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interiori affixis. Styli 3. Stigmata simplicia. Capsules 

 uniloculares. 

 Herba acaulis, pilosa, pedunculis racemoso-multifloris. 



Genus Saxifrageis affine, nuniero partium inusitato distincto. 



ACROTREMA COSTATUM. W. J. 



On hills, and among rocks, at Pulo Penang. — Root tapering, 

 sending out a few fibres. Stem scarcely any. Leaves alter- 

 nate, spreading, shortly petioled, 6 inches long, oblong- 

 obovate, obtuse, sagittate at the base, dentato-serrate, some- 

 what ciliated, pilose, furnished with a short tomentum, and 

 also with more remote, longer, appressed hairs, the nerves 

 very hairy, parallel, and terminating in the denticulse of the 

 margin. Petioles short, sheathing; their margins dilated 

 into membranaceous auricles, which might be considered as 

 adnate stipules. Peduncles, or scapes, central, erect, 3-6 

 inches high, pilose, recurved at the summit, 8-10-flowered. 

 Flowers yellow, pedicellate, racemose. Calyx 5-leaved, pilose, 

 leaflets ovate, acute. Corolla yellow, spreading, 5-petaled; 

 petals broader above, lanceolate. Stamens 15, erect, hypo- 

 gynous : filaments very short. Anthers very long, linear, 2- 

 celled, opening by 2 pores at the top. Ovaries 3, distinct, 

 superior, 1-celled, 2-seeded, each bearing one style of the 

 heioht of the stamens. Ovules attached to the inner angles. 

 Stigmas simple. Capsules 3, 



Obs. I am at a loss to determine the exact affinities of 

 this plant: it has the habit of the Saxifragece, but the number 

 of both the male and female parts of fructification is greater 

 by one-third, and the ovaries are distinct. 



LAGERSTRCEMIA FLORIBUNDA. W. J. 



ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Foliis suboppositis ovato-oblongis glabris, paniculis terminali- 

 bus ramosissimis multifloris ferrugineo-villosis, staminibus 

 inaequalibus, calycibus turbinatis sulcatis. 



Found at Pulo Penang. — A tree. Leaves subopposite, 

 short-petioled, rather recurved, 7-8 inches long, ovato-oblong, 

 somewhat acute, entire, smooth, with strong prominent nerves. 



