SCEPACEJE. 407 
Stam, 5, fauci inter sinus inserti, filamenta alba apice 
caruea, zstivat. introflexo-arcuata. 
Connectivum pallide roseum, longit. sulcatum, as though 
the filam were of two combined. Anthera citius an un- 
' quam erectz, didyma, vel reniformis : loculi brunneo-purpurei 
angusti. Pollen album. 
Ovarium subhemisphericum, conicum pubescenti-pilosum ; 
triloculare! basi lata affixum, nullo modo inferum. 
Stylus robustus filiformis demum | staminibus paullo bre- 
vior, trisuleatus, viridis, medio plumbeo tinct ; precociter 
exserlus. 
Stigma truncatum, subtrigonum obtuse pervium. 
Ovula 00, placentis axilibus carnosis affixa anatropa, 
sessilia, erecta vel ascendentia. 
Has. Malacca. 
Oss. I see no reason why this genus should not range in 
or near Lythrarie, in which apetalous forms are not un- 
common, and which indeed is pointed out by the frequent 
minuteness of the ,petals, and the coloration of the calyx, 
Hug situation of the stamens may be an objection, but this 
18 perhaps explainable. The structure of the seeds is the 
Same, and altogether the sum of the characters is Lythra- 
reous, 
SCEPACE.E. 
-— Scepacea. 
Ramuli teretes albidi novelli subangulati. 
Folia alterna, stipule decidue, petiolus sub 4-linealis 
utrinque incrassatus, lamina dependens ut plurimum leviter 
 conduplicata oblonga vel sublanceolata mucranato-cuspi- 
data integra, long. 4-4 4 unc. lat. 1-7 lin. carnoso-subcoria- 
fea, venis secondariis arcuatim nexis, interveniis reticulatis, 
the reticulation is most evident underneath. 
