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EPITHINIA. W. J. 
Tetranpria Monocynia. Nat. Ord. Rusiacea, 
Calyx cylindricus, superus, 4-dentatus, persistens. Corolla 
tubulosa, limbo patente 4-partito, fauce villosa. Stamina 
exserta. Stylus exsertus. Stigma bifidum. Bacca sulcata, 
dipyrena, nucibus oblongis dispermis, semine uno super 
alterum. 
EPITHINIA MALAYANA. W.J. 
Found in mangrove swamps, on the Island of Singapore.— 
A moderate-sized shrub, with brown bark and smooth branches. 
Leaves opposite, petiolate, obovate, obtuse, rounded at the 
summit, attenuated at the base into the petiole, very entire, 
very sniooth, almost without veins, shining above, paler 
beneath. Petioles none. Peduncles axillary, dichotomous, 
many-flowered, 1-flowered in the bifurcations. Calya cylin- 
drical, persistent, almost entire, or obsoletely 4-dentate. 
Corolla white; tube longer than the calyx; limb spreading, 4- 
parted, lobes ovate, rather acute; faux clothed with white 
hairs. Stamens 4, exserted, spreading, inserted alternately 
with the lobes of the corolla; filaments short; anthers linear, 
aeute, dark-coloured. Ovary oblong, compressed, 2-celled ; 
cells 2-seeded, the one placed over the other. Style exserted. 
Stigma bifid, with thick linear lobes. Fruit inferior, oblong, 
marked with 8 deep longitudinal furrows, crowned with the 
calyx, containing 2 long, narrow, oblong nuts, each with 2 
seeds, ont finial s AK other: onbéet- dum ia ANMGIMÉÁ 
abortive. = — 
Oss. T tard nai fade ak aed: is rauf. hsoa 
tetrandrous genus: it comes nearest to Malanea of Aublet, 
but differs in several essential characters. The position of 
ths seeds is peculiar. 
| MORINDA TETRANDRA. W.J. 
Nat. Ord. RUBIACE®. 
Tetr andra, pedunculis umbellatisterminalibus, corollis quadri- 
fidis intus hirsutis, foliis lanceolatis. 
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