Class iih. 

 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



RTIOPALA. Schreb. Gen. N. 144. 



Calyx none. Carol four-petalled, bearing the stamina above the 

 middle. Nectary four-scaled. Germ one- celled; ovula two, attach- 

 ed to one side of the cell. 



1. R. molu.cana. Brown. Linn. Tram. x. p. \Ql. 



Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, oblong, entire, raceriies axillary, and 

 rom llie branclilets, longer than the leaves. Neciarial scales naked. 



A native of Pulo-piiiang, 



.As my description is taken from dry specimens I cannot say 

 vhether it be a iiee or shrub, but the large woody specimens evi- 

 dently show it to be perennial. — Leaves shori-petioled, alternate, 

 obovate, oblong, obtuse-pointed, eiilire and smooth on both sides,' 

 six or more inches long and less than three broad. — Stipules none. 

 JRacemes generally solitary, from the naked woody brancldets belovT 

 the leaves, very long and completely clothed to the base with numer- 

 ous beautiful, diverging, pretty large, delicate Howers. — Bractes 

 minute. — Calyx noce. — TetaL four, very long and slender, near the 

 apex they expand into a concaye lanceolate shape for the reception 'of 

 the stamens, they lirst open in the middle then at the apex, and soon 

 after become revolute. Nectary, four scales embracing the lower 

 part of the germ. — Filaments four, short, inserted into the }>etal3 

 above the middle. Anthers linear, curved in an opposite direction 



