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Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong-lanceolate, 

 1 axillary clusters ; peduncles sliort, without 



Petah 4. Sta- 



-duced and divergin 



Calyx-tvhe oblong, puberulous, limb shortly 4-lobed. 

 m€7i8 4, equal ; anthers attenuate at tUI top, opening by one pore, cells pro- 



at their bases; connective without appendage. Ovary 

 inferior, 4-celled,puBerulous at the apex; style filiform, simple; ovules very 

 many, placentas axile, paired. Capsule small, obscurely 4-furrowed, opening at 

 the summit by four pores. Seeds very many, raphe long, testa long-un^r, 

 Droduced at each end much bevond the small oblonsr nucleus. 





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. cochincbinensis, Lour. Fl. CocMnch. 527; Seemann^Joum.BoL 



trum parviflorum, Benth, FL Hongk 



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Hongkong and Formosa. - _ ? •'! 



A shrub 6 ft., glabrous, innovations minutely puberulous. Leaves 3-4 in., lanceo- 

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 obovoid, smooth'; feetb 5, sniall, persistent. Petals 5. Stamens 10, equal; an: 

 thers oblong, obtuse at the top opening with one pore, at the base shortly pro- 

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opposite very unequal, panicle terminal. Blume Mus. Bot. i. 40 ; Naud. «« 4'" : 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. p. 307, with Jiff. ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 556 ; Tnam 

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 Tves; petiole f in. Paiiicle IJ- by If in., rusty puberulous, short-peduncie , 

 opposite, supported by small linear bracts ^^ in,, the ultimate F^ j^^ 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, nearly glabrous ; teeth 5, minute. Petals o, ^ 



- ovate, subacute, rose-purple. Fruit (not ripe) i in. diam. subglobose.- 





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 i in. Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 307 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. J- ^ 

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