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i AKXALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEiT, CALCUTTA.
1. S t e l e c h o c a r p u s • PUNCTATOS, Kmcf in Jmim. AI. Soe. Bengal 61, pL 2, 4.
A tree 20 to 30 feet high; yoiing branches slender, cinereous-puberulous, becominfi
glabrotts. Zeavcs . membranous, mimitely pellucid-punctate, elliptic-ovate, shortly acuminate,
slightly naiTowed- in the lower fourth to the rounded sub-oblique base; upper
surfacc shining, glabrous, except the pubescent impressed midrib; lower surface shining.
])aler lhan the upper, sparsely puberulo\is or glabrous, the rcticulations minute and
distinct; main nerves 12 to 14 pairs, bold and prominent on the lower, slightly impressed
on the upper, surface; length of blade 7 to 10 in., breadth 3 to 4 in.;
petiole -15 to -2 in., stout, pubescent. Mala floioers in several-flowered fascicles from
woody tubercles on the trunk, pedunculate; buds turbinate, nearly -5 in. ia diam.;
peduncles 1 to I'o in. long, stout, thickened upwards, ebracteolate, puberulous. Sepals
very coriaceous, rotund, concave, conjoined at the base, spreading, i-ugose, pubescent
outside, glabrous inside. Petals very coriaceous, rotund, concave, glabrous; the outer
3 pubertilous outside; the inner three smaller than the outer, quite glabrous, otherwise
like them, and all of a dark brownish colour. Ani/iers sessile, flat, the cells elongate
on the anterior surface, the back striate; apex without any appendage from the con
n e c t i v e . Female flowers and fruit unknown.
I'erak,—Km/s Collector No. TlS^i.
Although female flowers and fruit of this have not yet been found, I describe it
as a new specics oi- Sielechocarpus without any hesitation. Its male flowers have
exactly the fades of those of S. Burnhol, Bl.; but they are larger, and they differ as
to sha^je of their petals. The leaves of this species are distinctly pellucid-punctate
(while those of S. Burahol are not), and they are broader and have slightly more
nei-ves than those of S. Burahol. When boiled, the flowers of the two have exactly
the same peculiar sweetish smell.
P l a t e 1. Stelecbocai-pus punctatus, Kinj. 1, Leaf-twig ; 2, fascicle of male
fiower-buds from the trunk—of natural size ; 3, male flower dissected ; 4, anthers—
2. S t e l e c h o c . \ e p u s n i t i d u s , Kin/j in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 5.
A tree 30 to 60 feet high; all parts glabrous except the inflorescence; young branches
darkly cinereous, slender. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the
base acute; both surfaces shining, very minutely scaly, the midrib and nerves deeply
impressed on the upper, bold and prominent on the lower; the reticulations distinct
on both; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, curved, sub-ascending, inter-arching within the
edge; length of blade 6 to 9 in., breadth 1'8 to 3-25 in.; petiole '35 in. Male flowers
in many-flowered fascicles from tubercles on the trunk, pedicellate; buds turbinate;
flowers when open probably nearly 1 in. in diam.; pedicels stout, thickened upwards,
1 to I'o in. long, scurfy-puberulous, each with several sub-rotund glabrous bracteolcs
mostly near its base. Bepah very coriaceous, shortly oblong, obtuse, concave, spreading,
conjoined at the base, puberulous or glabrescent, warted externally. Outer 3 petals
much larger than the sejials and somewhat larger than the inner 3 petals, rotund,
concave, veiy coriaceous, glabrous, with scurfy warts externally near the middle; inner
3 petals coriaceous, rotund, blunt, cucullate, glabrous. Female flowers like the males;
stamens none ; ovaries very numerous,, obscurely 3-angled, adpressed-sericeous. Torus
hemispheric. B-lpe carpels broadly ovoid, blunt, 2'5 in. long, I'To in. iu diam.,
ANONACEJí OF BRITISH INDIA,
puberulous, imnutely w r t r f ; pm»arp thick, fleshy. S„ds about 8 in two row», flattened,
1-3Ô in. long and -0 in. thick.
