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pallidioribus, sublucidis, nervis flavidis, subcarinatis, piomi- 
nentibus, venis reticulatis immersis, glandula cava in axillis 
nervorum saepe pilosa ; petiolo striato, rigido, glaberrimo, 
apice crassiore, imo longe et valde tumido, subito reflexo. — 
In Java, v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit, sine jlore (Horsfield). 
A species very distinct from the two preceding, differing in its 
more coriaceous, paler, and more oval leaves, in the venation, 
and its much shorter petioles. They are 7^ inches long, with 
a basal sinus 3 lines deep, 6 j inches broad, on a petiole 4| inches 
long. Besides the basal nervures, they have five pairs of nearly 
opposite pinnate nerves, the chief basal pair being externally 
branched. 
Species dubia. 
Anamirta Bauerana, Endl. Atakt. Bot. tab. 39, 40. 
10. Parab^na. 
This genus was proposed by me in 1851 for the Cocculus 
sagittatus and C. oleraceus, Wall. These were considered by Dr. 
M’allich as distinct species. They are climbing plants, natives 
of India and Ava, with oblong, extremely cordate or sagittate 
leaves, either entire or deeply and sinuously dentated. The 
genus agrees with Anamirta in having its anthers aggregated in 
a globular head, not sessile as in that genus, but borne on the 
apex of a long slender monadelphous column as in Cissampelos. 
It has 6 sepals, obsoletely saccate or swollen at base, as in Jateo- 
rhiza, imbricated in 2 series, and 6 distinct petals. The sterile 
stamens of the female flower are arranged in an annular whorl- 
round the stipitate gynsecium, on which 3 unilocular ovaries 
are seated. The putamen, as in Rhigiocarya, is covered with pro- 
minent, obtusely hooked, echinated spines, arranged in longi- 
tudinal series, the dorsal middle row terminating in a long apical 
tooth. The condyle is formed as in Odontocarya and Aspido- 
carya-, but, for want of perfect specimens, the shape of the 
embryo is not known. 
Parab^na, nob. — Flores dioici. Masc. Sepala 6, oblonga vel 
spathulato-oblonga, 2-seriata, imo carnosa et subsaccata, 3 
exteriora angustiora et paulo breviora, extus sericea, sestiva- 
tione imbricata. Petala 6, parva, spathulato-oblonga, extus 
dorso carinata, imo carnosa, erecta. Stamina monadelpha : 
filameiita in columnam teretem gracilem centralem coalita ; 
antherce 6, subglobosse, supra columnam 2-serialiter arete 
aggregatae, 4-sulcat8e, 4-locellatse, rima transversal! 2-valvatim 
hiantes. — Fcem. Sepala et petala ut in masc. Stamina sterilia 
