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ribus, solitariis, ramosis; ovario clavato, gracili-pedicellato, petalis orbiculatis, unguiculatis ; baccá ovali, lobis calycis 
persistentibus, incurvis styloque coronatå. 
Incolit montes Sillet confines, undé specimina sicca misit Francis De Silva. 
Annon. Ramuui eylindrici, cinerei, ad insertionem foliorum subcomplanato-dilatati, uti omnes partes glaberrimi ; recentes alternatim 
compressi, obsoletè tetragoni. Forra approximata, opposita, subbifarid patentia, oblonga, acuminata, integerrima, basi obtusa vel acutius- 
cula, interstitiis duplò triplóve longiora, 5-pollicaria, coriacea, levia, suprà lucida, bullato-rugosula, subtüs nervis frequentibus, sub- 
transversis, versus peripheriam huicque parallelé arcuatis et confluentibus, costáque elevatis, venis numerosis, magnis, reticulatis, inter 
marginem et anastomosin istam nervorum in seriem utroque parallelam dispositis. PerIoLI teretes, semipollicares, suprà sulcati, basi 
articulati.  Corymsr axillares, solitarii, oppositi, laxiusculi, foliis dimidio triplòve breviores, brevè pedunculati, plús minusvè divisi. 
PepuncuLI oppositi, subbrachiati, complanato-tetragoni, suffulti pari bracteolarum parvulo, opposito, lanceolato. Fronrs magni, albi, 
lævissimi, ternati, pedicello gracili, nunc longo suffulti. Caryers tubus (i. e. ovarium) oblongo-clavatus ; faux cyathiformis, divisa in 
lobos 4 subrotundos. Perara orbiculata, lobis calycinis duplo-majora, minutim crenulata, ungue brevi, lineari suffulta. Sramina valdè 
longa et numerosa, patentissima ; filamenta fer’ capillacea, alba; antheræ parve, pallide, versatiles. SryLus rectus, gracilis, persistens, 
staminibus paullò brevior. Bacca pendula, ovalis, obtusa, flava, 13-pollicaris, glabra, vertice foveå exsculpta magná, obtusè et incurvatd 
4-lobá, styliferå. 
My acquaintance with this species is derived from dried specimens, and from a beautiful drawing in the possession 
of my most esteemed patron and friend H. T. Colebrooke, Esq., to whom I am indebted for the accompanying 
engraving. It must be a very handsome tree at all times, on account of the elegant shining foliage with which it is 
most abundantly furnished; the flowers are large and ornamental, collected in opposite axillary bunches. 
Plate CLXI. Fig. 1. Flower, opened. 2. 3. Ovarium, cut vertically and horizontally. 4. Fruit. 5. 6. The same, dissected. 
7- Seed. 8. A leaf of the largest size, showing the double row of veins running parallel to the margins. 
FINLAYSONIA. 
CoRroLLA rotata. Stamina distincta, processubus faucis 5, capillaceis, erectis, apice uncinatis, alternantia, antheris 
bilocularibus. Pollinis masse 20, granulosæ, globose, demum apici plano-dilatato retinaculi exsulci, gracillimi, basi 
glandulosá inserti adhærentes. Stigma magnum, ovatum, basi 9-gonum.  Folliculi 2, divaricati; ovati, rostrato- 
uncinati. Semina obovata, plana, comå parcissimá, brevi, reflexá, marginibus adpressá. 
Classis Linneana : Pentandria digynia. 
Ordo naturalis : Asclepiadearum cohors Periplocee Brown, familiam cum Apocyneis conjungens. 
Frutex volubilis, carnosus, lactescens, glaber. Corymbi florum parvorum ex axillis alternis. Nominavi in memoriam 
amici carissimi, beati Georgii Finlaysonii, juvenis literis elegantibus et scientiis, precipuè chirurgicá et botanicå, 
morumque suavitate ornatissimi, qui ex itinere Siamensi et Cochinchinensi in patriam redux præmaturo succubuit 
fato. 
FINLAYSONIA OBOVATA. Tab. 162. 
Gurua obovata, Herb. Hamilt. 
Crescit ad litora æstuariorum Gangis, Irawaddi et fluminum Martabaniæ, florens Augusto—Octobre, fructifera 
Novembre. 
Frutex magnus, volubilis, ramosus, omnibus partibus lævis lacteque copioso scatens. CauLis digitum minimum crassus, cylindricus, 
basi fibris radicalibus longis repens, ramique inferiores tecti epidermide fuscá, nitidå, punctis crebris, elevatis asperå. Ramr teretes, 
parúm flexuosi, adque foliorum insertionem subarticulato-dilatati, seepiùs subalternantes vel subdichotomi ; .novelli rufescentes, glauci, 
obsiti squamis oppositis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, unguicularibus, erectis, laxiusculè et remotè imbricantibus, mox dilabescentibus. 
Fou opposita, petiolata, patentiuscula, sæpè adscendentia et secunda, obovata, obtusissima, nunc leviter retusa, terminata cuspidulà 
latiusculá, acutå ; integerrima, deorsúm attenuato-acuta, 3—6-uncialia, inferiora ramorum approximata, interstitiis triplò longiora, 
superiora eadem vix æquantia, remota; coriacea, plana, suprà e flavescenti lætå viridia, lucida, basi absque ullis ciliis; subtüs glau- 
cescentia, costå albidá, convexå et elevatå, nervis tenuissimis, vix conspicuis, parallelis, transversis, marginem subrecurvatum versus 
arcuato-confluentibus, venis minimè elevatis, numerosissimis, pulcherrimè et minutim reticulatis. 
plano-sulcatus, sæpe curvus, ad axillam serie ciliarum subulatarum, carnosarum, ramum ambientium, ci 
linquentium. Corymgus axillaris vel extra-axillaris terminalisve (ex axilla altera paris foliorum summi), pedunculatus, lató-rotun- 
datus, multiflorus, folio brevior, primúm trichotomus, deinceps dichotomus ; fructiferus valde elongatus. Penuncurr crassi, cylindrici, 
carnosi, punctulati, sæpé erubescentes; communis petiolo paulló longior; partiales breves, puberuli, inferiores oppositi, exteriores 
Perrouvus crassiusculus, pollicaris, 
tò evanidarum, lineam transversam 
