40 Dr. Jack on Cyrtandracee, 
of the dissepiment, which are revolute and seminiferous at 
their margins. Seeds numerous, naked. 
LOXONIA. 
Calyz 5-partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo quinquefido 
bilabiato. Stamina quatuor fertilia, corollà breviora. Stigma 
bilobum. | Capsula? ovata, calyce inclusa, bilocularis, po- 
lysperma; dissepimenti contrarii lobis revolutis seminiferis. 
Semina nuda. 
Foliis oppositis altero nano, plerumque inæquilateralibus, floribus 
racemosis. 
1. LoxoNIA DISCOLOR. 
L. foliis supra glabris, subtus retrorsum scabris purpurascenti- 
bus, racemis simplicibus elongatis. 
Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 
Herbaceous. Stem tomentose, purple, round, somewhat flexuose, 
recurved. Leaves opposite, bifarious, the one minute and 
reniform, the other sub-sessile, semicordate, ovate-oblong, 
falcate, acuminate, four or five inches long, slightly ser- 
rated ; serratures recurved, in old leaves almost obsolete, 
smooth, and of a very deep-green above, retrorsely sca- 
brous and purple beneath. Racemes simple, from the axils 
of the smaller leaves drooping backwards, long, slender, 
unilateral, tomentose, purple; pedicels short, alternate. Ca- 
lyx five-parted, covered with red hairs; segments erect, 
acute. Corolla smooth, of a delicate yellowish-green colour, 
streaked on the inside with purple lines, much longer than 
the calyx, bilabiate; lower lip three-lobed ; upper two- 
lobed ; lobes shallow ; faux furnished with two perpendicu- 
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