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5, spreading. Stamens oo, shorter than the petals, usually united in 5 bundles 

 and opposite to them ; anthers versatile, cells parallel and opening longitu- 

 dinally. Ovary inferior or ^-superior, 3-celled ; ovules many in each cell, sus- 

 pended or horizontal. Capsule loculieidally 3-valved. Perfect seeffs few, linear, 

 cuneate, or -winged at the upper part ; emhryo straight, cotj^ledons broad, longer 

 than the radicle. — Distkib. Upwards of 14 species inhahiting the Malay penm- 

 sula and islands, New Caledonia, and Australia, 



1. T. Wigrhtiana, Griff. MSS. ; leaves alternate shortly petioled ob- 

 lanceolate acuminate glabrous closely pinnate-nerved^ cymes cor^bose dicno- 

 tomous long peduncled terminal and axillary equalling or exceeding the leaves 

 branches angular pubescent, bracts leaflike, flowers small on short pedicek 

 staminal bundles 3-androus, capsule very small almost wholly exserted, see^ 

 narrow compressed vringed. T. sumatrana, Miq. FL Ind. Bat, Suppl 308. 

 Hypericinea pimentifolia. Wall, Cat. 4828. 



Malacca, Griffith ; Singapore, Wallich, Lobb ; Penang, Walker.— DistniB, Java, 

 Sumatra, Borneo. 



A shrub. BarJc reddish-brown. Leaves 4|-6 by 2-2^ in., gradually naming 

 towards the base, obtusely acuminate or cuspidate, shining above, dull and tawny- 

 coloured beneath, margins revolute, lateral nerves slender uniting in a continuou 

 intramarginal one. Primary and secondary branches of inflorescence very loiig' 

 Calyx'tuhe broadly campanulate above, spreading or reflexed in fruit, its inner ^^^^ 

 and the ovary clothed with pure white pubescence. Petals nearly round, glandular. 

 Style short. Seeds 4-5 in each cell. 



burmannlca, Griff, MSS 



-i. -JL- . uurmannica, ^rvff. iYii::iis. ; leaves alternate or crowded at 



ends ^of the branches shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate obtuse or ^r^^ 



acuminate erlabrous or tomentnsft. V^vrnfis mrillarv fflw-flowered much snorter 



than thi 

 pedicels 



ibescent, flowers small yellowish 

 bracts at the base, calyx-lobes 



short 



exserted about f it9_ length 



Hypericinea micrantha, Wall Cat, 4829. 



Tknasserim, Heifer ; Moulmetn and Malacca, Falconer, Griffith, Wallict 

 Kurs, — DisTRiB. Java and Borneo. 



A shrub upwards of 8 ft. Bark grey. Younff parts and upper branches 



of inflo- 

 rusty- 



rescence pubescent. Leaves 2-4 by «-U in., shining above, lighter below o^ ^,/ 



prominent 



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Petals nearly round, shining. Owary silky-pu 



i^ymes compact, dichotomous. 



ovrJes many, suspended. Caj,_.. g ,.,. ^^^^ ^.j...^.^..^^, , t,aw 



VAH. tommtosa; leaves ochre-coloured hairy on both surfaces ^^^"^^t ^.lothed 



and along the prominent midrib, cymes nearly sessile compact and ^®°^Y i!.naer. 



with yellow tomentum, flowers larger and calyx-tube broader above, sty^^,;^**^ 



each 



Bm.iu Lree. lenassenm mountains, 4000 ft., C. Parish, There are n^ ^\^\],t^\es. 

 on the single specimen preserved in the Kew Herbarium. Possibly a distinct sy^^ 

 Var. ? ; leaves longer (2-5 in.), cymes lax, peduncles J in., the capsules ana ^^ 

 however are similar to those of Wallich's Hypencitiea micrantha ; there a 

 flowers on this specimen.— Near Moulmein, alt. 1000 ft., C. Parish. 



3. T. mer^uensis, Griff, in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 1854, 637;!^^^^ 

 alternate or the upper nearly opposite very shortly petioled or sessile ^"^^^^ 

 lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate glabrous, panicles on long PS JJ" ^j^^ 

 branches angular pubescent above, bracts leaflike, calyx-lobes oblong rouu 



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