40 Dr. Jack on Cyrtandracea, 



of the dissepiment, which are revolute and seminiferous at 

 their margins. Seeds numerous, naked. 



LOXONIA. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo quinquefido 

 bilabiate. Sfflmina quatuor fertilia, corolU breviora. Stigma 

 bilobum. Capsula ? ovata, calyce inclusa, bilocularis, po- 

 ly sperma; dissepimenti contrarii lobis revolutis seminiferis. 

 Semina nuda. 



Foliis oppositis altero nano, phrumque inaqtiilaierallbus, jloribus 



racemosis. 



1. LoXONIA DISCOLOR. 



L. foliis supra glabris, subtus retrorsum scabris purpurascenti- 



bus, racemis simplicibus elongatis. 

 Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 



Herbaceous. Stem tomentose, purple, round, somewhat flexuose, 

 recurved. Leaves opposite, bifarious, the one minute and 

 reniform, the other sub-sessile, semicordate, ovate-oblong, 

 falcate, acuminate, four or five inches long, slightly ser- 

 rated; serratures recurved, in old leaves almost obsolete, 

 smooth, and of a very deep-green above, retrorsely sca- 

 brous and purple beneath. Racemes simple, from the axils 

 of the smaller leaves drooping backwards, long, slender, 

 unilateral, tomentose, purple ; pedicels short, alternate. Ca- 

 lyx five-parted, covered with red hairs ; segments erect, 

 acute. Corolla smooth, of a delicate yellowish-green colour, 

 streaked on the inside with purple lines, much longer than 

 the calyx, bilabiate; lower lip three-lobed; upper two- 

 lobed ; lobes shallow ; faux furnished with two perpendicu- 

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