362 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Rhopala, 
2. R. serrata. Brown. Linn. Trans, x. p. 192. 
Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, oblong, serrate. Racemes ax- — 
illary ; 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 shrub. Young shoots cloth- 
ed with ferruginous down, Leaves alternate, short-petioled, 
_ oblong, acute, tapering at the base, serrate, firm and smooth * 
on both sides; from four to.six inches long, and from one to 
three broad. Spikelets none. Racemes axillary, solitary, 
shorter than the leaves, clothed with ferruginous down. ° Pe- 
_dicels two-flowered. Bractes minute, cordate, one at the 
base of each common pedicel, Calyx-none, Petals few, 
long, slender, clavate; from the middle downwards, their 
sides touch, and forma ‘betider tabe,  Nectérial scales four 
between the base of the petals and germ, obcordate, ciliate. 
Filaments four, inserted on the petals, about onéthird below” 
their apices, Anthers ovate. Germ superior, very hairy. 
Style as long as the corol. Stigma clavate. Seed vessel not 
“seen, us 
BR. excelsa, R. sidan: io 
Leaves ‘alternate, short-petioled) cuneate-oblong, obtuse, 
pointed, smooth, with afew large blunt serratures near the 
apex, Racemes axillary and terminal, as long as the lgpite 
downy. Nectarial scales four, distinct, and naked. we 
A large timber tree, a native of —— hittagong, 
where it*flowers in March and April.’ 197 tafe 
Trunk of the full-grown trees about reek fet th sire . 
ence, covered with dark-coloured, scabrous bark ;' branebés- 
numerous, spreading far, and dividing: much ; young Shoots | 
clothed with ferraginous down, Leaves aleereians) ae 
tioled, cuneate-oblong, obtuse-pointed ; interior margins gene- 
rally with one, two, or three large, blunt serratures'on each 
