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ated, tapering at the base, on short petioles, hispid from villi 
on both surfaces; petioles, young branches, and peduncles 
very villous ; stipulas linear-lanceolate, cuspidate, very villous ; 
corymbs trichotomous, terminal : calyx villous : segments linear : 
the large, foliaceous segment petiolate, elliptic, yellow. h.S. 
Native of Penang. Flowers yellow. 
Villous Mussænda. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
7 M. Sumarre’nsis (Roth, nov. gen. et spec. p. 152.) leaves 
elliptic, tomentose on the under surface, as well as the petioles 
and branches; corymbs terminal ; bractea-formed leaf of calyx 
roundish, pubescent, reticulately veined. h.S. Native of the 
East Indies. 
Sumatra Musseenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
8 M. acumina‘ra (Blum. bijdr. p. 986.) leaves lanceolate, 
acuminated at both ends, pubescent on the mid-rib on both 
sides; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, pubescent; lobes of 
calyx linear, acuminated: one of which is drawn out into an 
elliptic-oblong leaf. h. S. Native of Java, at the head of 
the river Tjikundal, on Mount Gede. 
Acuminated-leaved Mussenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
9 M. nisripa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 139.) leaves oval, 
acuminated, pilose; branchlets hispid; pedicels and calyxes 
very bristly; stipulas lanceolate; segments of calyx ovate, 
acute: one of which is petiolate, ovate, acuminated, hispid on 
the petiole and villous on the nerves. bh. G. Native of Ni- 
paul, at Narainhetty. The lobes of the corolla are rounded 
and mucronate. It comes near to M. fronddsa, but the 
leaves of that species are canescent from tomentum beneath, and 
the segments of the calyx are linear and elongated. 
Hispid Musseenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
10 M. ERYTHROPHY'LLA (Schum. pl. guin. p. 116.) branches 
velvety from short soft down; leaves ovate, cuspidate, pubes- 
cent above, and villously tomentose beneath ; stipulas villous, 
deciduous; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, villous; calycine 
segments subulate: one of which is large, petiolate, ovate- 
acuminated, and very villous; tube of calyx hispid. p. S. 
Native of Guinea, where it was collected by Thonning. The 
bractea-formed calycine segments are 4-5 inches long, and 2 inches 
broad, 5-nerved, and of a reddish colour. Corolla hardly twice 
the length of the calyx. Habit of M. fronddsa, under which 
name it was received from Puerari. 
Red-leaved Musseenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet.” 
11 M. ture'ora (Delil. in Caill. pl. afr. p. 65. t. 1. f. 1. 
Caill. voy. t. 62.) leaves almost sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
nerved, and tomentose beneath; stipulas twin on each side, 
lanceolate-subulate ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous ; calycine 
teeth subulate: one of which is often petiolate, oval, and acute. 
h. G. Native of Arabia, on the mountains of Hadie and 
elsewhere ; and about Singue in Nubia. Ophiorhiza lanceolata, 
Forsk. egypt. arab. p. 42. Manéttia lanceolata, Vahl, symb. 
1. p.12. Mussze’nda lanceolata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 705. but 
not of Poir. The bractea-formed calycine leaf is yellowish, as 
well as the flowers. Corolla an inch long, slender. 
Yellow-bractead Musszenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
12 M. Isrrtra‘na (D. C. prod. 4. p. 371.) leaves elliptic, 
on short petioles, and are as well as the branches glabrous ; 
flowers disposed in corymbose panicles ; peduncles and corollas 
clothed with canescent villi; bractea-formed calycine lobes 
large, roundish, and glabrous. h.S. Native of Guinea, where 
it was collected by Isert. M. macrophylla, Schum. pl. guin. 
118. but not of Wall. 
Tsert’s Musseenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
13 M. Arze‘ti1; every_part of the shrub is villous; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate: having the veins clothed with rusty hairs 
beneath, as well as the petioles; corymbs panicled, crowded ; 
bractea-formed calycine segment large, white, and villous ; cap- 
RUBIACEÆ. XXVII. Mussanpa. 
sules villous. h.S. Native of Sierra Leone, by the sides of 
rivulets, among other bushes. Flowers yellow. 
