Class fih, 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
RHOPALA. Schreb. Gen. N. 144. 
Calyx none. Corol four-petalled, bearing the stamina show the 
middle. Nectary four-scaled. Germ oue-celied; ovula two, attach- - 
ed to one side of the cell. i : 
ICE moluccana. Brown. Linn. Trans. x. p. 191. 
Leaves alternate; sub-sessile, oblong, entire, racemes axillary, and 
from the branchlets, longer than the leaves, ease scales naked. 
A native of Pulo-piuang, ose | 
` As my description is taken from dry specimens J I cannot ied 
whether it be a tree or shrub, but the large woody specimens evi- 
dently show it to be perennial — Leaves shor:-petioled, alternate, - 
obovate, oblong, obtuse-pointed, entire and smooth on both sides, 
six or more inches long and less than three broad.— Stipules none, 
Racemes generally solitary, from the naked woody branchlets below 
the leaves, very long and completely clothed to the base with numer- 
ous beautiful, diverging, pretty large, delicate flowers. —Bractes 
 minute.— Calyx none. — Petals four, very long and slender, n near the 
apex they expand into a concave lanceolate shape for the reception of 
the stamens, they first open in tbe middle then at the apex, and soon 
after become revolute, Nectar Y, four scales embracing the lower 
part of the germ.— Filaments four, short, inserted into the petals 
: fee the middle. Anthers linear, ot: in an ag cee direction 
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