ANKALS OF liOYAL aiOTA^•iC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
Hydnocakpds, Gecrtner.
^'at. Ord. Bixinex.
„.• d , 3 , „, „„ ^ bd it f '
. scale oppos.t3 each F.. S- S O ; .- o n i f o™. c.„,.oo,i™ ™ '
a ^ e d , ; „v„io3 „„ 3 - 0 ' pa-e, . , p i a c ^ t r t , ;
. m d lard, ™„ y , „„brided ¡„p„Ip, (esta crustaocou., striate; a.bauL oily
co.yledo.,3 ve.y broad, flat. .Distrib. iipeci« aboat 13, ,„pi„l, A.iatic. ^ '
P L A T E 14-,
IIiDmaUipus Kisi, King iu Jom-n. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, p¡. >, r- lis.
A shrab or staall tree ; the branches and yoang shoot, glabroas or (Var.
pnbescen . sa b c o r . a c e o a s , fcom obovate-laneeolate to oblong-lancsolate, ineoaik
teral, sub^falcate, shortly ao.^inate, ren.otely and ntinately macronate.s.rrAte ' " » -
roiTod and nn»qaal at the base, shining and glabrous e.xccpt the midrib and nerves
,vhich, on both saiicos, are nsually „.ore or less pubescent; nerves 5 to 8 pairs, spreadi
n g or snb-eroct, tlim bnt prominent beneath ; length 2 o to 0 in breadth -73 to 2
in., petiole -2.5 to -3.3 in.; stipules persistent, linear-lanceolate, pubescent, ahoat us lon^
a s tno petioles. Mule inflorescence .small, snpra-asillary, 1- to 4-brunched, nnipai-ous
tomentoso, b.-acteol.te, oymes not much longer than the petioles, flowers -23 in in
diain o, rotnnd, the 3 erfernal sbghtly i.nbricnte, pubescent; the 2 inner mud,
imbracate, glabresceut. 3, smaller than the sepals, fleshy, „i'th ,„„g ^
h a m externally, and each internally with a small oblong scalo. shor t , thick
sericeous, the connective reniform ; the anther cells small, remote from cach other'
O r a r y 0. F.mah p„„> solitaiy, supra-axillary, on glabrons pediccis -o in. Ion»
a n d ,„l„h as ,n tho male, stamens without pollen; ovary ovoid, tomentose; sHsmai.'!
l a r g e flat, b,fid, reflexed. Frait on a pedicel -5 in. long, solitary, axillary, depressedglobular,
minutely rugose, and velvetty tawny-tcmentose ; about 1 in in d i m or
l e s s ; pericarp dry, thin. Si,d, 3 or 4, plano-convex, -,0 in. hmg.
Ponang, Clnrtis, No. 854: Perak; King's Collector, Scortoohini,°Wtay.
T l i v.,de. ooa.idm.Uy to ,i.e ol l..f „ d t.ait nad ¡„ t!,o amount of puho.oea.o. I„ ,ome
" r ' T " " •• 'r ™ "» mo l l reiaood ia .¡„
I h . lorn Aoli h., largo., „0,0 pnteooat Io„„ fe .op.vatod .. a y.riotj, and fart),or
acqaanitauee with it may prove that it i. .eporable a. a spociea.
E 117. E^Jascar/Mis koíi
I 6, male lloiver s
Kmg. 1, briaeli mth malo flowerä ; S, ripo fruit, 3, aectioa of tJio sima • 1 seei -
1 ti.m boto, , í, „ 1 . «OTO t m .bo„ , I, m.lo Uo».r, d ¡«„W i B,' al¡mo., •
DESCBIPTIONS OP NEW jVKD E.iKE PLANTS. 129
P L A T E 148.
n v n j t o c i i i p u s CUBTISJI, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pt. 62, p. 119.
A glabrous shrub or small tree. Young brandies slender, pale brown when dry.
L m n coriaoooas, shining on both surfaces, oblong-lauceolate, rarely ovate, slightly inequilateral,
gradnally nan-owod to the acuminate apex ; the base unequally iarrowod,
r a r e l y rounded; nerves 9 to 11 pairs, thin, spreading; reticulations obscuro on tho uppor
s u r f a c e ; length S to 12 in., breadth 2-25 to 3 in, ; petiole less than -o in. thick. JUah
Jlmei-s in small, axillary, branched, bracteolate, uniparous cymes, -r.i to 1 in. in diam.;
pcdicels scuify-tomentose, '75 in. long. re f l exed, ovate, blunt, imbricate, pali,'
m i n u t e l y pnbosceiit, shorter than tho petals. Pda 's 5, narroivly oblong, blunt, concavo
a t the apex, -65 in. long, glabrous; tlie gland nearly as long, linear, ciliate at the
apex. A'llhra 5, longer than the filaments, broadly ovate, cordate at the base. Ovary 0
or rudimentary. Fiimh /»»b-j on shorter, grooved, pedicels; ovary elongate-ovoid,
t a w n y - t o m e n l o s e ; the stigmas 3, fleshy, bifid, spreading. Friáí on a stout pedicel
n e a r l y -3 in. long, globose, with long apical papilla, minutely rugose and velvelty
v e r t i c a l l y ridged, the stigmas persistent; nearly 1'5 in. long and 1 in. in diam.
á e e d s few, plaiio-couvc-x, -4 in. long.
Penang, Curtis, 800, 1334. Perak; Kings Collector, Scortcoliini.
No .peoimen that I have seen Iia. foniale flowers showiag anything beside, the ovary. Complete
female 0owera are much wanted.
Ejrg. 1, flo,var¡us branch ; 3, ripe fruit; 3, aeeJ: of natural nz, ; 1, üoiver diaseoted ;
P L A T E 140.
Hl-Dsociiipos 0UCÜI1B1T1S,1, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1390, pt. 2, p. 120.
A tree 60 to 80 feel high ; very young branches and leaves with minute forruoinous
mealy tomciitum; otherwise glabrous. Lsaa thinly coriaceous, slightly inequilateral
and contraclod at tho base on one side, eliptic-ohlong, tapering to cither end, tho
apex with a abort rather blunt acumen, tho edge very slightly recurved when'dry
b e t h surfaces, but especially tho lower, sliining and with the tranverse veins and minutó
rcticulatiens very distinct; main nerves .5 to 6 pairs, sub-erect, thin ; lonirth 3-5 to
5 in., breadth 1-3 to 2'25 in., petiolo -23 in. diceceous (the female flo°wers few)
axillary, throe times ai long as the petioles, bracteolate, 3- to 6-branched. IMe Jloj,!,
about -3 in. in diam. on pejicel. -4 in. long. Stpds broadly ovate, blunt, pubescent
tomentose externally. PetaU ovate-rotund, glabrcu.s, thin, each with a fleshy scale with
white ciliate edges and nearly as long as itseli, but not so broad. Anther, ovatocordate,
glabrous ; the filaments short, conical ; Omy^ rudimentary, sericeous. Female
Jlowen like the males, bat on slightly shorter pedicels and with smaller barren' stamens
Ofaiy/ oyclindrio, densely sericeous-temcntose; slinmct!: elongate, fleshy, bifid at the apex'
not reflexed when young. Fmit narrowly obovoid, cylindric, mamillafo at the apex
a n d contractod at tho baso ; miuutely tomentose, smooth, dark-brown when ripe and
f r om 3 to 5 in. long; carpophoro and pcdicel about -S in. oacb, or more. Seea's ono
or two, obovoid, smooth, about 1 in. long.
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