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DESCRIPTION OF MALAYAN PLANTS, 

 By WILLIAM JACK. 



No. II. 

 \_Co)itinued from Vol. I. p. 290.] 



DIDYMOCARPUS. Wall. 



Calyx 5-fidLis. Corolla infundibuliformis, labio superiore 

 brevi, inferiore 3-lobo. Stamina 5, nunc 4, quorum 2 vel 

 4 fertilia. Capsula siliquaeformis, pseuclo-4-locularis, bi- 

 valvis; dissepimenti contrarii lobi valvulis parallel! iis- 

 demque aemuli, (ideoque fructum bicapsularem mentien- 

 tes) margine involute seminifero. Semina minuta, nuda, 

 pendula. 



Herbae villosce, resinoso-glandulifercB, aromaticce. 



Genus Bignoniaceis, Brown, admissa Incarvillea, adsociandum, 

 huicque proximum. IVall. 



I am indebted for the above character of this hitherto un- 

 published genus to my esteemed friend Dr. Wallich, who 

 has ascertained five species, natives of Nepaul ; the four fol- 

 lowing have been since discovered in the Malay Islands. 



DIDYMOCARPUS CRINITA. TV. J. 



Erecta, pilosa, foliis longis spathulatis acutis serratis subtus 

 rubris, pedunculis 2-5 axillaribus unifloris basi cum 

 petiolo coeuntibus, staminibus duobus fertilibus. 



Timmi. Malay. — Native of the forests of Pulo Penang. 

 — Root long and tapering. Ste7n short, erect, thick, rough 

 beneath with the vestiges of fallen leaves. The whole plant 

 is covered with hairs. Leaves alternate, crowded, subsessile, 

 long, spathulate, nine or ten inches in length, acute, obtuse 

 at the base, serrated, rugose, hairy, brownish-green above, 

 purplish-red beneath ; middle nerve strong and thick, form- 

 ing a short petiole at the base. Stipules none. Peduncles 

 2-5 in each axil, one-flowered, round, two inches long, 

 uniting at the base into a short, thick, unilateral rachis. 



