Stamen* indefinite ; anther-cells extrorse or sublatcral ; connective with 
a terminal process. Ovaries few, style variable ; ovules 2, snb- basal, 
collateral, ascending. Ripe carpels follicular ; stalk clavate. Seeds 1-2, 
exarillate, testa shining.— Distrib. Tropical Asia and America; species 
about 8. 
Petals 6 1 A. luzonensis 
„ 3 2 A. Scortechinii. 
L Anaxagorea luzonensis, A. Gray Bot. U. S. ExpL Exped. 27. 
A shrub ; all parts glabrous. Leaves membranous, oblong or elliptic- 
oblong, shortly acuminate, the base enneate, the under surface pale ; 
main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent beneath, the 
reticulations wide, rather distinct ; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 1*75 to 
2*5 in., petiole *25 to 35 in. Flvtcers about "5 in. long, solitary; pedi- 
cels '2b in. long (twice us long in fruit), with 1 or 2 amplexicaul bracteoles. 
Sepals small, ovate-rotund, obtuse Petals subequal, elliptic, obtuse, thin, 
nerved, white. Ovaries few. Ripe carpels 1 to 3, cuneate-clavate, some- 
what compressed, nan-owed into a long stalk, 1 to 2-seeded. Seech plano- 
convex, obovate, black, shining. Hook. BL PL Hr. Ind. I, 68. Kurz F, 
Flora Burtn. I, 39. A. zeylanica, H. f, and Th. Fl. Ind. 144 : Thwaites 
Ennm. 10; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 49 ; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 
46. Rhopalocarpus fruticosus, Teysm. and Binn. in Miq. Ann. Mns. 
Lngd. Bat. II, 22 t. 2 fig. B. Anaxagorea fruHcosa, Scheff. in Nat. 
Tijdsch. Ned. Ind, XXXI, 9. 
Rurmah; The Andaman Islands ; Malacca ; Ceylon. Distrib. Phi- 
lippines, Cambodia, Sumatra. 
2. Anaxagorea Scohtechtnii, King, n. sp. A bush or small tree s 
all parts, except the flower, glabrous ; the young branches sub-rugulose, 
2-ridged. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or elliptie-obovate, 
shortly and abruptly acuminate, slightly nan-owed to the rounded or 
sub-acute base ; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, rather prominent beneath, 
the reticulations open and distinct: length 6 to 8 in., breadth 2 5 to 35 
in. ; petiole *3 to *4 in. Flowers *75 in. long, solitary ; pedicels *3 in. (much 
longer in fruit) with 1 or 2 amplexicaul bracteoles, Sepals membranous, 
their edges thin, broadly ovate, acute, pubescent outside. Petals in a 
single row, much larger than the sepals, oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, 
scurfy-pubescent outside, glabrous within, very fleshy, slightly concave 
at the base. Stamens numerous, those next the pistils barren, elongate 
and bent over the pistils. Ovaries numerous, ohovoid, pubescent: styles 
curved. Carpels as in A. luzonensis, but two or three times as numerous. 
Seeds obovoid, concavo-convex, compressed, black, shining. 
Perak : at low elevations ; Scortechini, King's Collector, Wray. 
I have altered the diagnosis of this genus as regards the petals to 
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