AIÍNALS OF EOYAL BOTAITIC GAHDEN. CALCUTTA.
tube -5 to -65 in. loug, containing tlic starainal coluran, then constricted into a sliwt
cylincbic tube, and terminated by a sub-sagittato terminal lobe about I in. long. Siaminal
column short, -wltli six broad fleshy lobes boneath wHch are the sis broad sub-orbicular
2-celled anthers. Siiymaiic lobes Ü, small, triaugalar, thoir apices projecting aboye the
staniinal column. Ovary longitudinally striate, about -20 in. long. Fruit unknown.
Penang: King's Collector No. 1-Í53. Cui-tis, No. 330.
This boautifxil species appears to hayo been oollected only onoe. I tava clodioated it to
Mr. C. Ciu'tis, wlio lias in recent years done so mucb. for tlio esploratiou of the rich flora of Psnang.
Plate 195, Ans/olocldu Cif/hii, Kins- 1, DjireriQg braocU: 0/ aatuml si:e; 2, stamina] cüluma^ 3, two anthers •
4, OTory; al! cnlurgul. ' ' '
P L A T E 196.
Praini-a, liing.
Nai. Ord. Urficacew. Tribe Conocephaka-.
A powerful climber. Flowers dicsceous, closely packed in globose heads with
nuiaeroiis peltate scales intermixed. . Ma l e flowee with tubular, obtusely 4-toothed
perianth; stamen solitary, the anther ovate, the filament short, thick, erect; pistillodo 0.
F r j u l e rLowER larger than the male, the perianth tubalar-olavate, thickened towards the
iipox, the mouth minute. Ovary and style included, free; style torminal, deeply 2-fid;
ocule solitary, erect, orthotropous. Fruit ovoid, rather fleshy, the perianth persistent
and united with the pcricarp, the endocarp membranous. Seed esalbuuiinous ; cotyledons
flfsiiy, plauo-convex, equal; radicle minute, straight, superior.
This gemis, which was first described in Hooker's Fioia of Brit. India, 70I. V, p, 5-i6, resembles
Parnrtocavpus iu having only a single stamen in its male flowers, but diflers in haviug a perianlli, the
flowers ot Ptmirtocarpui having none. Tha erect ovule of this constitutes, however, a more
important distlnclion, and brings it into the tribe CoMC.'phnkis, ratber than into AHocarpace.
Prainea scandcns, King in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, Glabrous; the young
branches thin, cylindric, sparsely lenticellatc. Leaves alternate, petiolate, obbug-ovate
or oblanceolate, shortly cuspidate, entire, cuneale at the base. Receptados axillary,
soHtary, pcdiccllate, tho male -5 in. in diam., the female 1-5 to 2 in. in diam. Seed's
ovoid.
Perak; King's Collector, Nos. 3349 and 3633: in dense forests at elevations of
under 1,000 feet: not common.
A fine climber from 50 to 100 feet long, the main stem 12 to I i iuobos in diameter. Only a
few flowers on each female receptacle become feitilised and prodaco fruit; the abortive llowcrs ara
dry, davale, pnbei'ulous, and persistent. Between the flowers are interspersed numerous long-pedicelled,
peltat.', puberulous scales. The ripe fruit measures ratber more than on inch in length, the ripo
seed ratber more than lioli-an-inch.
PtiTE 198. Pruhca ¡candens. King. 1, branch bearing ono malo roccptaole; 2 and 3, femnlc receptacles (from
nnother plant): of natural size; i, single female flower oi)enod up to skow tkc oi-arj and style; 5, ovary with its tiilid
style; 6, the same with the arms ot the stylo separated; 7, female flower after fertilisation; 8, ven i cal section of
the seme, showing fertilised orary, the style arms haviog shrÍ7elled ; 9, ripe fruit; 10, vortical s<ietion of a ripe
seed, showing the plauo-coave:!: cotyledons; II, the flat face of a cotylcdon, showing the position of ihc radicle (r) ;
12, peltato scales fr.m tho female receptad. ; 13, a male flower opened up to show the d-toothed perianth and
the siuRle stamen; 14, peltate scale irjm male receptriclo j 15, tho same seen iroin above. iVtyj. -i ic is are
DEScnimoiSs op kew and raee pl ant s . 163
P L A T E 197. -
IIULr.ErTiA, King.
xYai. Ord. Urlicacea;; 2'rihe Conocephulew.
