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EPITHINIA. W. J. 



Tetrandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Rubiace^. 



Cali/x cylindricus, superus, 4-dentatus, persistens. Corolla 

 tubulosa, limbo patente 4-partito, fauce villosa. Stamina 

 exserta. Stylus exsertus. Stigma bifidum. Bacca sulcata, 

 dipyrena, nucibus oblongis dispermis, semine uno super 

 alterum. 



EPITHINIA MALAYANA. W. J. 



Found in mangrove swamps, on the Island of Singapore.— 

 A moderate-sized shrub, with brown bark and smooth branches. 

 Leaves opposite, petiolate, obovate, obtuse, rounded at the 

 summit, attenuated at the base into the petiole, very entire, 

 very smooth, almost without veins, shining above, paler 

 beneath. Petioles none. Peduncles axillary, dichotomous, 

 many-flowered, 1 -flowered in the bifurcations. Calyx cylin- 

 drical, persistent, almost entire, or obsoletely 4-dentate. 

 Corolla white; tube longer than the calyx; /m& spreading, 4- 

 parted, lobes ovate, rather acute; faux clothed with white 

 hairs. Stamens 4, exserted, spreading, inserted alternately 

 with the lobes of the corolla ; filaments short ; anthers linear, 

 acute, dark-coloured. Ovary oblong, compressed, 2-celled; 

 cells 2-seeded, the one placed over the other. Style exserted. 

 Stigma bifid, with thick linear lobes. Fruit inferior, oblong, 

 marked with 8 deep longitudinal furrows, crowned with the 

 calyx, containing 2 long, narrow, oblong nuts, each with 2 

 seeds, one placed above the other : one of them is sometimes 

 abortive. 



Obs. I have not been able to refer this to any known 

 tetrandrous genus: it comes nearest to Malanea of Aublet, 

 but differs in several essential characters. The position of 

 ths seeds is peculiar. 



MORINDA TETRANDRA. JV. J. 



Nat. Ord. Rubiace^e. 



Tetrandra, pedunculis umbellatisterminalibus, corollis quadri- 

 fidis intus hirsutis, foliis lanceolatis. 



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