524 pentandria MONOOYNiA. MacYocnemum. 



five oblong segments of the border recurved. Filaments 

 from the five ribs of the tube of the corol, nearly as long- as 

 the border. Anthers incumbent. GeYin beneath. Stigma 

 large, two-cleft. Capsules minute, villous, crowned with the 

 withered calyx, two-celled, opening at the apex within the 

 calyx. Seeds many in each cell, small, rugose, attached to 

 an elevated receptacle, which is attached to the middle of the 

 partition. 



4. R. tctYandYU. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves lanceolate, sessile. Stipules pinnati- 

 fid. FloweYs axillary, glomerate, tetrandrous. Capsule 

 many-seeded. 



A shrubby species ; a native of Pulo Pinang. 

 Stem straight; oYanches erect, smooth, four-sided, with the 

 angles sharp on the young shoots. Leaves opposite, sessile, 

 lanceolate, smooth. Stipules sub-pinnatifid, containing the 

 inside of the base of the leaves, tapering to an awled point. 

 Floivers numerous, short-ped uncled, crowded in the ax ills, 

 and mixed with many, lanceolate, ciliate bractes. Calyx, 

 coyoI, stamens and pistil as in the genus. Capsule small, 

 black, angular. Seeds numerous, immersed in the recepta- 

 cles, as in a nidus. 



5. R. scandens. R. 



Shrubby, scandent, smooth. Leaves opposite, petioled, 

 oblong, entire. Panicles axillary, small, brachiate. Cap- 

 sules globular. Seeds numerous, small. 



Found indigenous on the Island of Mauritius by Colonel 

 Hardwicke in flower and with ripe seed in June and July. 



MACROCNEMUM. Schreb. gen. N.297. 

 Calyx five-toothed. CoyoI campanulate. Capsule inferior, 

 two-celled, two-valved. Seeds imbricated. 



