426 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Quisqualis, 



cleft ; segments linear, and about as long as the tube. Ca- 

 rol none, but there are ten clavate, abortive, filament- 

 like bodies which originate from the mouth of the tube of 

 the calyx, alternate with the true stamina. FUametits ten 

 from the mouth of the tube of the calyx, twice as long as 

 the nectarial clubs, and rather longer than the segments 

 of the calyx. Anlhers erect, oxdiie. Germ superior, ob- 

 long, remarkably hairy, one celled, and containing one 

 ovula attached to the top of the cell. Style the lensith of 

 the stamina. Stigma large, round. Berry dry, roundish- 

 obovate, size of a large pea, hairy, particularly the some- 

 what pointed apex, one-celled. Seed single, nearly round. 

 Integument single. Perisperni conform to the seed. Em- 

 bryo inverse, oval, lodged in the upper half of the peris- 

 perm. Cotyledons thick, semi-circular. Radicle conical, 

 superior. 



QUISQUALIS. Schreb. gen. n. 739. 



Calyx with filiform tube, and five-cleft border. Petals 

 five. Germ inferior, one-celled ; attachment superior. 

 Drupe five-seeded. 



1. Q. villosa. R. 



Bractes ensiform. Petals obovate-cuneate. 



Devee-moung, the vernacular name at Rangoon. 



From Pegu this elegant, scandent, stout shrub has 

 been sent to me by the Rev. Mr. F. Carey, and difiers 

 no doubt, from another species received from Amboyna, 

 which I consider Q. indica, on account of the form of the 

 bractes and greater degree of pubescence. 



Leaves opposite, or nearly so, short- petioled, ovate-ob- 

 long, entire, somewhat acute, slightly villous ; about 

 three incheslong, and nearlyas broad. iS^pi^es terminal, and 

 axillary, solitary, villous. Flowers numerous, opposite 

 and alternate, sessile. Bractes solitary, one-flowered, en- 



