1900,^ G. King — Matenah for a Flora of Ihe Malatfan Peninsula, 3 
•* Jionger itatnena hoinng the connective afbaaevafiouetv • 
tippendaged hut not with two long briotl^ in front (equal and with 
iu'O short WifttliB in one gpacies^} 
Foar vorticjil platos on the ovary ,„ 12. Anplsctbum. 
••# Stamens eqaal or nearly so. 
Oonneotire not ivt all or Tcry ehortly produced at the base, 
but having 2 tuberolea in froot and a spur behind ... 13. MKOiNrCLA. 
Anthers not produced at the ba«« ; connective with tafted 
beard at tho baae behind bat not sparred ... 14. PoGONANTREaA. 
Cotiiiectire not produced at tho bnea and with no ap* 
pendfigeB io front, bat minutely apanrad behind, not 
bearded „. ... ,.. ... ... 16. Pachtckntbia, 
SoBORDER II. AsTUONtEiE. Omrtf ; ovules veiy many 
on }iai'iefcal nearly basal placentas. Se^ds very many. Antkei^s sliort, 
opGiiiii^ by slits. Fruit bnceate. 
Cilyx-tube Bniooth, Paiiides terminal ... 16. Asteonia. 
Calyx-tube TerrncoBe. Cyinea eraiill ... ... 17, PTSftNAKOKA, 
Suborder III. Memecylej!. Omry l^celled j ovnles about. 9 on a 
basal sliorfc free-central placenta. Stamens equal ; antliei's sliort, open- 
ing by pores or sliorfc elits. Berry l-seeded. — Lmve» usually piimute- 
n erred. 
Stamens 8 ... ... ... ... 18. MituecirLON. 
1. Otantbeea, Blunio. 
Slender eliruba. Leaves membranouH, entire, S-S-nerved. Panichs 
terminal or sub-terminal, lax, cymoso, few*flowered. Calyx bearing- on 
its ovoid tube simple or tufted brietles, rarely glabrous, the lobes 5 or 6, 
equal to or sliorter than the tube, deciduous. Petah 5-6, obovate, the 
apes rounded or acute. Stamens snbequml, 10-12 ; anthers opening 
by a terminal pore, not beaked, the connective not produced at the 
base, or alightly biauriculate in front. Ovary half-inferior^ with 5 or 6 
Ijriatles at its apex, S-G-ceUed ; style fiiiform, simple ; ovules numerous 
on axile placentas, FrtiU 5-6 -celled, baccate. Seeds emfill, curved, 
punctato- DiSTRiB, ^ Species 7 or 8; Malaya, Burma, Philippiaes, 
Augtralia. 
Caljx-tnbe hearing aimple bristles «.i 1. O. caUbiea. 
Calyx- tabo quite glnbroaa ... ... 2, 0. nicoharemtia. 
1. OrAMTHKRA OELEBfCA, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lttgd. Bat. I, 56. Lemes 
narrowly elliptic, shortly acuminate : upper surface sparsely strigose, 
the nerves glabrouB, lower usually glabrous, the nmin nerves (and 
sometimes the minor also) with sab-adpressed Imstles : length 2'25-3*5 
in., breadth. *5-l"5 yi,, petioles ■2-*4 in. long. Calyx-lube with simple 
acuminate brip*'"" Dffcen bulbous at the base, the teeth setose. Nand., 
Ann. So. Nat, Sd-. 3, Xlll, 353; Cogn, iis DC. Mod. Phan. VII, 342. 
