10 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
shorter than the oyaiy; stigma clavate. Bipe carfda ovoid or sub-globose, blimt at each
ond, densely tamiy-tomentose, '8 in. long; stalks about -So in. Sted solitary, ovoid, Tvith
a prominent vertical groove.
Perak,—iTtiij/'s Colkctor Nos. 38a8, 5oU, 6643, 7630.
PLATE 219. Grifflthia eupidaris, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, young bud; 3,
bud nearly expanded; 4, ripo fruit; 5, seed; 6, flowor dissocted-o/ natural she;
R & 8, anthers; 9 & 10, pistils—entoyeii.
3 GRAMTBIA puscA, King n. sp. A small tree 10 to 20 feet higb; young branches
minutoly infous-tomentose, speedily becoming glabrous and furrowed. Zeaves thmly
coriaceous oblong to oblong-oblanceolato, acute; the base rounded, never cordate; upper
surface shining, quite glabrous except the puberulous midr-ib; the lower sparsely and
softly pubescent; main nerves 12 to 16 paii-s, oblique, curved at the tips and mterarching
faintly dose to the edge, prominent on the lo>ver, depres^d on the upper,
surface; longtb 6 to 8 in., breadth 1-75 to 2-7o in.; petiole -2 to -3 m., stout, « » » r,
solitary, extm-axillary; the bud, globalar at first, but pointed and elongatmg mth age;
the outer petals imbricate near the apex, the inner imbricate m the upper half;
nedioels stout -25 to -4 in. long, yellowish-tomentose, with 2 ovate bracteoles near tho
bnse Semis sli^Mly imbrieato at the base, broadly ovate, sub-aciite, spreadmg, mmntely
t^m^ntose outside, glabrous inside. Petals thick, concave ovate-obloi^, sub-acute, c^ameoloui
ed; the outer about 1 in. long in the newly-expanded bud, but probably lengtheni
n . aftei the expansion of the Bower; the inner shorter and narrower all minutely
tonientose externally, pubescent internally in tho upper two-thirds and g^labrous m the
oToi t W . numerous, the connective with flat, horizontal, apical process; the
i X r t e a r , dorsal. 0 « few, elongate, ovoid, villous, -ovuled; style short,
" I h l i e ; stig;na sub-capitate, pubescent. B.pe earpeU ovoid, slightly apicnlate, densely
but minutely i-usty-tomentose, -65 in. long.
P e i - a k - B V > Colkctor Nos. 8346, 10110, 10130 and 10404; Wrmj No. 1432.
A species resembling G. magBeli^petab, Maingay; but difloring from that in its
smaller flowers, leaves pubescent underneath, and more hairy carpels The sepals in this
T m n c h less imbricate than in ff. and so are the petals; m other
L n e c t s the two are closely allied. From some fragments of a fully developed flower
S accompany one of the Perak specimens, I gather that the outer petals lengthen
much after the Lpansion of the bud and probably measu« as much as 2 inches whil
iheir shapo becomes linear-obtuse. In the accompanying drawing I show the shape of
the petals as they are found in a far-advanced bud.
P l a t e 220. Griifithia fusca, Kin,. 1, Branch with young fruit; 2, flowermg twig
•tb buds inst opening (the leaves removed); 3, calyx; 4, calyx and andro-gynceenm-
I w -riy expanded flower-bud dissected; 6 & 7, stamens; 8 & 9,
pistils—ento-^/eif.
NOTP-Ther. .re in the Calcutta H e r b ^ u m impcrfeot spedmens of wli.t is evHeatly « fourth
s p e c i r o f t S genus, with n.rrow «»oil el.ug.te pet.ls; tat the m . t e n d , too meouiplete for
description.
ANONACEiE OF BEITISH ISDIA.
4. Cyathostemma, OriffM.
Scandont shraibs. Flmers sub-globose, in di- or tri-chotomous pendulous c y m e s J "m
t r r . r ^ f i a t i n r g " convex. ® « « / m a n y , linear; anthers sub-introrse ; process
^ » n n r c r i v e X e f incurved. many ; style cylindric, glabrous, notched,
ovules many Hive a,rf els oblong-ovoid, many-seeded.
ovules many in this genus are so unmistakably imbricate in aestivation, that I
t t t n a e tribe Vmne« to Umnea,. The ripe carpels, moreover, much re-
" s l l I s " s o l t c i e s of i/^ri». Of tho five species de^ribed below, three
r ^ e new. The first «7. is the plant upon which Griffith founded the
r n u ! T while the fourth has been hitherto referred to Vmria under the specific name
JJ. parvijlora.
Flowers uniform and hermaphrodite.
Flowers in more or less elongated pendent cymes.
Leaves oUone-louceoIate or oblanoeolate; mner petals contracted at
, , . i. C. •siridifkrum.
the base
Leaves obovate-elKptlc to obovate-oUong; petals not contracted at
th, e ,b ase . . 2. C. ScorteckiiiU.
Flowers in sten-fa.cicles of 10 to 14, or in axillary pahs; leave, with
pubescent1 njidnbs . . . . 3. (7. Wrayi.
Flowers in 2- or 3-flowered extra-axillary or leaf-opposed fascicles or
cymes; leaves quite glabrous -¡f«»*-«"-
Flowers dimorphous, tho females with . few abortive anthers 5. C. ,mm,nahm,.
1. CYATHOSTEiiMA viKiDiFLORmi, aHf. Notulo, iv. 707 ; lo. PI. iv. t 6oO.
Scandent; tho young branches thhr, glabrous, dark-coloured when dry Leaves
coriaecous, oblong-lanceolate or oblanoeolate, apioulate ; the base sbghtly narrowed,
minutely cordate; both surfaces rather dull; the upper glabrous except the minutely
tomcntose midrib; the lower darker, puberulous on the midrib and 8 to 10 pan-s^ of
rather prominent spreading main nei-ves; length 4-6 to 7-0 m., breadth l-o to 2 in.;
petiolo -2 in, ajmes dicliotomous, on peduncles several inches long, from warty
tubercles on tho older roughly striate branches, few-flowered, corymbose, minutely rastytomentose,
with an oblong bract at oach bifurcation and another about the middle of
each pedicel. Phwers -0 in. in diam. Sepals broadly cordate, spreading or sub-reflexed.
Petals acutc, the baso contracted, especially in those of the inner row, coriaceous,
tomcntose. Ovaries tomentose. Ripe earpels stalked, 1 to 1-5 in. long, oblong-ovoid,
blunt, glabrous; stalk -75 in. Hook fit. Fl. Br. Ini. i. 87; Kurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 33;
King in Jmrn. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 8.
Eastern Peninsula,—ffnJStt. Penang,—iT&rajfii/ (Ketj Distrili.) No. 36.
A species known by only a few imperfect specrmcns. According to Griffith, the
wood of this species resembles that of a Menisperm. Kurz gives this as a native of
the Andamans; but I have seen no specimen from those islands.
Arix. LLOY, Bor, GARD. CALCUTTA YOL. IV,