182 VERBENACE2. 
Cor. calyce 3 longior infundibulif. subregularis laciniis 5, 
patente reflexa fauce villosissima colore plumbeo-viridis, faucis 
barbe azurei. 
Stam. 5 exserta 2 exteriora (inferiore) paullo longiora, 
Filam. subulata alba. 
Anth. ambitu subtrigonz crescentiformi, medio versus 
affixam. Connect. carnos. cellulos. papillos., loculis divari- 
cantibus adnatis. Stylus stamina subzquans, teretiuscule 
lilacinus glaber apice bifidus ramis oblique truncatis apice 
stigmatosis. 
Ovarium dense hispidum pilis pallide ferrugineis 2-locu- 
lare. 
Placenta centralis thickened ex hujus apicem discoideo- 
ovula 4 nucleariform pendula, an extrant angle on either 
side divides the ovula of each cell from each other, and as 
this reaches the wall of the cell, the ovary becomes in a 
sense, 4-locular. 
Has. Malacca: June 1842. 
Oss. An elegant shrub hair of faux stupose and fragrance 
very pleasant, upper 2 lacinie of corol. are outermost, 5th 
innermost, that of calyx open. 
Each branch of the style has its own canal. 
It is more Verbenaceous in its pistillum than in any other 
art. 
Considerable time elapses between the expansion of all 
the flowers, the central one is most precocious. 
2. Sphenodesma triflora. Gr. 
Ramuli ferrugineo-lepidoti. 
Folia ovato-lanceolata quasi pendula, obtusa, glabra, co- 
riaciuscula integra, venis 2 durus paucissimis arcuatim nexis, 
interveniis inconspicue areolatis. Paniculis axillaribus ef 
terminalibus, altogether ample, ramulis (ultimis) oppositis, 
floris, flora centrali nudo precociore, laterali 3-bracteatis, 
bracteis lineari-spathulatis, calycem excedent. centrali major 
inflorescentia grisea, fl. parvi sanguineo-purpur. 