Afzelius’s Musseenda. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
14 M. pusr’scens (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 372.) 
leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, pubescent on the nerves; 
stipulas twin on each side, subulate ; corymbs terminal ; caly- 
cine lobes subulate : one of which is petiolate, ovate, and acute; 
corolla with a slender tube, and acute lobes. h.G. Native of 
China, where it is called Cum mun fa. M. pubéscens, Sims, 
bot. mag. 2099. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 451. but not of Humb. et 
Bonpl. Corollas small, yellow, clothed with adpressed down on 
the outside. The branches are rather scandent, and the bractea- 
formed calycine segments are white. 
Downy Musseenda. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1805. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 
15 M. varrordsa (Wall. cat. no. 6259.) branches and pe- 
duncles hispid and warted; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, hispid 
from stiff hairs on both surfaces, as well as on the petioles ; 
corymbs trichotomous, terminal ; the large foliaceous segments 
of the calyx roundish, mucronate, triple-nerved, somewhat cor- 
date and somewhat cuneated at the base, white; fruit roundish, 
not crowned, warted ; calycine teeth short. h. S. Native of 
the East Indies, at Amherst, Chappedong, and Tavoy. 
Warted-fruited Musseenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
16 M. corymso'sa (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 226.) leaves oblong, 
pointed, and are as well as the branches smooth ; corymbs ter- 
minal, smooth ; stipulas cordate at the base, and cuspidate at 
the apex; calycine segments setaceous : the bractea-formed one 
‘ ovate-lanceolate ; lobes of corolla ovate, acute. h. S. Native 
of Ceylon, Malabar, and other parts of the East Indies. The 
bractea-formed calycine segment is white, and the border of the 
corolla orange-colonred, but greenish underneath. In some 
parts of India the white floral leaves are brought to table as an 
esculent herb. 
Corymbose-flowered Mussenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
17 M. macropny’tia (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. Pp 228.) 
branchlets beset with soft silky hairs; leaves ovate, acuminated, 
pubescent ; stipulas broad-ovate, bifid, acuminated and recurved 
at the apex; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, very pilose, on 
short peduncles; calycine segments foliaceous, broad, oblong- 
lanceolate ; bracteas large, very hairy. R. S. Native of Ni- 
paul, on the mountains of Chundugiri and Nagarjoon. Branches 
tetragonal, brown. Leaves green above and pale villous be- 
neath. Stipulas nearly twice as long as the petioles. Corymbs 
shorter than the uppermost pair of leaves. There are generally 
3 floral leaves in each corymb, which are snow white, and 2-3 
inches long. Bracteas large under each division of the inflo- 
rescence. Flowers large, orange-coloured, hairy outside. Ber- 
ries dark purple, hairy, size of a marrowfat pea. 
Long-leaved Musseenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 3 
18 M. Watti’cu11; leaves long, elliptic, tapering much to 
both ends, acuminated, quite glabrous; corymbs glabrous, tri- 
chotomous, terminal; the large petiolate calycine leaflets gla- 
brous, triple-nerved, white, acuminated ; fruit roundish, crowne 
by the calycine segments, which are linear. R. S. ge 
of the East Indies, at Tavoy and Rangoon. M. longifolia, Wall. 
cat. no. 6258. but not of Lam. 
Wallichs Musseenda. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. b 
19 M. cana (Wall. in Roxb. fi. ind. 2. p. 229.) shru 
hoary in every part from adpressed soft hairs; leaves o 
oblong, almost sessile, white beneath; stipulas broad at thg 
base, lanceolate at the apex, adpressed ; corymbs terminal, ses 
sile, faciculate, few-flowered; bracteas linear-subulate ; bractea- 
formed segment of the calyx large, ovate, petiolate, and p 
minated. h.G. Native of Nipaul, towards Gosaingsthan. 
Root simple, slender. Stem about the thickness of a e 
quill, undivided, though seldom with 1 or 2 slender alterna 
