Modecca. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 135 
curved, Stigmas large, globular. Capsule pedicelled, glo- 
bular, fleshy even when ripe, of a bright glossy yellow, and 
the size of a crab-apple, one-celled, three-valved, open from 
the apex. Seeds many, attached as in the germ, by short 
cords, obliquely cordate. Ari/a laciniate, white membrane, 
round the base only. 
3. M. dubia, R. 
Leaves oyate-oblong, entire, or slightly sub-lobate ; two 
glands at the base. | 
A native of Sumatra, from thence introduced by Dr. C. 
Campbell, into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where one 
male plant blossomed in February 1808. 
Stem and branches shrubby, climbing to an extent ote some 
fathoms. Bark of the ligneous plants ash-coloured ; that of the 
young shoots smooth and green. Leaves i ac petioled, 
oblong, obtuse-pointed ; some of them slightly three-lobed to- 
ward the apex, smooth on both sides, having at the base a 
large yellow gland on each side, from three to four inches 
long, and from one and a half to two inches broad, Petioles 
axillary, about an inch long, channelled. Tendrils axillary, 
simple, with two lateral lobes; at the season of flower- 
ing, these lobes lengthen into stout, one-flowered peduncles, 
Flowers axillary, pedicelled, small, ofa pale greenish yellow, 
three together on a very short common peduncle, or in pairs 
from the just mentioned lobes of the tendrils, Calyx one- 
leaved.. Tube gibbous ; mouth five-cleft. Segments oblong 
revolute, _ Petals five, inserted into the calyx, a little eeiee? 
the sinuses of its border, lanceolate, and with the segments 
. of the calyx harengenrinte. pienaie five, very short, 
ents itself, =, 
all that 
ha two or three,cleft apex in the cmine af the stamina ey 
