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abortu 1-loculare, OAiila 2 juxtaapicem loculi subcollateraliter 
suspensa. Stylus brevis, sulcatus, pilosus, dentibus 3 stig- 
matosis erectis terminatus, demum in discum magnum sessile 
pulviniforme fructus coronans auctus. Drupa baccata, mono- 
pyi’ena, putamen oblongum, lignosum, angulato-rugosum, 
1-spermum. /Semen structuram Stemonuriaemulans? — Arbores 
Asia tropica, folia elliptica, coriacea, glaherrima, vel juniora 
interdum subtus lepidota, breviter petiolata, flores perpauci in 
cymas vel racemos breves axillares dispositi, interdum fasciculati, 
sicce aurantiaci : fructus atro-purpureus. 
1. Platen excelsa, Bl. Bijdr. 646; — arbor 80-100 ped., folds 
oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, integerrimis, subtus cinereo- 
virentibus. — Java. 
2. Platea latifolia, Bl. Bijdr. 646 ; — arbor 40-60-ped., foliis 
ovalibus, acuminatis, basi parum attenuatis, integerrimis, 
costatis, subtus griseo-lepidotis. — Java. 
3. Platea Sumatrana, Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 249 ; — fobis e 
basi obtusata vel rotundata elliptico-oblongis, acuminatis, sub- 
coriaceis, venosis, subtus cinereo-virescentibus. — Sumatra. 
4. Platea Griffithsiana, n. sp. ; — ramulis substriatis, subrugosis, 
foliis oblongo-ovatis, e medio inferne paullo angustioribus, 
apice obtusiusculo breviter ac lineari-angustatis, coriaceis, 
utrinque pallidis et concoloribus, nervis inferne prominentibus, 
margine revoluto, petiolo brevi, canaliculate, racemo axillari, 
petiole vix longiori, pedunculo pedicellisque aspero-pilosulis, 
floribus cum pedicellis articulatis, et bine bracteatis; calycis 
glabri lobis ciliatis, petalis carnosulis, glabris, filamentis line- 
aribus, compressis, imo latioribus, ovario brevissimo, sterili, 
disco pentagono immerse, stylo conico, pilose, dentibus tribus 
stigmatosis pube celatis. — Mergui. — v. s. in herb. Lindl. et 
Hook. (Griffiths, 849). 
The leaves are 5| inches long, nearly 3 inches hroad, on a 
deeply channelled petiole 4r-5 lines in length; the raceme is 
about 7 lines long, few-tlowered ; the lobes of the calyx are di- 
stinctly imbricated ; the petals conjoin by their margins in a 
tubular form, leaving the upper portion free and reflexed ; the 
filaments for half their length adhere to the petals, but are 
easily separated, they are narrow, linear, compressed, and three- 
fourths of the length of the petals ; the anthers are filled with 
pollen. 
5. Platea Lobbiana, n. sp. ; — ramulis angulatis ; foliis ellipticis 
imo subacutis, apice obtusiusculo subito attenuatis, glaber- 
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