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to the petals.— Germ above, ovate, style long and slender. Stigma 
clubed. | 
—— 2, R. serrata. Brown. Linn: Trans. x. p. 192. 
~ Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, oblong, serrate. Racemes axillary; ' 
pedicels two-flowered. — Nectarial scales ciliate. | 
A native of the Malay Archipelago. 
My description and drawing being from dry specimens, I cannot 
say whether it is a tree or shtub.—Young shoots clothed with fér- 
ruginous down.— Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong, acute, tam 
pering at the base, serrate, firm and smooth on both sidés; from 
four to six inches long, and from one to three broad. — Spikelets rone. 
—Racemes axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves, clothed with fer- 
Tuginous dow n.— Pedicels two-flowered. — Bractes minute, cordate, 
oue at the base of each common pedicel. — Calyx none.— Petals 
few, long, slender, clavate; from the middle downwards, their sides 
touch, and form à slender tube.—Nectarial scales four between the 
base of the petals and germ, obcordate, ciliate —Filaments four, in- 
seited on the petals, about one-third below their apices. — Anthers - 
ovate.— Germ superior, very:hairy. Style as long as the corol. 
Stigma clay ate: Seed vessel not seen. ; 
8. R. excelsa. R. , invi d 
Leaves alternate, short-petioled, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, pointed, 
smooth, with a few large blunt serratures near the apex.— Kacemes ' 
` axillary and terminal; as long as’ the n downy og Nott bript 
scales four, distinct, and naked. 
A large timber tree, a native of the forésts of Chittagong, v ens d 
it it Rowers in March and April. : : te 
‘Trunk of the full-grown trees about four feet in circumference; 
covered with dark-coloured, scabrous bark; branches numerous, 
spreading far, and dividing much ; young shoots clothed with ferru- 
ginous down,— Leaves alternate, short-petioled, cuneate-oblong, 
obtuse-pointed ; interior murgins generally. with ay two, * “three 
