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RONDELETIA CORYMBOSA. W. J. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



JR. corymbosa; tetrandra, pedunculis pleriimque terminalibus 

 dichotome corymbosis, floribus unilateralibus, foliis obo- 

 vato-lanceolatis. 



(R. spicata. Wall, apud Roxb. in Fl. Ind. v. 2. /?. 139. ef in- 

 ter addend, p. 574.) 



Native of Pulo Penang. — Stetn erect, shrubby, 4-6 feet in 

 height, with somewhat compressed villous branches. Leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, obovato-lanceolate, acute, attenuated to 

 the petiole, entire, punctated above with callous dots, villous 

 below. Petioles short, thickened at the base. Stipules inter- 

 petiolar, long, erect, tongue-shaped, obtuse, villous, with a 

 thick middle rib, formed by the union of one from each 

 axil. Peduncles terminal and from the upper axils, support- 

 ing dichotomous corymbs, composed of unilateral spikes. 

 Flowers erect, sessile, disposed alternately in a double series. 

 Calyx superior, 4-cleft, with short acute laciniae. Corolla 

 white, tinged with red, funnel-shaped, much longer than the 

 calyx, faux naked, limb erect, 4-partite, laciniae subrotund. 

 Stamens % inserted into the fany;.: filaments wery short: an- 

 thers linear. Style filiform, exserted. Stigma bifid. Capsule 

 crowned with the calyx, 2-celled, many-seeded, with central 

 placentae. 



PHYTEUMA BEGONIFOLIUM. 



Pentandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Campanulace^. 



P. begonifolium ; foliis semi-cordatis inequilateralibus serratis, 



spicis unilateralibus axillaribus revolutis. (Tab. LVII.) * 



P. begonifolia. Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 85. et {Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 108.) 



(Pentaphragma begonifolium. Wall. Cat. of Mus. of E. Ind. 

 Comp. n. 1313.) 



Pulo Penang. — A small herbaceous plant. Stem procum- 



* Fig. 1, Flower. Fig. 2, Corolla. Fig. 3, Stamen. Fig. 4-, Style and 

 stigma : — all more or less magnified. 



