374 JACK’S MALAYAN PLANTS. 
ELODEA FORMOSA. W. J. 
Foliis petiolatis lanceolatis subtus glaucis, pedunculis 
fasciculatis axillaribus staminibus, numerosis triadelphis, 
nectariis acutis. 
Kayo Gaghak. Lampong. Sepadas Bunga. Malay. 
Native of Sumatra. 
A small tree with cinereous bark and smooth branchlets. 
Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, acute, very entire, smooth, 
glaucous beneath, pellucidly punctate ; two and a half inches 
long; the nerves proceed from a midrib.  Petioles slender. 
Peduncles axillary and from the axis of fallen leaves, fasci- 
culate, one-flowered, slender, smooth. Flowers white with a 
slight rosy tinge.  Bracts several at the base of the pedun- 
cles. Calyx five-leaved, smooth; leaflets acute. Corolla 
five-petaled, longer than the calyx; petals oblong, each 
furnished with a broad adnate scale a little above the 
base. Stamina numerous, united into three phalanges. 
Nectaries three, alternating with the stamineous fascicles, 
red, acute, carinate behind, fleshy. Ovary three-celled, each 
cell containing several flat ovula lying one within the other, 
and attached by their bases to the lower part of the axis. 
Styles three, long. Stigmas capitate. Capsules oblong, 
crowned by the persistent styles, three-celled, many-seeded. 
Seeds thin, flat, attached by their bases to a central triangular 
ds on which they are inserted alternately in a double 
séries. iso o 
Ons. The arrangement of the ovula is similar to that 
observed in the E. Swmatrana; they are thin, attached by 
their bases to the lower part of the cell, suberect, and con- 
centrically disposed, but are inserted rather higher on the 
axis of the cell than in the former. This species agrees 
with those of America in having a scale at the base of the 
petals, but differs in having numerous stamina ; it therefore 
ie nearer to the Æ. Egyptiaca (Hypericum Egyptiacum, 
M. 
