semble a perfect anther. Jussieu describes them as
3 stamens with 2-celled anthers; ours, I now find,
were precisely the same. The discrepancy between
the number of cells in the ovary in the two plants,
however, remains irreconcilable, the one has 3- the
other 6-celled ovaries, and until we consent to unite
Glochidion and Gynoon as a genus, having 3-6-celled
ovaries, our plants must respectively take their places
in different genera. In plate 1908 is represented a
plant I have from Ceylon, and which I strongly suspect
is-Jussieu’s original species, but which, whether
that identical species or not, is unquestionably a species
of Gynoon, and in the right hand corner is ai
ever, it also is, I believe, still an undescribed species,
1 shall, to prevent farther mistakes, introduce it here
under the name of
Glochidion Neilgherrense (R. W.), arboreous, ramnli
glabrous, flexuose: leaves oblong, sub-elliptic, obtuse,
or sometimes shortly acuminate, slightly unequal-
sided, coriaceous, glabrous: male flowers short pedi-
celled: females sessile: style very thick, truncated,
mammilately toothed, scarcely longer than the perianth
: fruit broad orbicular, 5-6-celled, depressed;
crowned in the centre with the short persistent style.
A low-growing umbrageous tree, common about
analysis of the flower of Oli GymonHcyneamm. \ Th° <WeSi “Pecim™s arf. very like
.......................................r with Jussieu’s olinrno- T o Dy the female flower, winch I fin“5d 0snuCp0p 'l1i.lesst l"thSe" '6blieesi1t
specific characters.
A comparison of the former with Jussieu’s character
will show that it is a Gynoon, and of the latter,
with the character of Glochidion, will equally
show that it belongs to that genus, with the exception
of the ovary being 5- in place of 6-celled,
a structure which I find variable, both forms occurring
on the same branch. I t follows that the- only
difference between the two genera, as will be seen by
the accompanying plates, is that the one has a 3- the
other a
1907-2. Glochidion velutinum (R. W.), shrubby,
young branches, leaves, and flowers, all clothed with
short velutinous pubescence: leaves short petioled,
oval, acute at both ends: flowers aggregated, male
and female mixed, all pedicelled; perianth six-parted;
. „- or' 6-celled ovary; a very a S c M <Us- H f 3 1 maie lanceolate, of the female
«notion, and one indeed set a side in Bitime’s char- timrated o ta teW v 'rT tin ti’ l0bt"Se: “‘Zle ’
aoter of the genus Glochidion, in which he says, f ed: °™ty 4-6-cclIed:
“ Stigmata 3-12, ovarinm 3-6 rarins 12 loculare."' K m »Me ^ ’ depreS3cd’ cromlcd WJth » o P « -
On these grounds I would suggest that the 2 genera .. , ^ !
should be united and merely distinguished sectionally. -Neilgherries, Northern slopes towards Mysore. A
Thee pprreecceeddiinngg,, tthhoouugghh ssoo wwiiddeellyy ddiissttiinncctt iinn tthhee mm9a.l1le>. very dlsfcmefc and easily recognised species.
flower, might also perhaps be brought here with , n. 0 _
advantage. 1908. U-tnoon J ussieuanum (R. W., G. triandrum
? W. & A.), shrubby, glabrous: leaves ovate,
|B1| jSR r, acute, unequal-sided: flowei’s axillary, fascicled, male i.S^0nh?U)ION,E^I'IPTICYM (R-W-), shrubby: and female: lobes of the perianth lanceolate, in the
leaves elliptic oblong, glabrous, short petioled: flowers female shorter than the ovoid truncated stvle
axillary, aggregate, male and female: male pedicelled, t1l(1 ,, „ StJ le‘
female sessile, male perianth six-parted in a double “ “ “ J ,the tll™ u5 I ^ »ot advert to the
series: lobes ovate obtuse: female pubescent; peri- S S T S K h ! ! * 5 K I , thls 40 9 B i ? l,s-
anth 6-cleft, embracing the base of the ovary I styles T ,P wlllcl! ls we named it “ tnanunited,
conical, ovary 4-6-ceUod: capsule m-bicular uudo!' J “^apprehension, and that the name
depressed in the centre, cells 1-see'ded (?) by abortion’ Is 1" aPPI 0Prlllte >» a genus all the species of which
MninKo,. vpi a a ' / , „ . are tnandrous. I now therefore beg to be permitted
with th ? nialP^nwp^1 f ecf10n o f. th® to change the name, and substitute that of the founder
e maleflowei and divided stamens m the left of the. genus, and request the specific name of the
sago when plate may be changed to “ Jussieuanum.” Though
“ 'ta H T 6 Plate may be changed to M M » »
from frmn f flowJS l o w g> n i , J x , : : ........ dissections :----------- were were made made my my figure figure of of the the style style does does not not quite rmite. correspond
oovresnomi
horn floweis picked oft the specimens preserved with with that of the author, I f i f e
imff 1m de>cSubem the ™cells of the fruit 0afs thoen ed-sl'eaedendg, mdeoPreen adds ™vanahce%d. onO tfh fei vde ifsfpereedi
suspect the difference
that1!' descrili/tho onil?of^m °f the dra^ mf dePends mainl7 on the difference of age, mine being
The i M i f k, H ^one-seeded, more advanced. Of five species now in my herba-
does not enab e me to verify that point rium, all from Ceylon, this is i
I ^ S L a‘ P°mt H U from Ceylon this is the only one «.at ap-
c L f c 111 .° ihe.r s Pe- P ^ e s his figure, the style in all'the rest being
cies both one and two are found in different fruit. long and attenuated, more resembling that represent?
ed in the next plate.
*9 0 7 -L .. Glochidion arborium (R. W .), arbore- The figures in the right hand comer o f this plate
l | M im pubescent: leaves ovate, acuminate, un- are taken from our G. Heyneanum with a view to
femalp S p ^ h 10^ : I S S n e g a t e d , male and showing that it is a species of Glochidion, as indicated
naie m ix ed ; males short pedicelled; female ses- by the number of cells of the ovary,
sue: male perianth deeply six-parted, lobes some-
B t a e c f C L « ■ ■ ■ i , « 0 9 - E B 9 hmsutum (R. W .), shrubby, whole
5-6-celled with 2 ovules in each • S causdai- 2 7 Pllmt d o ?lef Wlth !on* s° ft pubescence: leaves effip-
cehed, crowned, until n“ a 7 m S r it y w iS Pthe^ B eS S l fT> H : Perianth sLx-parted much longer
tent style “ e peisis than the stamens, lobes lanceolate: female like the
oShnpivv naogih,pe,.n,.,yr Hvrinllios. XNTe i•l,g ,l icrn• es e? ?dearI,e 3’ -stvooleth aebd6 autt tthwei eaep tehxe. length of the calyx, slenmens
of i S “ ? 1ro-arra“ginS series of speci- Adam’s Peak, Ceylon, Gardner, communicated by
V , lcl l 1 have a considerable number, I dis- Mr. Thwaites. y
leovered that I had mixed specimens of two species
for whirh^Uo1®6’ ^ susPecfc that. no^ tlie one 1910. Actephila N eilgherrensis (R. W.) flowor
winch the specific name was intended. As, how- era pentandrous: calyx 5-parted: petals fiv e /
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