326 Mr. Griffith on the Root-Parasites referred to Rhizanthese, 



Folia magna, alterna, exstipulata, oblonga, vel obovato-oblonga, subdisticha, ob dispo- 

 sitionem et magnitudinem racemos saepe omnino fere obtegentia, coriacea, obtuse et 

 breve cuspidata, breve petiolata, subtiis dense pubescenti-hirta (venulis ultimis etiam 

 subtiis elevatis), superiora majora. Racemi pauciflori, ex axillis foliorum lapsorum, 

 2-3-unciales, nutantes, pubescenti-hirti. Bracteae distichae, lineari-oblongae, subcari- 

 nataa. Flores amplissimi, penduli, longitudine fere 5-unciales, latitudine extrema 4- 

 unciales, extiis insigniter costato-venosi, hamoso-strigosi ; colore luride purpureo, in- 

 terveniis irregulariter albo maculatis; intus puvpurei, indumento" arachnoideo azureo 

 flocculenti. Perianthium campanulatum, submembranaceum, ad medium vix 3-parti- 

 tum ; lacinias margine revolutae, aestivatione valvatae, apice subintroflexae. Alabastra 

 inflata. Genitalia in fundo imo perianthii nidulantia. Columna brevissima, seriebus 

 binis staminum verticillatorum circumdata, apice radiatim vel stellatim lobata. Sta- 

 minum filamenta brevissima; antherae adnatae, extrorsae, biloculares, longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentes, seriei inferioris circiter 18, superioris et suboppositae circiter 16. Pollen 

 oblongum, in aqua punctulatum. Ovarium rotundate 4-angulatum, dense hispidum, 

 4-loculare ; placenta cruciata, cruribus cum angulis ovarii alternis ; ovula pauca pen- 

 dula. Stylus liber subnullus. Stigma (vel apex radiato-lobatus columnar) sub 13- 

 partitum, convexiusculum, radiis (primariis) fundi quatuor cruciatim dispositis. Fruc- 

 tus siliquiformis, 4-6-uncialis, utrinque subattenuatus. breviter pedicellatus, subtort-us, 

 subtorulosus, 4-angulatus, pube brunnea asper, 4-valvis ; valvis canaliculars, extus ca- 

 rinato-costatis, leviter tortis ; interjectis filamentis totidem repliformibus. Placenta 

 carnosa, 4<gona, libera. Semina anatropa, pauca, oblongo-ovata, in concavitatibus pla- 

 centae liberae seminidulantia, pendula, uniseriata, angulis placentae affixa. Tegumentum 

 exterius spongioso-cellulosum, superficie irregulari ; internum induratum, subosseum, 

 superficie undulatum, brunneum, intiis nitidum. Albumen carnosum, copiosum, cavi- 

 tati tegumenti interioris conforme. Embryo minimus, basilaris, ovatus, dicotyledo- 

 neus ; radicula versus hilum. 



Obs. I. — My first acquaintance with this plant is due to Lady Norris, to 

 whom it was brought at Ayer Punnus, while Sir William Norris and myself 

 were absent at Mount Ophir. The first European however who seems to 

 have met with it since Koenig is the Rev. Mr. White, chaplain at Singapore, 

 whose specimens, consisting of a leaf, a flower, and portion of a stem with 

 racemes, had been seen by Dr. Wallich ; the envelope bearing the following 

 in that botanist's hand-writing: — "Perhaps an Anonacea. Can it be one of 

 the superb Magnoliaceoe to which Blume refers?" Subsequently I ascer- 

 tained it to be abundant throughout the Great Forest of the Malacca district, 



