188 VERBENACEXZ. 
Cal. 5 partitus, imbricatus. Cor. regularis vel subregularis 
rotata (carnosa) lacinia postice integri vel emarginata. 
Stam. 4, subzqualia sinubus vel fauci inserta. 
Ovar, 1-loculare, placenta centrali (4-gona) ovula 4, pen- 
dula ex apicem placentz (inter angulos). Stigma bifidum. 
Fructus, capsularis, bivalvis, l-spermus. Semen albuminos. 
(tegumento 0.!) radicula villosa infera. Cotyledon con- 
duplicat. 
Arbores; ramulis articulatis foliis oppositis integris. 
Flores spicati, oppositi, inconspicui certe ad oleus spec- 
tans. 
3. Avicennia intermedia, foliis obovatis, ovato-lanceolatis 
vel lanceolatis, acutiusculis subtus albidis reticulatis, floribus 
capitellatis, sepalis ciliatis, corolla lacinia postica ssepius 
integra. Staminibus subexsertis, stylo conico bipartito in- 
clusa, fructibus amydaloideis vix compressis, albo pubescenti- 
bus embryonis radicule infra apicem villoso barbata, 
Frutex. Flores mediocres. 
I only met with this on Pulo Java close to Malacca, it is 
probably a hibrid between the two preceding species. 
Desc. Frutex : 4-5 pedales ramulis 4-gonis. Folia obovata 
vel ovato lanceolata pallida integra coriacea subtus alba, quasi 
brevissime tomentosa.: Exactly intermidiate between A. to- 
mentosa and resinifera. 
Pedunculi axillares et terminatis, the axillary ones soli- 
tary in the last axils 4-goni simplices vel divisi. 
Flores mediocres, incapituli pauciflori terminali dispositi 
with a tendency sometimes to become racemose, interme- 
diate in size between the two other species, 3-bracteate. Sepal 
pulchre ciliatis Cor. subrotata 4-partita, laciniis integris, 
postice paullulum latior. Stam 4 fauci inserta just below 
sinuses. Anth. basi afixæ subexserte, conduplicate. Stylus 
robustus brevis subulato conicus bipartitus laciniis approxi- 
matis glaber. Ovarium cylindraceum, pubescens placentata 
ut in aliis. 
I have only seen this on Pulo Java, close to Malacca: 
