Quisqualis. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 427 
siform, villous. Calyx superior. Tube very long, and slen- 
der; widening considerably near its five-toothed mouth, _ 
somewhat villous on the outside. Petals five, obovate- 
cuneate, inserted into the mouth of the tube of the calyx, 
alternate with its segments, villous. Filaments ten, alter- 
nately shorter, inserted below the petals into the mouth 
of the tube of the calyx, and much shorter than they. 
Anthers oval, incumbent. Germ inferior, lanceolar, five- 
sided, villous, one-celled with generally three, linear ovu- 
la, attached to the top of the cell, (exactly as in our 
combretums, Pentaptere, and Terminalie ). Style blended 
in the tube of the corol, free at top only, where it emer- 
ges from the tube. Stigma clavate, perforated. : 
2. Q. indica. Willd. 2. 579. 
Bractes oblong-ventricose, Petals oblong, very hairy. 
Quis-qualis, Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 38. 
A native of Amboyna, where it grows to be a large 
scandent shrub, with the young shoots very downy. 
Leaves sub-opposite, short-petioled, from round-oval 
to oblong-cordate, entire, villous, their points triangular 
and acute, Stipules none. Spikes terminal, and axillary, 
villous. Flowers numerous, opposite, and alternate. 
Bractes solitary, one flowered, rhombiform and ciliate. 
Calyx. Tube filiform, widening just below the five-cleft 
hairy mouth. Petals five, oblong-lanceolar, inserted on 
the mouth of the tube of the calyx, very hairy. Filaments 
ten, short, in two alternate rows round the mouth of the 
calyx. Anthers oblong, incumbent. Germ inferior, ob- 
long, one-celled, and containing generally four ovula, at- 
tached to the top of the cell, as in the Pegu species, (Q. 
villosa.) Style united to the tube of the calyx until it 
reaches the stamina, where it separates, and ends equal 
with the anthers, ina large, three-sided, perforated stig- 
Mia. . 
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