128 Dr. Jack's Account of the Lansium 
Oss. The disposition of the seeds in this genus is very peculiar, 
and forms a good distinctive character. 
GLAPHYRIA. 
Icosandria Monogynia. N.O. Myrtacee. 
Calyx superus, quinquefidus. Corolla pentapetala. Bacca quin- 
que-locularis, polysperma ; singuli loculi semina duplici 
ordine axi affixa. 
Arbuscule, foliis alternis, floribus axillaribus. 
GLAPHYRIA NITIDA. 
Foliis obovatis obtusis. 
Found on the summit of Gunong Bunko, or the Sugarloaf Moun- 
tain, in the interior of Bencoolen. 
A small branchy tree, with very smooth reddish branchlets. 
Leaves alternate, short-petioled, obovate, obtuse, very en- 
tire; three-fourths of an inch or an inch long, very smooth 
and polished, very firm, coriaceous, shining-green above, 
pale and whitish beneath with depressed dots, almost vein- 
less, the lateral nerves indistinct and not at all elevated. 
Petioles short, reddish. Stipules minute. Peduncles axil- 
lary, solitary, few-flowered ; pedicels alternate, rather long. 
Bracts deciduous. Calyx superior, persistent, five-parted ; 
segments oblong. Corolla five-petalled. Stamens numerous. 
Ovary five-celled, polysporous, crowned with a nectarial 
tomentose disk. Style one. Berry about the size of a pea, 
five-celled, many-seeded. Seeds arranged in a double series 
in each cell, attached to the axis. 
Oss. This is a very handsome shrub, having much the habit and 
foliage of the common Myrtle, but the leaves are smaller 
and firmer. Its character and appearance are alpine, and it 
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