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curved. Sttijmas large, globular. Capsule petlicelled, glo- 

 bular, flesliy cvon wIh'ii ripe, of a biiojit glossy yellow, and 

 the size of a crab apple, one-celled, ihree-valved, open from 

 the apex. Seeds many, attached as in the germ, by short 

 cords, obliquely cordate, yiril a laciniate, while membrane, 

 round the base only. 



3. M. diibia. R. 



Leaves ovate-oblong-, entire, or slightly sub lobate; two 

 glands at the base. 



A native of Sumatra, from thence introduced by Dr. C. 

 Campbell, into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where one 

 male plant blossomed in February l'*^()8. 



Slein and branches shrubby, climbing to an extent of some 

 fathoms. Bark olthe ligneous plants ash-coloured ; that of the 

 young- shoots smooth and green. Leaves alternate, petioled, 

 oblong, obtuse-pointed ; some of them slightly thcee-lobed to- 

 ward the apex, smooth on both sides, having- at the base a 

 large yellow gland on each side, from three to four inches 

 long-, and from one and a half to two inches broad. Petioles 

 axillary, about an inch long, channelled. Tendrils axillary, 

 simple, with two lateral lobes; at the season of (lower- 

 ing, these lobes lengthen into stout, one-flo\vered peduncles. 

 F/oM-er.s axillary, pedicelled, small, of a pale greenish yellow, 

 three together on a very short common peduncle, or in pairs 

 from the just mentioned lobes of the tendrils. Calyx one- 

 leaved. !/'w6e gibbous; mouth five-cleft. Segments ohlona-, 

 revolute. Petals five, inserted into the calyx, a little below 

 the sinuses of its border, lanceolate, and with the segments 

 of the calyx becoming- revolute. Filaments five, very short, 

 inserted on a small receptacle in th;' bottom of the calyx. 

 Anthers sagittate. Germ none, a sloniler, sub-rotate bo<ly, 

 with a two or three-cleft apex in the centre of the stamiiia is 

 all that presents itself. 



