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DESCRIPTIONS OF GENERA AND SPECIES. 
KICKXIA, Blume. 
Calyx ad basin 5-partitus, intus glandulis munitus, persistens ; 
segmenta imbricata, anguste vel late ovata, acuta vel obtusa; 
glandule numerose, annulatim disposite, fimbrilliformes, aut 
singule cum unoquoque segmento eique arcte appressx, appla- 
nate. Corolla infundibuliformis, magna vel majuscula ; tubus 
upra medium i i 
cylindricus vel gradatim attenuatus, supra cupule vel c 
modo ampliatus, ad constrictionem magis minusve casas et 
annulo intus prominente munitus; lobi oblongi, magis minusve 
obliqui, preefloratione dextrorsum obtegentes. Sonne 5, annulo 
tubi inserta, in conum circumcirca liberum in tubum ampliatum 
projectum conniventia; filamenta brevissima, crassa; anther 
‘ d : 
equilongis duris solidis, loculis angustissimis brevibus. Discus 
breviter tubulosus, subinteger vel 5-lobus, tenuiter carnosus. 
Carpella libera, ovato-lanceolata, sensim in stylum attenuata, 
distincti, elongati, reflexi, paralleli, coriacei, secundum suturam 
dehiscentes; placentee mature fragiles vel facile separate, inflexe. 
Semina plurima, elongato-fusiformia, ‘gubsemiteretia, basi coma 
stipitata reverse plumosa ornata; raphe filiformis, pene ula; testa 
tenuis; albumen carnosum, s strato tenui embryon m circumdans. 
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reductas dispositi, longe vel 
Avensis pedicellati, albi vel inferne virescentes vel flavescentes. 
Species 4, in archipelago Malayano et in insulis Philippinis. 
Key to the species. 
Tie consonant numerose, fimbrilliformes, annu- 
dispositz. 
Folia membranacea, ehatc i flores 6 cm, (2) poll.) 
ongi ... 1. arborea 
i > per: gamacea vel co — lanceolata ‘vel lanceolato- 
oblonga ; flores ad 10 em. (4 poll.) longi 2. Wigmannii. 
pee intracalyculares s singule cum unoquoque segmentia 
eique appresse 
rae “glistinete pedicellati, 6 cm. Gh poll.) longi; 
8 segmenta obtusa 3 Blancoi, 
Wiates » eval pedicellati, a4 cm. OH zy 5 poll.) 
longi; calycis sermenta ac .. 4, borneensis. 
K. wage. Blume, Rumph. iv. 26, t. 179, fig. 1. et 
mediocri s (Blume) ad 42 m. (140 ped.) alta (Koorders). Truncr 
— cylindricus, basi exalatus, ad 62 cm. (25 poll.) aimetions ; ; 
ma parva a basi admodum remota, irregularis, laxa; rami primarii 