Diceeious shrubs with alternate entire penui-nerved leaves -with small stipules.
Flowers 10 to 12, sunk in cavities of axillary pedunculate open funnel-shaped 3-4-lobed
ebraeteolatc receptacles. Ma l e flowers: Perianths oblong, tubular, connate with each
other below and with the receptacle; tho apices free, 2-lobed or 2 toothed : stamens
tho anthers ovate, erect, tho filaments connate in a column; pistillode 0. Fkmalu
i-LOwiiiis: perianth tiibular-clavate, the apex umbouate and with a small vertical opening.
Ooary free, clavate; style short, central, included, stigmii small : ovule solitary, ercct,
orthotropous. Fruitiwj receptacle sub-globose, on lobed fleshy receptacles enclosing 1
to 6 oue-scedod fruits with membranous pericarps and tlie unfertilized flowers. Seed
erect, sub-globoso or flattened, e.^albuminous; the cotyledons fleshy, sub-equal, plnnoconvc
t; radicle miniite, straight, lying betweeu the cotyledons near their apices.
The general aEBniiies of this genus of Udicacae, wbieb was first described in Hooker's Flora ot
British ludia, Yol. V, 547, ai-e with tbe tribe Arlocarpete, from which, however, the erect ovule
excludes it. In this character, as also in its undivided style, it agrees with the Conocephalcm ; and,
amongst the genera of that tribe, it comes nearest to Cousscpon.
Ilulleltia dumosa, King in Hook. fil. Fl. i3r. Ind. V, 547. Glabrous, the young
branches pubescent. Leaves elongated-obovato or oblong, shortly cuspidate, tbe base
narrowed, 6 to 12 in. long and 2-o to 3-¿ broad; the petioles stout, -ó to 1 in. long.
Stipitles ovatu, acute. Receptacles of male flowers -35 in. in diam., those of the female
flowers sub-globoso or sub-pyritorm, 1 to 2 in. in diam., all with short stout peduncles.
Perak: King's Collector No. 395t); Scortechini, without number.
Another species of this genus (n. Grifiilhiana, King) occurs in Tenasserlm. It wai first collected
liy nelfer and is Lis No. <1G7Q-1 (Kew Distributiou). The specimen just quoted was described by
Kui'z under the name Bontow Gylffithii (Flora of Burma, I I 462). Bat it does not agree with the
characters of that genus. Escelleut specimens of HcUer's plant have recently been collected nenr
Mergui in Teuasserim by Mr. II. L. Proudlock, Curalor of the Botanic Garden, Calcutta.
PiiTE 197. rnilleltm dume^a. Eng. 1, branch bearing a mature female rcoeptocle ; 2, male tecepfaole, seen from
ouUde (from another specimen) ; S, immature female receptacle ; 4 and 6, the same cut obliquely; 6, transverse
dice of a female receptacle, showius the arrangement of the perianths and ovaries; 7, rerlieal section of a mature
aiib-glubose recepiaele oontwning only ono seed ; 8, vertical section oí a mature lobcd receptado containing jereral
seeds; 9, a seed i 10, vertical section of a seed, showing the plano-conves cotyledons a:.d the minute superior
radicle (r) : all of nctural size; II, female flower, showing the tubular pcriamh cut open and the ciar ate oviiry ;
Vi. vcrtic.il softion oi' a male receptacic, showing the anthers of three flowers ¡ 13 and 14, malo flowers with on¡
side of tho periautU cut awiiy; 15, JO, and 17, the diaotlieroua columa of the male flower, seen from different
points : all enlarged.
P L A T E S 198 AND 199.
IIemiorchis Paktlisgii, King n. sp.,
Nat. Ord. Sciiamincae.
Ilerbaceous; rhizome 12 to 18 iu. long, branching, spar.«oly clothed with short fibres
Leafy stem distinct from the flowering one and produced after it, 15 to 20 in. loiio-- leaves
ovate-lanceolate, tapering to each end, sheathing at the base, 6 to 14 in loii"" and
Amk. Rot. Bot. Gaed, Calc., Yol. V.
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