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short, but obvious. These specimens were raised in the Calcutta Botanic 

 Garden from seeds sent by Dr. Heyne: but in my native specimens from 

 Quilon, also of the male plant, the flowers are almost sessile, so that the 

 l)racteoles sometimes reach up to the middle of the calyx. If the length of 

 the pedicels affords no assistance, it will be impossible to say to which species 

 the fructiferous specimens belong : and if moreover the petals of S. atro- 

 punctata become pubescent on their inner surface as the buds expand, the 

 supposed new species may have to be again reduced. At present I distinguish 

 it as follows : — 



S. atro-pimctata, floribus racemosis, bracteolis pedicello florigero duplo longioribus, petalis 



obtusis intus glabris, foliis coriaceis.' 

 Hab, In Penins. Indiae Orient., ad Quilon. 



