556 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Mussaenda, 
short-petioled, lanceolate, entire. lowers in axillary fasci- 
cles, mixed amongst many long, very hairy bractes, 
_ Anative of the Moluccas. : 
MUSSAENDA, Schreb. gen. N. 326." 
Cah yst five-cleft. Corol funnel-shaped. Stamina, within 
the'tube,. Germ inferior, two-celled;_ cells many-seeded ; 
attachment: of the ovula two canine receptacles, inserted 
onthe partition. Stigma two-cleft, . Capsules two-celled, 
three-vyalvyed. _ Seeds numerous, ) | 
ere M. corymbosa, Roxb. - 
-« Shrabby,;. erect. . - Corymbs . terminal. Leaves oblong, 
smooth. 
_, Native of Ceylon, Malabar, =o In the Botanic garden 
at Calcutta it grows to be a stout, aigidly erect, ramous 
shrub, and is in blossom during the rains, at which time few 
plants surpass it in beauty, ’ 
_ Trunk straight ; branches. many, decussate. Bark pit 
coo opposite, short-petioled, oblong, pointed, entire, 
smooth on both sides, from six to nine inches long, and from 
three to four broad, Involucre or floral leaves long- petiol- 
ed, generally one to each primary division of the corymb, 
of an oval form, acute, pure white, smooth on. both sides, five 
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n-nerved,. Petioles. of the oral leone lawson 
cordate base, tapering fo an acute point, “Corymbs terminal, 
compound and decompound, smooth, Bracies ovate-lanceo- 
late. Flowers numerous, and uncommonly beautiful. Calyx 
five-parted; divisions erect, bristle-shaped, smooth. Corol 
funnel-shaped. Tube slender, more than twice the length 
=o. the calyx, swelled a little about the middle, where the 
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