556 PENTANDRTA MONOGYNIA. MnSSUenda. 



short- petioled, lanceolate, entire. Flowers in axillary fasci- 

 cles, mixed amongst many long, very hairy bractes. 

 A native of the Moluccas. 



MUSSAENDJ. Schreb. gen. N. 326. 

 Calyx five-cleft. Corol funnel-shaped. Stamina within 

 the tube. Germ inferior, two-celled; cells many-seeded; 

 attachment of the ovula two jugiform receptacles, inserted 

 on the partition. Stigma two-cleft. Capsules two-celled, 

 three-valved. Seeds numerous. 



1. M. corymbosa. Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect. Corymbs terminal. Leaves oblong, 



smooth. 



Native of Ceylon, Malabar, &c. In the Botanic garden 

 at Calcutta it grows to be a stout, rigidly erect, ramous 

 shrub, and is in blossom during the rains, at which time few 

 plants surpass it in beauty. 



Trunk straight ; branches many, decussate. Bar A: smooth. 

 Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong, pointed, entire, 

 smooth on both sides, from six to nine inches long, and from 

 three to four broad. Involucre ox floral leaves long-petiol- 

 ed, o-enerally one to each primary division of the corymb, 

 of an oval form, acute, pure white, smooth on both sides, five 

 or seven-nerved. Petioles of the floral leaves long, slender, 

 drooping, inserted on the apex of the germ, forming one of the 

 divisions of the calyx. Stipules within the leaves, from a broad 

 cordate base, tapering to an acute point. Corymbs terminal, 

 compound and decompound, smooth. Bractes ovate-lanceo- 

 late. Flowers numerous, and uncommonly beautiful. Calyx 

 five-parted; divisions erect, bristle-shaped, smooth. Corol 

 funnel-shaped. Tube slender, more than twice the length 

 of the calyx, swelled a little about the middle, where the 

 stamens are lodged ; mouth closed with orange-coloured hair. 

 Border of five ovate, fleshy, pointed, spreading divisions, 



