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AKKALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GAEDEX, CALCHTTA.
tlie scilea half a'S bug, thoii- apiccs orose, glabrous. Stamens 24 to 32; tho filaments
short, faubukte, soriccous; anthers elongate, deeply cordate. Femak Jloioers like the male»,
but sepals 3, petals 6, and stamens about 17 only. Ovari/ ovoid, glabrous, deeply sulcate,
w i t h 4 radiating reflexed oblong stigmas, 1-celled, with 4 iniilti-OFulate parietal placentas'
T r u i t solitary, globular, smooth, 2-5 in. in diam.; tlie pericarp thick, the outer layer
iibruus, the iuaer wo;)dy. Seeds embedded in scanty palp, plano-convex, -75 in. or more
in length.
I ' e r a k ; in dense forest at low elevations; King's collector, Nos. G042 and 8183;
^Vrav, 3389.
162. Taratt.ffe„ci: S^vsUeri. Einp. :
>, staujinal column; B, stamen»; 7 rudlm
trnucli with nialc fiowers; 2
alary ovary from mule Bower :
'ruit: ofu.
RYI'AEOSA (RYI-AEIA), Bluiiie. Ord. Bixincw.
T r e e s or shniba with entire, alternate, elongate, petiolate leaves, finely reticulate and
more or less glaucescent beneath. Flowers rather small, diceeious; the males in long
a x i l l a r y racemes; the females in bhorter racemes, solitary, or in pairs, Calijz globose in
bud, ;5- to 5-clcft. Petals o, imbricate, coriaceoas; in the female flower each with a lai-ge
sdiicoous scale at its base. Male flower; filaments united in a column with ó, ovate,
2-celled, extrorse anthers at its apex. Female flower; staminodas 5, alternate with the
})jtals. Ovari/ 1-celled, with 1 to 3, biovulate, parietal placentas. Stigmas 2 to 3, sessile,
bruad, emarginate. Fniit baccate with little pulp; the pericarp coriaceous, tomentose.
Seeds 1 or 2, sub globular, smooth.
This genus was first publtshei by Blame in his Bijdragen (p. eOO) as R'jpnrosn, and in
tliat %York Iio publisheJ only the singla species li. cada. lu a footnote to tho preface of his Flora Jacac
(p. viii), the same autlior referred to ths gjuus (appareatly by iaad verte ace; as R¡/pwta instead o£
linpnrosa-; and the niue R'/pirii has baea adoptad bj most subsequeat autliurs. Bl'ime regarded the
genus OS EuphorhhecouH, in which view hü was followed by Endlielier (Gen. 5836), Hisskarl (PL Jav.
liar., p. 2G7), aad Baillon (Etud. EapL, p. 3-39). Miill. Arg. (in DO. f lod. XV, ii„ p. 1260} excluded
tlie gonus from Euphorbhccae and, in their Oencva PlanUrum, the late Mr- Bcntham and Sir J. L).
Uüokor, (G, 1'. iii., 2j7), also escluJe it; bat, having seen ao speeimíns eithei' of it or of litrgvnia,
Ihey make uc suggestion as to the true poiitioa "£ lliipirosa or of the rtlotion of Mcrgtmk to it. Kurz
tJourn. Bot. for 1873, p. 23-J, a'ld For. I'l. Burm. I. 76; was the first to iefer R¡)p:irO'íu to Bixineac.
But Kurii made tho miitake of describing in the latter work, us R¡/paria cmnv'," a plant widch agrees
neither with Blume's description nor with his spacimens of Ri/parosa orexia. The name of Kurd's plant
1 have Iherafore aitered to R. Kurdi. lu J8iS, Jjlume published, in Rumplua IV, p. 28, t. 17S C., fig.
2, a ue"- genus called Bjrgsmia which, as Kurz also pointed out (Journ. of Bot. for 1873, p. 233), is
nothing more or le^s timn his older Ryparo-n. üuly one species (B. jacanicu) known to Bluine.
To this Miquel added (l'"l. Ind, Bat. Suppl. 339) two species, namely, B. Sumatram and B.7 ucitminiU.
