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represented in Wight’s ' leones/ tab. 954. figs. 6 & 7. The 
remarks offered upon the development of the ovarium in S. affinis 
will equally apply to the present instance*. 
14. Stemonurus Gardneri, n. sp. ; — glaber, ramulis teretibus, 
subflexuosis ; foliis ellipticis, utrinque acutis, apice obtusius- 
culo breviter lineari-angustatis, glaberrimis, valde coriaceis, 
utrinque eveniis, costa nervisque supra impresso-sulcatis, 
subtus prominentibus, inferne subferrugineis margine revo- 
luto, petiolo longiusculo, tereti, superne baud sulcato ; racemo 
oppositifolio, petiolo longiori, floribus masculis paniculatis 
5-meris, staminibus in alabastro petalis brevioribus, pilis cla- 
vatis antheris brevioribus munitis; fructu oblongo, disco 10- 
lobo umbilicato coronato. — In Mont. Neilgherrensib. 
The plant here described was sent to me by the late Mr. Gard- 
ner as the Gomphandra polymorpha, being collected by him as 
such, in company with Dr. M^ight, in the Neilgherry Hills : it 
might therefore be considered as an authentic sample of this 
species. Its characters however will be seen to be quite at 
variance with those given by Dr. Wight of other plants of this 
species, collected by him in the same neighbourhood, where the 
leaves are said to be membranaceous and shortly petioled : here, 
on the contrary, they are extremely opaque and thickly coria- 
ceous : the infforescence is not only there described, but figured 
as being axillary ; here, on the contrary, it is always opposite to 
the leaves. It is not easy to say whether this plant is referrible 
to any of the varieties mentioned by Dr. Wight, but from the 
diff’erences here shown, it certainly claims the rank of a species 
distinct from his Gomphandra polymorpha. The leaves are 2f- 
3| inches long, 1^-1 inch broad, on a petiole half an inch in 
length; the male panicle is branching, nearly an inch in length, 
with fiowers oval in bud, about li line long; both the male and 
female inflorescence, as in the following species, spring from the 
side of the stem opposite to the petiole : the calyx is cupshaped, 
with a 5-denticulated margin ; the five petals are oblong, with in- 
flexed margins and apex ; the stamens, shorter than these, have 
fleshy filaments, with glandular hairs scarcely longer than the 
anthers : the ovarium is oblong, glabrous, sterile, with a conical 
hollow style. The fructiferous raceme is | of an inch long, 
bearing an oblong drupe, 7 lines in length, surmounted hy a 
depressed, umbilicated, 10-lobed disk, and supported upon its 
minute, persistent calyx. The internal structure of the fruit 
has been ah’eady described in page 83. 
* The analysis of the structure of the flowers and of the seed of this 
species will be shown in plate 13. 
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