^hopah' TXTRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 3f5 



to the petals. — Germ above, ovate, style long and slender. Stigma 

 clubed. 



2. R. serrata. Brorcn. Linn. Trans, x. p. 192. 



i^flres alit 1 nate, sub-sessile, oblong, serrate. Racemes axillaryj 

 pedicels two-flowered, ^ectarial scales ciiiate.- 



A native of the Malay Archipelago. 



My description and drawing being from dry specimens, I cannot 

 say wLethei il is a tree or shrub. — Young shoots clothed with fer- 

 ruginous down. — Jxaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong, acute, ta^ 

 peiing at tlie base, serrate, firm and smooth on both sides ; from 

 four to six inches long, and from one to three broad. — Spikelets none, 

 -— Racemes axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves, clothed with fer- 

 ruoinous down. — Pedicels two-flowered. — Bractes minute, cordate, 

 cue at the base of each common pedicel — Calj/x none. — Petals 

 iew, long, slender, clavate \ from the middle downwards, their sides 

 touch, and form a slender tube — ^ectarial scales four between the 

 base of the petals and germ, obcordate, ciiiate. — Pilaments four, in- 

 serted on the petals, about one-tliird below their apices. Anthers 

 ovate — Germ superior, very hairy. Style as lung as the corol. 



Slisma o\d\ -die. -r- Seed vessel uol seen. 

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3. R. excelsa. R. 



Leaves ■aheiuaXe, short-pe*ioled, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, pointed, 

 smooth, with a few large blunt senatures near the apex. — Racevus 

 axillary and terminal, as long as the leaves, downy.— ^ectanal 

 scales four, distinct, and naked. ' 



A large timber tree, a nati\e of the forests of Chittagong, where 

 it flowers in March and April. 



Trunk of the full-grown trees about four feet in circumference, 

 covered Avith dark-coloured, scabrous bark; branches numerous, 

 spreading far, and dividing much ; yousig shoots clothed with ferru- 

 ginous down.— Leaves alternate, short-petioled, cuneate-oblong, 

 obtuse-pointed ; interior margins generally with one, two, or three 



