322 G. King — Mtiieruds for a Flora of the Malayan Fenimula, [No. I, 
the edgea eofeire; both surfaces Mntiiiag, tho tower iniich reticulate j 
main nerves 9-12 pairs, spretidiing', curving upwards ; length 3'»5-5'5 in^, 
breadth l*25-2"5 in., petiole '25- 35 in. fWcicies 6-1 0-flowered, axillary, 
shorter than the petioles. Fhumrs lesa than "1 in, long", the pedicels 
about as long ai the fruit-prodiicing Uowers, eub-dicBcioua ; the stamen- 
bearing flowers with perfect petals, but the oyarj and stigma abortive ; 
the flowefs with fertile ovaries and with perfect afcigmas having imper- 
fect stamens and often abortive petals. Fruit a globular glabmua berrj 
*1-'15 in. in diam. Blume Mas. Bofc. Lmgd. Bat. I, 127, t. XXXI ; Miq. 
FL Tnd. Bat, Vol. I. PL I, 592 ; Knrz For. Flora Burma, T, 451 ; Hook, 
fih Fl. Br, Ind. II, 440. a Dryptnpetalum, Blum© Mua. 1. c. 127 ; Miq. 
Fl, Ind. Bat. I. c. 592. Dnjittopelalii'ni coi^aceum, Am. in Ann. Nat. 
Hist. I, 372. (3. reticulata, A. Gray, Bot. Amer, E:spl. Expedite Vol, 7, 
607 ? Microtropis coHacea, Wall. Cat. 4338. Casearia ? acuminaiaf 
Wall. Cat, 7198. Euhiacea, Wall. Cat. 8455. 
In all the provinces ; common. Distrib, The Malayan Archipelago. 
8. Antsophtllea, Br. 
Trees and shrubs, Lmves exstipulate, distichous, obliquely ovate- 
lanceolate or elliptic, with 3-5 main nerves proceeding from the l>ase 
(the neiTation pintiate in one species), quite entire } the alternrtte leaves 
sometimes smaller or minute and Btipuliform, Flowers monoeciong^ 
minntef in axillary simple or fascicled spikes, ebracteate or minutely 
bracteolate. Cahjo^-tnhe of 9 flower ovoid, adnate to the ovary, terete 
or ribbed ; limb 4-fid,lobeB erect. Petals 4, small, involute, entire, lobed 
or lacerate. Stamens 8 ; filaments short, subulate ; anthers small, didy- 
mous, usually abortive in the females. Ovary inferior, 4-celled ; styles 
4f, subulate, erect or recurved, stigmas acute or subcapitate ; ovules 
solita-ry in each eel!, pendulous, anatropous. Fruit coriaceous, oblong 
or pyi'iform, ribbed or smooth, l-seeded. Seed pendulous, exalbnmin- 
oua, testa coriaceous, embryo clavate, cotyledons very small or 0, radicle 
large. DiSTHiB. Species 10, natives of Tropical Asia and Africa, 
trcavoe dimorphone ... ... ... 1. A. dUtkha. 
Leavea uniform " 
Flowera apetaloiiB,,. ... ... „, 2. A, apettUa, 
Flowers with 4 petals 
Petftls minute, (loltoid ,. ... .., 3. A, Gaudichaudiana. 
Petals thick, Habquadrate, entire or sabe margin ate 4. A. Grijjfithii, 
Petela 3-fid at the apex ... ... 6. Scorteckinii. 
PetflJs divided to the vesj base into oiirrow seg- 
njents ... ... i.. A. Cuftiaii, 
1. Anisopkyllea dieticha, Baill. in Adansonia^ XI, 311. A shrub 
with ferruginous-pilose slender branches. Laaves dimorphous, in two 
