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interiori affixis. Styli 3. Stigmata simplicia. Capsule 4 
uniloculares. ; : 
Herba acaulis, pilosa, pedunculis racemoso-multifloris. 
Genus Saxifrageis affine, numero partium inusitato distincto. 
ACROTREMA COSTATUM. W.J. 4 
On hills, and among rocks, at Pulo Penang.— Root tapering —— 
sending out a few fibres. Stem scarcely any. Leaves alter- —— 
nate, spreading, shortly petioled, 6 inches long, oblong-  - 
obovate, obtuse, sagittate at the base, dentato-serrate, some- zt 
what ciliated, pilose, furnished with a short tomentum, and 
also with more remote, longer, appressed hairs, the nerves —— 
very hairy, parallel, and terminating in the denticulze of the oe 
margin. Petioles short, sheathing; their margins dilated — 
into membranaceous auricles, which might be considered as — 
adnate stipules. Peduncles, or scapes, central, erect, 3-6 — — 
inches high, pilose, recurved at the summit, 8-10-flowered. . ! 
Flowers yellow, pedicellate, racemose, Calyx 5-leaved, pilose, 7 1 
leaflets ovate, acute. Corolla'yellow, spreading, 5-petaled; 
petals broader above, lanceolate. Stamens 15, erect, hypo- | 
gynous: filaments very short. Anthers very long, linear, 2 
celled, opening by 2 pores at the top. Ovaries 3, distinct - 
superior, l-celled, 2-seeded, each bearing one style of the 
height of the stamens. Ovules attached to the inner angles. 
Stigmas simple. Capsules 3. * 
Ogs. I am at a loss to determine the exact affinities of 
this plant: it has the habit of the Sazxifragee, but the number - 
of both the male and female parts of fructification is greater - 
by one-third, and the ovaries are distinct. : 
LAGERSTRCOEMIA FLORIBUNDA. W.J. 
| IcosanpriA MONOGYNIA. s 
Foliis suboppositis ovato-oblongis glabris, paniculis terminali- | 
bus ramosissimis multifloris ferrugineo-villosis, staminibus - 
inzequalibus, calycibus turbinatis sulcatis. 
Found at Pulo Penang.— A tree. Leaves subopposité | 
short-petioled, rather recurved, 7-8 inches long, ovato-oblong - 
somewhat acute, entire, smooth, with strong prominent nerves | 
