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those of the preceding, but the fruit presents a singular 
anomaly in being polyspermous. Both differ so much from 
the other species of Morinda, that I think they might pro- 
perly constitute a new and distinct genus. 
EUTHEMIS. Jy. J. 
PENTANDRIA Monoeyyia. 
Calyx inferus, 5-phyllus. Corolla 5-petala. Stamina 5, hy- 
pogyna, antheris oblongis acuminatis apice poro dehis- 
centibus. Stylus filiformis staminibus squalis. Bacca 
5-sperma, seminibus circa axim dispositis, oblongis, intus 
angulatis, arillo fibroso inclusis, albuminosis, embryone 
inverso-cylindrico longitudine fere seminis, radicula su- 
pera. 
Frutices, foliis alternis pulcherrime striatis nervis parallelis, 
racemis terminalibus, demum peracta floratione, laterali- 
bus et oppositifoliis. 
EUTHEMIS LEUCOCARPA. W.J. 
Foliis lanceolatis pulchre spinuloso-serratis, racemis basi 
ramosis, baccis niveis globosis. 
Plawan bruk. Malay.—Native of the forests of Singa- 
pore.—A shrub of uncommon elegance and beauty, erect, 
4—5 feet high: branchlets round, smooth, sometimes slightly 
angled. Leaves alternate, petiolate, lanceolate, acute, decur- : 
rent on the petiole, spinuloso-serrate, very smooth and 
shining, beautifully striated with fine parallel nerves. Petioles 
margined, flat and channelled above, dilated at the base into 
a thick rounded prominent rim, which half embraces the 
stem. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate, very deciduous. 
Racemes erect, with 1-2 branches near the base, at first 
terminal, afterwards lateral and oppositifolious, from the 
shooting up of the stem from the base of the peduncle. 
Flowers pedicellate, generally in pairs. Bracts ovate, acute. 
Calyx inferior, 5-leaved, spreading, leaflets ovate, obtuse, 
ciliate, the two inner ones rather smaller. Corolla white, 
sometimes tinged with purple, 5-petaled, petals twice as long 
as the calyx, reflexed, ovato-oblong, obtuse. Stamens 5, in- 