Porak- in dense forest at low e l e v a t i o n s , - « » / » Colkclor Nos.. /629 and
This species has the flowers of both sexes alike. The caiTols of this species are
much larger than those of Bnrahol, BL; and its leaves aro more thickly coiiaceon.,
and shining, the nerves and midrib being much moro depressed on the upper, and
prominent on the lower, surface.
P l a t e 2. Stelechocarpus nitidus, Ké,;,. 1, Leaf-twig ; 2, fascicle of male flowers
from the trunk; 3, flower opened out artificially; 4, ripe carpel; 6, seeds; 6, flowor,
dissectcd; 7, male flower with the petals removed; 8, female flower with the petals
removed-^/mltiral siie ; 9, stamens; 10, ovaries—
. 3. S t e k c i i o c a e p u s B ü e a h o l , H. f . ^ T. K Ind. 94. A t r e e 20 to 60 feot h i g h ;
young branches slender, dark-coloured, glabrous. thinly coriaceous, oblonglanceolate,
acuto or very shortly acuminate, the base cuneato ; both surfaces glabrous,
shinmg, • the reticulations minute and distinct, the lower with minute black dots, tho
upper "with very minute scales ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, sub-ascending, prominent,
intor-arching -2 in. within the margin ; length of blade a to 8 in. ; breadth V7á to
2-75 in. ; petiole "3 to "9 in. Male jlmars much smaller than the female (only about
•4 in. in diam.), in fascicles of 8 to 16 from minutely brScteolato woody tubercles from
the branches and trunk, pedicellate ; tho pedicels slender, ebracteolate, tomentoso, from
•5 to -râ in. long. Sepah coriaceous, triangular, spreading. Peta.h much longer than the
sepals, oblong, sub-acute, wai-tedj pubescent inside ; anthers with obtuse, terminal, dilated,
2-lebed apical appendages from tho connective ; ovaries 0. Female Jhmrs three times as
large as the males, and on. similar pedicels ; calyx not persistent ; corolla as in the male.
Ocaries nmnerous, on an ovoid-oonio torus, oval or obovate ; the outer sm-faoe compressod,
the inner with a vertical ridge, and adpressed pale hairs ; stigma sessile, minutely lobed.
Fi-tiii on stout peduncles 2 to 3 in. long, thickened upwards. Rijje miyds few, shortly
stalked, globose, obovate, about 1-5 in. long and l-2j in. in diam.; when young
puberulous, veri-ucose, afterwards nearly _ smooth ; pericarp pulpy, coriaceous externally.
Seeds 4 to 6, large, oval, sub-compressed, sub-rugose. Sook. JiL FL Br. Ind. i. 47 ;
King in Journ. As. Soe. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 5 . — U v a r i a B u r a h o l , Bimm Bijdr. 14 ; Flora
Jaex Anon. 48, t. 23 and 2Ô C. ; Belief, in Sat. Tijiseh. Ned. Ind. xxsi. Ô.
Singapore,—Lobh. Distrib.—Java.
There is sometimes a remaj-kable difíerence in tho length of the petioles in this
species, some of those on the same speeimen being three times as long as others.
P l a t e 3. Stelechocarpns Burahol, S. f . ^ T. 1, Leaf-twig ; 2, branch with male
flowers (from a specimen grown in the Botanic Garden, Buitenzorg) ; 3, female flower ;
4, torus of female flower with pistils ; 5; ripe carpels ; 6, transverse section of ripe
carpel ; 7, vertical section of unripe carpel ; 8, seed—o/ natural size ; 9, male flower ;
10, stamens—cjí/ííT-j/eí^; 11, torus of female flower and pistils—much enlarged. {Nos. i to 11
are copied from Blume's Ft. Jav. Anon., t. 25.)
2. Sageraea, Vab.
Trees. Leaves shining, and. branches glabrous. Flowei-s small, axillary or fascicled on
woody tubercles, I —2-sexual. Sepals orbicular or ovate, imbricate. Fetals 6, imbricate