426 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Quisqualis, 
cleft ; segments linear, and about as long as the tube. Co- 
‘rol none, but there are ten clavate, abortive, filament- 
like bodies which originate from the mouth of the tube of 
the calyx, alternate with the true stamina. Filaments ten 
from the mouth of the tube of the calyx, twice as long as 
the nectarial clubs, and rather longer than the segments 
of the calyx. Anthers erect, ovate. Germ superior, ob- 
long, remarkably hairy, one-celled, and containing one 
ovula attached to the top of the cell, Style the length of 
the stamina, Stigma large, round. Berry dry, roundish-_ 
obovate, size of a large pea, hairy, particularly the some- 
what pointed apex, one-celled. Seed single, nearly round, 
Integument single. Perisperm conform to the seed, Em- 
bryo inverse, oval, lodged in the upper half of the peris- 
perm, Cotyledons thick, semi-circular. Radicle conical, 
superior. 
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QUISQUALIS. Schreb. gen. n. 739, 
Calyx with filiform tube, and five-cleft border. Petals 
five. Germ inferior, one-celled ; attachment superiors 
Drupe five-seeded. ie 
1. Q, villosa. R. 
Bractes ensiform. Petals obovate-cuneate. 
Devee-moung, the vernacular name at Rangoon. 
From Pegu this elegant, scandent, stout shrub has 
been sent to me by the Rey. Mr, F, Carey, and differs 
no doubt, from another species recéived from Amboy®% 
which I consider Q. indica, on account of the form of the 
bractes and greater degree of pubescence. 
Leaves opposite, or nearly so, short-petioled, orate 
long, entire, somewhat acute, slightly villous; 
three incheslong, and nearlyas broad. Spikes terminaland 
axillary, solitary, villous. Flowers numerous, op Poe 
and alternate, sessile. Bractes solitary, one-flowereds 2° a 
