid. Ctthjx tubtdar or narrowly 
campanulate, its mouth witli 3 bi-oadly-ti-iaiigular unequal teetb, 
pubcruloufl externallyj witlieriug and bantling i-oimd the pedicels liko 
a Idose coUav, Peitils 5, slightly imbricate^ elliptic, sab-actite, apreatling 
or scib-reflexed, '2 in, Ifjng, tonienfcoae outsidej pnbesconfc ia.side. SfamoTis 
5, nearly as loug as fehe petnls j authei's small, ovate; Jtlmneuh subuhitc, 
pubeacent below the miilillo. Ooary globose or obovoid, slioi'fcer tlian 
the gynophofe, both tomenfcose ; ovide solitary, podosperm from 
tlie veiy base of tlie ceil : styU longei- than the ovai-y, tiylindric, pubes- 
ceiit except near the apex, slujnui tmncnte. Fruit an known. 
Porak : King's OolUictor, No. 5552. 
This differs in calyx* Ci'om Mdanorritma as nsually anderi^ttKX.1, 
inasniuch as iu this plaut tlic calyx separates from tlie flower soon after 
expansion and remains as a loose H-tootlit'd collar hanging ronini 
the pedicel ; whereas iu Melamrrhasa^ as hitherto defined, tbe calyx is 
culyplrifurm and is pu^^hed off thti tlower by I he expanfiiou of the petals. 
In both cases the calyx ia, deciduous ; in the one case it sepsi rates 
from tho flower by the apex of the latter, in the other case by ils 
base. 
^ Q. Melanor«boea aptera, King n. ep. A tree 40 to 70 feet hJfrJi ; 
young branches stout, with mugh cinei-coua bark^ tho cicatrices of (he 
fallen leaves very prominent. Leaver very coi'faccoils, obhun-efihite- 
obiong or obovate-elliptic; the apex broad and rounded, rarely with 
a short sub-acute point; nan-owed fj'oin above the middle and decnr- 
rcnt on the short stout petiole; the edges qui I e entire, slightly rcvolntts 
Avhen dry ; both siirfaeey glabrous, the upper pale greenish-bi-own when 
diy, the lower tmiwn, tho midrib on the upper surfiico broad and flat- 
tened m its lower half, on the lower surface convex ; main lateral nerves 
15 to 38 paii-i?, spi-eadiug, rather sLraigh t, soniewh"fit prominent beneath ; 
IcDgth 6 to 15 iti., breadth 2 to G in.; petiole S to.I in., atont. Pamelas 
shorter or lotvger (ban tho leaver, axillary, crowded near the' ends of 
the twigs; their branches short, racemose, few^-flowered, glaucous. Flower- 
hulls narrowly ellijisoid, glabrous, ebracteate. Floimrs 1 in. in diani,^ 
their pedicels '25 to 3 in. long, sparsely adpressed-pubeseout. GaJyx 
glabrous, about "5 in. long at the time of falling. Petals 5 or (>, much 
imbricale, obianceolate, densely adpressed-sericeous ontfiido, glalu-oufi 
inside. Stamens numerous (about 50), on a conical torus which ia pro- 
duced npwards into a gynophora. Otw^ obliquely ovoid, compressed, 
ridged, glabrous, 1-celScd, with a single oblong ovule [leinliilens from- 
a basal fuuiele. 8li/le sub- terminal, stout, bent, ghtbi-oiis, lonL,''ei' thnn 
tbo ovary ; stigma short, cylindric. Drupe depreHsod-gbibftf!ie, glabrous, 
with numerous thin vertical J-idges, J "5 in. in diam. Soe>l solitary, 
