16 
acute. Stamens 8, erect, shorter than the corolla. Filaments 
short. Anthers blue, attached by their middle, horizontal, 
shaped somewhat like the head of an axe, with a knob 
behind; cells parallel on the anterior edge. Before expan- 
sion, the anthers are bent downwards, (somewhat in the 
manner of the Melastome,) and the surface of the germen and 
bottom of the calyx are marked with their impressions, of 
which the four inner are the deepest; the ridges between 
them form eight sharp, prominent rays, and there are eight 
other less conspicuous lines, formed by the faces of the 
bilocular anthers. Ovary ovate, 1-celled, containing 6-8 erect 
ovules. Style filiform, a little longer than the stamens. 
Stigma acute. Berry cortical, crowned by the persistent 
calyx, ovate, a little oblique at the base, I-seeded, the rudi- 
ments of the abortive ovules surrounding the umbilicus. 
Seed ovate, umbilicate at the base and a little oblique. 
Albumen none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons membranaceous, 
contortuplicate. Radicle cylindrical, nearly as long as the 
seed, obverse to the umbilicus. : 
. Oss. The different species of Memecylon have not been. 
well defined by authors: this appears to differ from M. corda- 
tum, Lamarck, and M. grande, Retz, or Nedum schetti, Rheed. 
Mal. v. 9. p. 91. t. 15, in having ovate, not globose, fruit, and 
in the flowers not being umbelled. In the latter, the flowers 
are small, yellow, and numerous; in this, they are larger, 
blue, and much fewer in number. 
LAURUS PARTHENOXYLON.* W.J. 
ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Foliis venosis ovatis acutis petiolatis subtus glaucis, paniculis 
brevibus paucifloris axillaribus et lateralibus, fructu glo- 
boso calyci truncato insidente, 
Kayo Gadis. Malay.—Abundant in the forests of Sumatra. 
—A lofty timber tree. Bark brown and rough. Leaves 
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* “ For an account of a nearly-allied species, see a paper of Dr. Wallich, on the 
Nipal Camphor and Sassafras Tree, (Laurus glandulifera, Wall.,) in the Transac- 
tions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta, vol. 1.” 
