362 IKTRANDRIA MONOCYNIA. RllOpdld. 



2. R. serrata. Brown. Lmn. Trans, x. p. 192. 



Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, oblong, serrate. Racemes ax- 

 illary ; pedicels two-flowered. Nectarial scales ciliate. 



A native of the Mala)' Archipelago. 



My description and drawing* being from dry specimens, I 

 cannol say whether it is a tree or shrub. Young- shoots cloth- 

 ed with ferruginous down. Leaves alternate, short- petioled, 

 oblong, acute, tapering at the base, serrate, firm and smooth 

 on both sides ; from four to six inches long, and from one to 

 three broad. Spikelets none. Racemes axillary, solitary, 

 shorter than the leaves, clothed with ferruginous down. Pe- 

 dicels two-flowered. Bractes minute, cordate, one at the 

 base of each common pedicel. Calyx none. Petals few, 

 long, slender, clavate; from the middle downwards, their 

 sides touch, and form a slender tube. Nectarial scales four 

 between the base of the petals and germ, obcordate, ciliate. 

 Filaments four, inserted on the petals, about one-third below 

 their apices. Anthers ovate. Germ superior, very hairy. 

 Style as long as the corol. Stigma clavate. Seed vessel not 

 seen. 



3. R. excelsa. R. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, 

 pointed, smooth, with a few large blunt serratures near the 

 apex. Racemes axillary and terminal, as long as the leaves, 

 downy. Nectarial scales four, distinct, and naked. 



A large timber tree, a native of the forests of Chiltagong, 

 where it flowers in March and April. 



Trunk of the full-grown trees about four feet in circumfer- 

 ence, covered with dark-coloured, scabrous bark ; branches 

 numerous, spreading far, and dividing much ; young shoots 

 clothed with ferruginous down. Leaves alternate, short-pe- 

 tioled, cuneate-oblong, obtuse-pointed ; interior margins gene- 

 rally with one, two, or three large, blunt serratures on each 

 side, texture firm and polished ; length from four to six inches, 

 by two or three broad. Racemes axillary, and terminal. 



