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honanthes,\ 



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nerves numerous, oblique ; petiole 4-| in. Peduncles shorter thaa the leaves. Flowers 

 i m. diam. Stamens 10. 



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,4. I. obovata, Hoohf.; leaves broadly obovate rounded at the apex 

 sinuate-crenate narrowed into a slender petiole nerves nearly horizontal, 

 stamens 12 or more, capsule (unripe) ^ by \ in. narrow ovoid. 



Eastern Peninsula; Singapore, Zo6i. 

 11-91^''^^ "i^st^^ct species, easily recognised by the broad flat obovate leaves, 2-4 by 

 J -i m., with nearly horizontal nerves, the tip is rounded and often emarginate, and 



e margins have long very shallow ere natures. Peduncles very slender, equalling or 



xceeding the leaves; cymes rather crowded. Flowers about the size of those of /.. 

 ^osandra. 



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A '■ reticulata, Jack in Mai, Misc, ii. No. 7, 51; leaves elliptic-oblong 

 Obtuse quite entire scarcely narrowed into the slender petiole nerves arching 

 mucii reticulated on both surfaces, peduncles very stout, stamens 10, cap- 

 8uie 1-1^ by f in. ovoid, valves grooved at the back. Griffith Plant 

 » L i^ Hypericinea macrocarpa, Wall. Cat. 4833. Gordouia decandra^. 

 *<^. FL Ind. ii 573; WaU. Cat. dm. 



Eastern Pf.vivstit * . tw.. ..,«. ir • c.„ ^„« tt/„7 



^ASTERN Peninsula ; Malacca, 3Iaingay; 

 Leaves 3-5 by Ji-2i in. ; petiole 1 in, v 



Quailing the leaves.' 



rr H ^ -^ ^^^^^^- ^P«^^ "1 fruit ^ in. long, very thick. 



riM ^1 ' ^*^^® turgid capsule than Maingay's, and mor 



laea y recurved mardn. This accords best with Jack's . 



Sjkcapore, Wallich, — Distrib. Sumatra, 

 ery slender. Peduncles shorter than or 



— Wallich*8 specimens have 

 more shining leaves, with a de- 



^ ^ . , v-vi uiui^iii. luis accoras uest wicn jacK's description of I. reticulata, 



diff ' ^t ^^^^ ^' ^^^^^^^^^i its identity cannot be satisfactorily ascertained. It 

 ItaT ^^^^ leaves not having very thickened margins, and not being glaucous beneath. 

 *itli R ^^® Lcliinensis, but the fruit is very much larger, and may be identified 

 a nomean species, of which^ however, I have seen no fruit. 





Order XXX. MALPIGHLACE^. (By 



Qui J? ^^ ^^'^'^S' often climbing. 

 2i. "*^^« ; stipules small or 0.^ 



irees or slir^Vo ^a. i:_-i..-.._ Leaves (m the Indian genera) opposite, 



artioiil f'""' ""i'^^tJs small or u. Inflorescence axillary or terminal; pedicels 

 yello ' ^^'^^'fy 2-bracteolate. Flowers middling sized or small, white or 

 Co/yJ* °'^!"f '■^'■^^y red yellow or blue, hermaphrodite, regular or irregular. 

 matyf'A^ 5-partite ; segments imbricate or valvate, 1 or more (never all) 

 clawp!f ^^*^ ^ ^^""ge gland, rarely eglandular (Aspidopterys). Petals 5, 

 LvdojL"^ not. often fimbriate, imbricate. Dide obscure. Stamens 10, 

 oiher?«?^^ or subperigynous, equal or 1 or more much larger than the 

 styWi -f"®"*^ ^e® or connate below, anthers 2-lobed. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 ovuU r V ..^^''^'Sht or circinate, stigmas capitate or punctiform or lateral; 

 Asiatin ° ^^y in each cell, micropyle superior, raphe ventral. FruU (in the 

 StraiX^^n^^^) of one or more winged samaras. Seed exalbuminous; embryo 

 DcanHi,! ^^ curved, radicle superior.— Distkib. A very large American Order, 



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600. 



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