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branches ws very long and slender, almost filiform, hanging down loosely. The leaves are ya ke e Md 
they are thick and fleshy, of a broad oval, or nearly round form, an inch to an inch and a half long, without any visible 
nerves or veins, convex above, concave underneath, with sharp and recurved margins, supported by means of short, 
thick, cylindrical petioles. Along the lower branches, and very sparingly if at all intermixed with aa E are pro- 
duced numerous large appendages, of a very singular structure, which give the plant a dac E y E (oe 
appearance, contrasting in a striking manner with that of the slender and pendulous, almost na j ane jets. à ey 
consist of crowded, opposite, pendulous, fleshy bags or reservoirs, from two to five inches long, of an ovate or oblong, 
more or less compressed form, the margins and apex blunt, the sides very irregularly and obtusely angular and 
wrinkled, perfectly smooth and shining, and destitute of nerves or veins. “Their base or upper extremity is hollow and 
inverted, so as to form a short and wide tube or inlet to the cavity; that end of the tube which. forms the opening 
at the base of the bag is wrinkled and convex, and on its inner side is inserted the very short, cylindric, curved stalk, 
by which the bag is attached to the branch, and which resembles in every respect the footstalks of the leaves, having 
moreover, like those, a series of small subulate bodies externally at its end ; the side of the tube which corresponds to 
the insertion of the stalk is the shortest, and is slit longitudinally ; the inner opening is oblique, with recurved, free 
margins. The cavity of the bag is narrow, and contains always a dense tuft of radicles, which are produced from the 
pearest part of the branch, or even from the stalk on which the bag is suspended, and which enter through the inlet 
by one or two common branches ; its sides are smooth and shining, of a dark purple colour. I am unable to offer any 
conjecture as to the immediate use of these curious reservoirs, unless it be to protect the tender roots, which are 
always found in them in great luxuriance ; for after continuing a certain time, the bags acquire a yellowish hue and gra- 
dually decay, leaving the roots to attach themselves to the trunk of the tree on which the plant grows. My excellent 
friend Mr. Lindley considers them as modified forms of leaves; an opinion which derives confirmation from the presence 
on their footstalks of the small subulate bodies, which are also found on the proper petioles of this plant, as well as of 
most, if not all the other members of the natural family to which it belongs. The bags contain generally a great 
number of small and harmless black ants, most of which find a watery grave in the turbid fluid which frequently half 
fills the cavity, and which seems to be entirely derived from without. 
I found the plant at Singapur, on an excursion with the late Sir Stamford Raffles; and to that most amiable and 
excellent man, my dear departed friend and patron, I dedicate it. I have met with a plant very closely re- 
sembling it on the banks of the river Attran in Martaban, near Assamee, with flower and fruit, in the month of 
March : respecting this and some other species with which I am acquainted I offer the following observations. 
D. clavata, foliis subrotundo-ovatis ; ascidiis confertis, pendulis, subsessilibus, cylindricis, clavatis, arcuatis, mar- 
ginatis, obtusé cuspidatis ; coronæ stamineæ lobis oblongis, obtusis, incurvis ; folliculis puberulis. 
This species resembles D. Hafflesiana in its habit and mode of growth, and in producing abundance of reservoirs. 
These latter are however of a very different form ; they are club-shaped, slightly curved, five inches long, compressed, 
surrounded with a thin and narrow margin, and gradually enlarging from the base into a rounded apex, which is obtusely 
pointed on one side; their structure is in every respect similar to that of the other species, and their cavity is always 
filled with roots. The leaves are broad ovate, almost orbicular, with an acute point, concave underneath ; petioles 
very short. Flowers precisely as in the Singapore plant; they are yellow, with greenish lines between the lacinize. 
Follicle solitary, cylindric, subulate, two inches long, pubescent. 
D. bengalensis, Colebr. A native of Sillet. 
D. cuneifolia, foliis cuneatis, subretuso-cuspidatis, basi valdé attenuatis, ramisque furfuraceis. 
I found this rooting on trees on the banks of the Attran river, without flower or fruit, towards the end of the month 
of March. It is undoubtedly a species of Dischidia, and is nearly allied to D. bengalensis, but differs essentially in 
the points contained in the above specific character. 
D. Nummularia, Brown ; Nummularia lactea minor (prima), Rumph. Amb. vol. 5. p. 472. t. 176. f. 1.“ I-found this 
in flower and fruit in March 1826, on the Attran river, near the place where D. Hafflesiana grows; also at Penang 
and Singapur, without flower, towards the end of 1822. Vahl's Collyris minor, Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Hafn. vol. 6. 
p. 111. may perhaps be a different species from Rumphius's plant, which that author quotes as a synonym ; it seems to 
be the same as a plant from the East Indies, gathered by Kónig, of which I have seen specimens in the Banksian Her- 
barium, with oval, rather long-petioled leaves, which are not mealy. “The structure of the columna staminea is pre- 
cisely like that of D. Hafflesiana, and differs therefore in some degree from Mr. Brown's plant, on which he founded 
his genus. 
D.? Collyris. Pustula arborum, loc. cit. tab. 175. f. 3. On this plant Vahl founded his Collyris (loc. cit. p. 109.) ; 
and more recently Dr. Blume has established on it a genus which he calls Conchophyllum, (Bijdr. p. 1060.) I found 
* The late Dr. Hamilton has pointed out in his copy of this work, now belonging to the Botanic Garden of Calcutta, that most of the references to Tabb. 
175 and 176 of the 5th Volume are wrong. Tab. 175. fig. 1. represents Nummularia lactea major, alba, p. 470, towards the bottom of the page: fig.2. is Numm. 
lact. maj. (prima) p. 470, and not Numm. lact. minor : fig. 3. is correctly referred to Pustula arborum, p. 473. Tab. 176. fig. 1. is Numm. lact. minor (prima) 
p. 472: fig. 2. is Numm. lact. minor (altera), P- 473, and not Numm. lact, major. 
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