Tab. 5437. 

 reidia glaucescens. 



Glaucescent Reidia. 



Nat. Ord. Euphorbiace v..— Moncecia Piandria. 



Gen. Char. Reidia, Wight. — Elores monoici v. dioici. Masc. : Sepala Me- 



pissime 4; glanduU 4. Stamina 2, sessilia v. siupissimo eoliimna ccntrali ter- 

 uiinalia, loculis divaricatis transverse dehiscentibus. Fcem. : Sepala Mepissime 

 5-6; glandular 5-6. Ovarium 3-loculare, stylo brevi trifido, ramis bifido ; 

 ovulis loculis 2 collateralibus. Capsula 3-cocca, coccis 1-2-spermis. — Arbores 

 v. frutices, folds alternis sessilibiis v. brevipetiolatis ; stipulis 2, laiera/ibiis ca- 

 ducts; pedunculis axillaribm, unijloris, masculis in/erioribus, fccraiidbus tenm- 

 Halibus ; floribus parvis. 



Epistylium glaucescens ; ramulis puberulis, folds brevissime petiolatis oblique 

 oblongis apiculatis subtus glaucis, pedunculis masculis solitariis v. paucis, 

 foemineis solitarns longioribus, sepalis basi rubris fimbriato-laceris, autheris 

 sessilibiis, ovario glaberrimo. 



Reidia glaucescens. Miami, Flor. Ned. Ind. v. l.p. 374. 



Eriococcus glaucescens. Zoll. Herb. 2701. 



This very pretty stove-plant was brought to the Royal Gar- 

 dens from Siam, by Thomas Christy, jun., Esq., and owing to 

 its graceful habit, regular distichous foliage, glaucous beneath, 

 numerous pendulous flowers, and red peduncles and branches, 

 it is very attractive. The flowers remain in perfection, too, for 

 a very long time. It belongs to a genus of which there are se- 

 veral species in India, a good deal resembling the present, which 

 however differs from all in the fimbriate sepals, glabrousness, 

 and other points. Miquel's specimens are from Java, and they 

 seem to differ from ours in the less fimbriated sepals. 



Descr. A small, graceful, glabrous shrub. Leaves broadly 

 oblong, blunt at both ends, apiculate, quite glabrous, glaucous 

 beneath. Peduncles bright red, of the male flowers, on the 

 lower axils, solitary or few together, capillary, shorter than the 

 leaves ; of the female, towards the end of the branches, longer, 

 stouter, solitary. Flowers yellow-red at the base. Sepals all 



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