carpus lanceolata. We possess Herbarium specimens from Count 
Hoffmansegg, from Mr. Thomas Lobb (n. 19), and from Pro- 
fessor De Vriese, all gathered in Java, yet Blume only speaks 
of it there as “in hortis frequenter colitur.”” These specimens 
however show that the plants vary in the leaves being crenato- 
serrated or entire, and in the length of the petiole, from one- 
fourth of an inch to an inch long. ‘The bright red of the 
calyx and pedicels, the cream-coloured fringed petals, and large 
flowers, in conjunction with the evergreen foliage, give it a 
handsome appearance. 
Dzscr. A shrub, with us seven feet high, much branched ; 
the eaves a good deal clustered at the apices of the branches, 
from three to nearly six inches long, including the petiole, broad 
lanceolate, tapering into a footstalk from one-fourth to one-half 
an inch long, the apex generally obtuse, the margin entire, or 
usually more or less crenato-serrated or sinuated. Aacemes of 
few, two, four, or five, flowers, generally one or two among the 
terminal clusters of leaves, drooping. Rachis and very long 
slender pedicels red, the latter secund, much longer than the 
petioles, and thickened upwards. Calye of five, narrow, almost 
linear-lanceolate, spreading sepals, quite red externally, white 
within. Petals five, spreading, white or pale yellow, cuneate, 
more or less silky, especially externally, the apex laciniated. 
Stamens very numerous, pubescenti-scabrous. Filament short. 
Anther oblong, tapering into a long subulate beak, longer than 
the anther, the two cells opening at the base of the beak, the 
opening closed by a small valve. Ovary ovate, pubescent, seated 
m a very large gland or fleshy disc, tapering into a slender, 
rather long style. Stigma a mere point. 
Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Pistil and hypogynous gland :—magnified. 
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