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former was first described by me in the paper referred to abo 
the Malayan Miscellanies, vol. 1. published in 1820. Mr. 
to the family to the Wernerian Society, before 
burgh Journal of Sciences, vol. 7. (for 1822.) 
presented to the Linnean Society in May 
ve, and afterwards by my departed friend Mr. Jack in 
an Don afterwards gave an account of two genera belonging 
which it was read in January 1822; it was printed in the Edin- 
Mr. Jack sent an account of the family to Mr. Lambert, which was 
dieti ts | 1822, ‘and inserted in the 14th volume of their Transactions, published 
Plate CXLI. Fig. 1. Corolla, opened. — 9. Calyx, opened. — 3. Pistil. — 4. A withered stem, with ripe capsules, and some recent 
primordial radical leaves. ^ 5. Capsule. 
6. The same, divided horizontally. — 7. Section of one of the two parts of the capsule. 
DISCHIDIA RAFFLESIANA. Tab. 142. 
Fonts subrotundo-ovatis ; ascidiis confertis, pendulis, petiolatis, oblon 
lobis oblongis, obtusis, incurvis ; folliculis lævibus. 
Crescit in Singapur, super arboribus radicans, florens fructiferaque mense Novembris. Ad Malaccam et Sal- 
longohr alibique, Gerardus Kónig in Herbario Banksiano. | : 
go-ovatis, angulatis, obtusis ; coronæ stamineæ 
Frurex carnosus, lactescens, pallidè viridis, glaucescens, ramosissimus, alt? latèque super arborum truncis radicans et serpens, superne 
laxé dependens.  Rawr longissimi et gracillimi, teretes, nodoso-articulati ; inferiores pennam anserinam crassi, appendiculati, valdè 
radicantes ; superiores foliiferi, nutantes, subfiliformes. Raprcurz precipue juxta ramos inferiores provenientes, fasciculatæ, ramosissimæ, 
capillaceo-fibrillosæ, longæ. Forra exact? opposita, remota, bifariè patentissima, suborbiculata, obtusa, basi subretusa, nunc rotundato- 
ovata, unguicularia, pollicaria vel sesquipollicaria, utrinque acutiuscula, insidentia petiolo crasso, cylindrico, transversè rugosulo, vix 
2-lineari ; admodüm crassa et carnosa, glauca, suprà plano-convexa, ad insertionem petioli munita -ciliis paucis, carnosis, subulatis, citò 
evanidis, subtüs concaviuscula, avenia et enervia, marginibus recurvatis, scindentibus. Ascrp1a sive appendices ad ramos inferiores 
conferta, approximata, opposita, altero sæpè deficiente, breve petiolata, pendula, foliis paucissimis interspersa, carnosa, pallide viridia, glau- 
cescentia, demüm flavicantia et emarcescentia, 2—4-pollicaria, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, levitér curva, complanata, obtusa; nunc minima, 
ovata; ad latera obtusissimè et parcé costato-angulata subfoveolataque, basi parüm contractå, gibboso-rotundatá, inverså, ita ut formatur 
tubus amplus, sed vix unguem longus, utrinque pervius, hinc, ad latus nempé petiolo oppositum integer, illinc fissus, ostio exteriore rügoso, 
tumido, ferè circulari, interiore, cavitatem ascidii respiciente, libero, obliquo, margine recurvato; cavitas angusta, plòs minüsve repleta 
radiculis densis, capillaceis, e rami proxima parte, imo ex ipso petiolo, vel ab utroque loco oriundis, trunco uno duobusve per introitum 
istum liberé decurrentibus; parietes atropurpurei, læves, nitidi; petiolus brevissimus, istos foliorum exacté referens, apice extüs serie 
ciliarum subulatarum, carnosarum, citò emarcescentium, cicatrices linquentium. Frores pallidè flavi, lineas 3 longi, dispositi in wnbellam 
parvam, rotundatam, solitariam, extra-axillarem petiolorum tam foliorum quàm ascidiorum, istis dimidio, hisce multoties. breviorem; 
pedunculatam, peractá floratione parùm elongatam et subracemiformem. PenuncuLus cylindricus, carnosus, semiuncialis, apice capitato- 
inérassatus et foveolatus pro insertione florum. PEDIcELLI teretes, vix unguiculares, minutim. puberuli, basi suffulti. dentibus duobus 
foveole apicis pedunculi bracteæformibus. CaLyx patentissimus, profundè divisus in lacinias 5, lanceolatas, acutas, membranaceo- 
marginatas, ciliatas. CoroLLa carnosa, ovata, obsoletè 5-sulcata; limbus contractus, subcylindricus, divisus in lacinias 5, lineari-lanceo- 
latas, obtusiusculas, minutim puberulas, conniventi-parallelas, versus apicem convexo-gibbosulas, æstivatione valvatas. (COLUMNA FRUC- 
TIFICATIONIS corollá dimidio brevior, ovata, apice conica, obtusula. Corona srAMINEA colamnam' dimidiam vix longitudine superans, 
5-phylla; foliola antheris opposita, levitèr recurva, profunde biloba, basi oblonga, latiusculå distantia; lobi oblongo-lineares, parüm 
divergentes, incurvi, apiceque obtuso introrsüm nutantes. ANTHERX sagittatze, obtuse, apice membranaceo stigma obtegentes ; lobi basis 
longè producti, ligulati, verticales. Massæ tenuissimæ, cereaceæ, plane, lineares, pallide flavae, basi receptze glandulá cornea, clavata, 
adscendente, & viridi fuscescente, ad apicem concaviusculá, paullò supra basin corpusculi oblongi, sulcati; fusci, lateralitèr insertè. ,Ovanta 2, 
semicylindrica. SryL1 brevissimi. STIGMATA acutiuscula, occulta. FoLLicuLus solitarius, subulatus, extrorsùm astennato-avtindriona, obtu- 
sissimus, basi vix angustatus, laevis, ferrugineus, 2-pollicaris. Semina valdè parva, plana, oblongo-obovata, margine submenbrugapeo, 
crenulato, supernè versus umbilicum evanido. Coma sericea, copiosa, semine multd longior. PERISPERMUM tenue. CoTYLEDONES parvi, 
oyati, obtusi. Raprcura longa, cylindrica. 
In the Banksian Herbarium there are specimens of this remarkable plant, which were found by Kònig, and inscribed 
in the following manner by that accurate and indefatigable botanist: *' Genus novum contortaruin k Fulera 5 extra 
nectarium Y. Corolla monopetala, inflata, margine 5-dentato ; reliquae ut in Asclepiadibus. Habitat in sylvis copiosè 
prope Malaccam et Sallongohr ; alibi rarior. Nummularia lactea minor, Rumph. Amb. wem. 9. p. 471. tab. 175. f. 2. 
et3. Stipulæ reniformes; ast vesiculæ, cicatricibus verrucosa, sunt neglectæ in figura. One of the specimens 
gathered in September 1772, and sent from Madras by Mr. Robertson. It is a very extensive, branchy , smooth shr : , 
climbing over the trunks and larger branches of trees by means of numerous branchy and fibrous radicles, which ire 
produced in great abundance along the larger branches. All the upper parts are fleshy and smooth, of a palli 
glaucous-green colour, without being in the least mealy, abounding in a thick and viscid white milk.» The young 
