Quisqualis. decandria monogynia. 427 



siform, villous. C«??/ar superior. Tube very long, and slen- 

 der; widening considerably near its five toothed mouth, 

 somewhat villous on the outside. Petals five, obovate- 

 cuneate, inserted into the mouth of the tube of the calyx, 

 alternate with its segments, villous. Filaments ten, alter- 

 nately shorter, inserted below the petals into the mouth 

 of the tube of the calyx, and much shorter than they. 

 Anthers oval, incumbent. Germ inferior, lanceolar, five- 

 sided, villous, one-celled with generally three, linear ot;M- 

 la, attached to the top of the cell, (exactly as in our 

 combretums, Pentapterce, and Terminalice). Style blended 

 in the tube of the corol, free at top only, where it emer- 

 ges from the tube. Stigma clavate, perforated. 



2. Q. indica. Willd. 2. 579. 



Bractes oblong- ventricose. Petals oblong, very hairy. 



Quisqualis. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 38. 



A native of Amboyna, where it grows to be a large 

 scandent shrub, with the young shoots very downy. 



Leaves sub-opposite, short-petioled, from round-oval 

 to oblong-cordate, entire, villous, their points triangular 

 and acute. Stipules none. Spikes terminal, and axillary, 

 villous. Flowers numerous, opposite, and alternate. 

 Bractes solitary, one- flowered, rhombiform and ciliate. 

 Calyx. Tube filiform, widening just below the five-cleft 

 hairy mouth. Petals five, oblong-lanceolar, inserted on 

 the mouth of the tube of the calyx, very hairy. Filaments 

 ten, short, in two alternate rows round the mouth of the 

 calyx. Anthers oblong, incumbent. Germ inferior, ob- 

 long, one-celled, and containing generally four ovula, at- 

 tached to the top of the cell, as in the Pegu species, (Q. 

 villosa.) Style united to the tube of the calyx until it 

 reaches the stamina, where it separates, and ends equal 

 with the anthers, in a large, three-sided, perforated stig- 

 ma. 



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