128 Dr. Jack's Account of the Lansium 



Obs. The disposition of the seeds in this genus is very peculiar, 

 and forms a good distinctive character. 



GLAPHYRIA. 



Icosandria Monogynia. N.O. Myrtacece. 



Calyx superus, quinquefidus. Corolla pentapetala. Bacca quin- 

 que-locularis, polysperma; singuli loculi semina duplici 

 ordine axi affixa. 



ArhusculcBi foliis alterniSf jioribus axillaribus. 



Glaphyria nitida. 

 Foliis obovatis obtusis. 



Found on the summit of Gunong Bunko, or the Sugarloaf Moun- 

 tain, in the interior of Bencoolen. 



A small branchy tree, with very smooth reddish branchlets. 

 Leaves alternate, short-petioled, obovate, obtuse, very en- 

 tire ; three-fourths of an inch or an inch long, very smooth 

 and polished, very firm, coriaceous, shining- green above, 

 pale and whitish beneath with depressed dots, almost vein- 

 less, the lateral nerves indistinct and not at all elevated. 

 Fetioles short, reddish. Stipules minute. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, solitary, few-flowered ; pedicels alternate, rather long. 

 Bracts deciduous. Calyx superior, persistent, five-parted ; 

 segments oblong. Corolla five-petalled. Stamens numerous. 

 Ovary five-celled, polysporous, crowned with a nectarial 

 tomentose disk. Style one. Berry about the size of a pea, 

 five-celled, many-seeded. Seeds arranged in a double series 

 in each cell, attached to the axis. 



Obs. This is a very handsome shrub, having much the habit and 

 foliage of the common Myrtle, but the leaves are smaller 

 and firmer. Its character and appearance are alpine, and it 



is 



