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one side. Calyx superior, tubular, 2-3 cleft. Corolla white, 

 tubular, upper part of the tube villous within; exterior limb 

 membranaceous, 3-partite, segments nearly equal; interior 

 limb unilabiate, lip broader above, rounded, thickened, and 

 yellow in the middle. Filament of the stamen broad, incum- 

 bent. Anther short, thick, 2-lobed, crowned with an erect, 

 3-lobed crest. Stijle filiform. Stigma infundibuliform. 

 Nectaries 2, linear, at the base of the style. Ovarij 3-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



(This approaches to A. Cardamomum, but differs from it in 

 various points. Jack speaks of no process of the filament. — 

 IVallich.) 



PSYCHOTRIA MALAYANA. W. J. 



Pentandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Rubiace^. 



P. malayana; foliis lato-lanceolatis, stipulis indivisis, panicu-; 

 lis terminalibus corymbosis, corollae fauce villosa. 



Byumbada. Malay. 



(P. aurantiaca. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 165. et inter 

 addend, p. 574. — Wallich.) 



Native of Pulo Penang. — A shrub with round, smooth 

 branches. Leaves petiolate, opposite, broadly-lanceolate, 10 

 inches long, acuminate, decurrent upon the petiole, entire, 

 very smooth. Petioles short, thick, round, surrounded at 

 the base by a prominent ring, from which a thick rib diverges 

 on each side, and unites with a similar one from the base of 

 the opposite leaf to form the nerve of the large, interpetiolar, 

 ovate, acute stipule. Panicles corymbose, terminal. Flowers 

 numerous. Bracteas broad, membranaceous, embracing. 

 Calyx superior, erect, 5-fid. Corolla white, with greenish 

 limb, infundibuliform, longer than the calyx, mouth closed 

 with dense white hairs, limb 5-parted, somewhat reflexed, 

 lacinise ovate. Stamens 5, erect, inserted on the tube ; fila- 

 ments very short; anthers linear. Style filiform; stixjmas 2, 

 thick and linear. Capsule inferior, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



