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such, in company with Dr. Wight, in the Neilgherry Hills : it 

 might therefore be considered as an authentic sample of this 

 species. Its characters however will be seen to be quite at 

 variance with those given by Dr. Wight of otter plants of this 

 species_, collected by him in the same neighbourhood, where the 

 leaves are said to be membranaceous and shortly petioled : here, 

 on the contrary, they are extremely opaque and thickly coria- 

 ceous : the inflorescence is not only there described, but figured 

 as being axillary ; here, on the contrary, it is always opposite to 

 the leaves. It is not easy to say whether this plant is referrible 

 to any of the varieties mentioned by Dr. Wight, but from the 

 differences here shown, it certainly claims the rank of a species 

 distinct from his Gomphandra polymorpha. The leaves are 2|- 

 3^ inches long, I^-l^^ inch broad, on a petiole half an inch in 

 length ; the male panicle is branching, nearly an inch in length, 

 with flowers oval in bud, about 1| line long ; both the male and 

 female inflorescence, as in the following species, spring from the 

 side of the stem opposite to the petiole : the calyx is cupshaped, 

 with a 5 -denticulated margin ; the five petals are oblong, with in- 

 flexed margins and apex ; the stamens, shorter than these, have 

 fleshy filaments, with glandular hairs scarcely longer than the 

 anthers : the ovarium is oblong, glabrous, sterile, with a conical 

 hollow style. The fructiferous raceme is f of an inch long, 

 bearing an oblong drupe, 7 lines in length, surmounted by a 

 depressed, umbilicated, lO-lobed disk, and supported upon its 

 minute, persistent calyx. The internal structure of the fruit 

 has been already described in a foregoing page. 



15. Stemonurus Penangianus, Gomphandra Penangiana, Wall. ; 

 — ramulis teretibus, pallide ferrugineis ; foliis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis, imo cuneatis, apice lineari-angustatis, coriaceis, glaber- 

 rimis, subtus pallidioribus margine revoluto, petiolo brevi, 

 crassiusculo, profunde canaliculato ; cyma oppositifolia, sub- 

 umbellatim et 2-3-4-chotome ramosa, floribus hermaphroditis, 

 secundis, cum pedicellis articulatis, valde deciduis, carina 

 interna petalorum in appendice longe propendenti inflexa 

 maxime producta, filamentis longe ciliatis, antheris polliniferis, 

 ovario brevissimo, 5-gono, apice pulviniformi et umbilicato, 

 stylo conico, sub-brevi, tubuloso, dentibus 5 erectis acutis 

 terminato. — Penang. — {v, s, in herb, Soc. Linn. Wall Cat, 

 7204.) 



This species is very distinct on account of its singularly 

 branching racemes, with long rows of secund flowers, which are 

 always placed on the side of the stem opposite to the insertion 

 of the petiole. The stems are quite glabrous and of a dull light 

 brown colour. The leaves are about 5^ inches long, lj-1^ inch 



