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subsolitariis, petalis patentibus subsequalibus, foliis ovato- 



oblongis basi cordatis. 



Palo Penang. — The whole plant is hirsute, with long erect 

 hairs. Branches round. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, 

 ovato-oblong, acuminate, cordate at the base, entire, simply 

 pilose above, hirsute beneath, with stellate fasciculated hairs. 

 Flowers lateral, almost solitary, shortly peduncled. Bracts 

 lanceolate, acute. Calyx hairy, as well as the peduncles and 

 bracts, bursting irregularly, often into two segments. Corolla 

 of a deep red colour, 6-petaled : petals spreading, lanceolate, 

 acute. Stamens numerous, with long linear anthers. Ger- 

 mens numerous ; styles and stigmas the same. Berries nume- 

 rous, long-pedicelled, oblong, hirsute, with ferruginous hairs, 

 many-seeded. Seeds arranged in a double longitudinal 

 series. 



CAREYA MACROSTACHYA. W. J. 



MONADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



Arbor, foliis petiolatis obovatis subserratis, racemis lateralibus 

 nutantibus densissime multifloris, floribus sessilibus multi- 

 seriatis. 



Pulo Penang. — A tree, with grey bark and smooth 

 branches. Leaves alternate or scattered, petiolate, obovate or 

 oblong-ovate, acuminate, sometimes obtuse, with an acumen, 

 narrowing to the base, slightly serrated, very smooth. 

 Petioles roundish, thickened at the base. Stipules none. 

 Racemes or spikes lateral, hanging, thick, massive, cylin- 

 drical, densely covered witli flowers which are sessile and 

 arranged in numerous spiral lines; the whole 8 or 10 

 inches long. Bracts none. Calyx superior, purple, 4-parted; 

 laciniae rounded, smooth, somewhat ciliated on the margin. 

 Corolla purplish-red, longer than the calyx, 4-petaled ; petals 

 ovate, obtuse, inserted into the base of the calyx. Stamens 

 white, very numerous, longer than the corolla, united at the 

 base into a thick ring. Anthers yellow, didymous, the lobes 

 bursting on opposite sides, so as to give the whole the ap- 

 pearance of a double 4-celled anther. Nectary surrounding 

 the style within the stamens, hypocrateriform, red and 