1 L&ve Been naiiher of th^se; but the cyniosa inioresoeace of B. Sumairana le.xds mo to believe tliat
it must be a Undnocarpui, ^vLilo the second {Bi a\.uMinat¡¿¡ was referred doubtfully to Barysmia by its
author himsylf. Thí collections brought, witliin tlie past year or two, from Peral; by the colloctorB of
the Calcutta garden contain copious suites of sjiecimeus of Ryparota and, from au examination of thftse,
I have no douht tbat Ri/parina belongs to Bui'ienu, anl that B:i-gfmia must be reduced to it. Besides
the 9«ven species deAcribed below, there are in the Calcutta Herbarium imperfect matei-ials beloQgiug to,
sjve.al additional species from Pernk, aud to some from Sumatra. Wall, Cat. No. ~847B. (finm Peuang)
and Biccari'e No. 702 (from Sumatra), are also clearly sp'jcies of Rijparusa.
DESCEIPTIONS OF NEW AND RARE INDIAN PLANTS.
T L A T E 1.33.
RypAKOSA C^SIA, Bl. Bijdr, 600; Rijparia, Fl. Javao (praef. Vili).
A small tree, the branclilets and inflorescence ferrugineous-silky. Leaves coriaceou.«,
oblong or obovate, shortly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed; upper surface shininglower
pale, rather densely but minutely adpressed-scriceous ; nerves 4 or y pairs, ascording;
length 6 to 9 in.; breadth 3 to 3 in,; petiole -75 to 1 ia., stout, thickened in its upper
fourth. Racemes solitary, supra-axillary, the female longer than the leaves. JUale flowrs-,
sepas -3, ovate, glabrous; petals 5, tomentose, with a basal hairy scale. Slaminal luhe
short, glabrous; anthers 4, broadly ovate, reflexed. Pistil (in female flower only) with
pubescent ovoid globose ovary. Fruii crowned by the 2 shortly-stalked fleshy radiating
reniforni emarginato stigmas, globose, ferruginous-tomentose, -5 to 7 in. diam. Hassk.
PI. Javan. Rar. 267: Bâillon Euphorb. 339. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, p. 361.
Prod. XV, 2 p, 1260. Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 233. King in Journ.
Bengal for 1892, pt. II, p. 128.
J a v a , Blui
DC.
Soc.
S u m a t r a ; Teysmann, Forbes, at an elevation of 3,500 feet.
Elnme describes the lower surfaces of the leaves as "tenuitet stcigosis"; but the hairs, althougli
not stiff but silky. This is the only species in which the haijs on tho lower surfaco of tho
The leaves of the Andaman plant referred to leaves are at all coospiouous. R. caesia by Kurz aro neaily
glabrous beneath.
Plate 15Ï. Eypai
seclion of ripe fruit: <.
(from femulo flower); t
' natural tiie;
uci tular^i.
1, branch with inflorescence of male flowm; 2, Uraneii will, rlpo fruit; 3,
, male flonct : enlarged; 6, aepil; 6, peialj 7, stamiaal column j 8, pistil
RypAROs.4 KUEZÍI, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1892, pi. 2, p. 12j.
A tree or shrub. Young shoots adpressed forruginous-puberulous. leaves elliptic to
elliptic-oblong, shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed; uppji- surface
shilling, glabrous except the puberulous midrib; lower glaucous, the reticulations distinctnorves
6 or 7 pairs, spreading, prominent beneath; length 8 to 12 in,, breadth 4
to t f o in.; petiole 1'25 in., thickened in its upper fourth, pubescent. Male racemes :>
to 10 in. long, ferruginous-tomentose, the petals reflexed: female racemes sliorter and
subglabrous. Fntii globose, tho size of a small cherry, lentioollate, 1—2-seeded. Ji.
eaisia, Kiu'z F. Fl. Burm., i, 78, not of Bl,
Andamans; Kurz, King's Collector. Nicobars, Kurz.
PLATS 154- Sypa>„ia ¿-unii, Kinir. t, branch witk male flow.
Iitral t'ize : 5, flower diss 00 te J ; 6, stauiinal culumu : enlarged.
0 of ripo frait ; 3 and 4, seeds :
P L A T E 155.
KYPAUOSA WRAYI, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, pt. 2, p. 126.
A tree 60 to 80 feet high, glabrous except the young branches and inflorescence.
Lfnves covioceous, ovate-lanceolate to oblong or elliptic, the apex sub-aouto; the base slightly
n a r r o w e d ; upper surface shining; lower dull yellowish green when dry, tho midrib
ANN. BOY, BOT, CALC., VOL, V.