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DESCRIPTION OF MALAYAN PLANTS, 
By WILLIAM JACK. 
No. II. 
[Continued from Vol. I. p. 290.] 
DIDYMOCARPUS. Wail. 
Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla infundibuliformis, labio superiore 
brevi, inferiore 3-lobo. Stamina 5, nunc 4, quorum 2 vel 
4 fertilia. Capsula siliqueeformis, pseudo-4-locularis, bi- —— 
valvis; dissepimenti contrarii lobi valvulis paralleli iis-. 1 
demque æmuli, (ideoque fructum bicapsularem mentien- 
tes) margine involuto seminifero. Semina minuta, nuda, 
pendula. 
Herbe villosa, resinoso-glandulifere, aromatice. 
Genus Bignoniaceis, Brown, admissa Incarvillea, adsociandum, 
huicque proximum. Wail. 
I am indebted for the above character of this hitherto un- 
published genus to my esteemed friend Dr. Wallich, who. 
has ascertained five species, natives of Nepaul; the four fol- 
lowing have been since discovered in the Malay Islands. 
DIDYMOCARPUS CRINITA. W. J. 
Erecta, pilosa, foliis longis spathulatis acutis serratis subtus 
rubris, pedunculis 2-5 axillaribus unifloris basi cum. 
petiolo coeuntibus, staminibus duobus fertilibus. 
Timmi. Malay.—Native of the forests of Pulo Penang. 
—Root long and tapering. Stem short, erect, thick, rough 
beneath with the vestiges of fallen leaves. The whole plant 
is covered with hairs. Leaves alternate, crowded, subsessile, - 
long, spathulate, nine or ten inches in length, acute, obtuse 
at the base, serrated, rugose, hairy, brownish-green above, 
purplish-red beneath; middle nerve strong and thick, form- 
ing a short petiole at the base. Stipules none.  Peduncles 
2-5 in each axil, one-flowered, round, two inches long, 
uniting at the base into a short, thick, unilateral rachis, 
