Pladera. tetrandria monogysia. 419 



four broad membranaceous wings. Branches opposite, and like the 

 stem ; all are smooth. Height of the whole plant about eighteen in- 

 ches. — Leaves of the stem opposite, sessile, lanceolate, three-nerved- 

 Floral leaves perfoliate, all smooth and entire — Flozcers terminal, 

 peduncled, numerous, pretty large, pale rose colour. — Calj/x four- 

 toothed, striated, permanent. — Corol irregular, somewhat two-lip- 

 ped ; the upper one larger and deeply two-parted, the lower one 

 consisting also of two lobes, but smaller. — Filaments four, three of 

 them rather shorter, and inserted on the upper side of the tube ; the 

 third brger, and inserted below the fissure of the lower lip. Antherf 

 oblong. — Style as long as the stamens. Stigma two-parted. Seg~ 

 ments recurved. — Capsule oblong, one-celled, two-valved. 



5. P. pnsilla, R. 



iVnnual, from one to two inches high. Leaves sessile, sub-cor- 

 date. Flowers terminal, sessile, three-fold, monandrous. Corol hid 

 in the calyx. Capsule globular. 



Compare with Hopea dichotoma.* Vahl. Enumer. i. p. 3 ; also 

 with Exacum sessile, Jlilld. i. 635. 



A beautiful minute plant, a native of Coromandel. 



Ste7n erect, four-sided, branchy ; from one and a lialf to two inches 

 high. — Bra)iches cross-drmed.— Leaves opposite, sessile, cordate, mi- 

 nute, smooth.— J/oaws terminal, sessile, three-fold, small, yellow. 

 —Calyx one-leaved, sub-cylindric, as long as the corol, four-tooth, 

 ed, permanent.— Coro/ one-petalled. Tube a little gibbous, mouth 

 four-toothed. — Filaments four within the tube of the corol, and in- 

 serted into it near the base. Anthers, three minute, and abortive ; 

 one large and fertile. — Germ globular. Style short. Stigmas two, 

 globular — Capsule oval, covered by the caly.x, one-celled, two-valv- 

 ed. Seeds numerous, black. 



* Sir J. E. Smitli has confirmed the identity of this plant (which Dr. Roxburgh 

 formerlv referred to ExacumJ with Hopea of Vahl. See that Arti(;te in Rees'a Cyclep, 

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