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ferent in shape, and the ovules are undoubtedly numerous, and not, as in M. Kentii, 

 reduced to two. Blurae describes P. Kentii as a tree ; but his own specimens, we 

 think, indicate that it is, like the preseut plant, a climber. 



14. M. pisocarpum (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ellipticis vel ovalibus basi 

 rotundatis vel acutiiisculis apice angustatis obtusis srepius emarginatis 

 rigide coriaceis supra glabris subtus pallidis pube minutissima incanis, 

 floribus axillaribus solitariis, alabastris triquetro-subglobosis, carpellis 

 pisiformibus. 



Hab. In sylvis prope Malacca, Griffith ! — (v. s.) 



Frutex verosimiliter scandens, ramosissimus. Hamuli foliosi, nigricantes, vix ru- 

 gulosi, glabri, juniores incauo-puberuli ; gemmae aureo-sericeax Folia 1 f— 3 poll, 

 longa, H-lf- lata, pet. ^-poli., in sicco creberrime reticulata, nervis parallels leviter 

 arcuatis inconspicuis. PeduneuH i-^-pollicares, basi articulati, bracteis 2 minutis 

 squanueformibus deciduis muniti. Sepala ovalia, basi coalita, coriacea, granulosa, 

 glabra, in fructu persistcntia. Fetala exteriora late ovalia, fere rotundata, extus 

 aureo-sericea, intus cinereo-incana, macula basilari (ex sicco atro-purpurea) glabra, 

 ovata ; interiora dimidio breviora, auguste oblonga, dorso sericea, carinato-convexa, 

 intus basi excavata, glabra, supra medium triquetra. Stamina connectivi processu 

 subgloboso caruoso terminata. Ovaria oblonga, ovulis in axi 2 superpositis. Styli 

 oblongi, ovarium fere sequantes. Carpella toro capitato glabro umbellatim inserta, 

 4-8 vel plura, ovalia vel globosa, 2-3 lineas longa, pedicello sequiiongo, glabra, 

 granulosa. Semina 1-2, superposita, plano-convexa, rotundata, regulariter foveolata, 

 atro-fusca, margine rhaphe lata percursa. 



This species is very closely allied to JL Kentii, Blume, but the broader emarginate 

 leaves and the smaller flowers sufficiently distinguish it. The terminal process of 

 the stamens, too, is different. 



11. HABZELIA, Alph. DC. 



Sepala 3, acuta, basi connata. Fetala 6, biserialia, rcstivatione val- 

 vata, e basi inflata intus concava, elorigato-linearia, apice triquetra ; in- 

 teriora paullo minora. Torus planus. Stamina linearia, connectivo 

 ultra antheras dorsales biloculares in processura oblongum producto. 

 Ovaria indefiuita, oblonga, in conura conniventia, dense strigosa, mul- 

 tiovulata, stylo sequilongo subulato recto terminata. Carpella elongata, 

 cylindrica, numerosa. Sernbia oblonga, non compressa, septis cellu- 

 losis separata. — Arbores, foliis coriaceis, nervis obliquis parallelis fal- 

 catis subtus prominulis, floribus ax ilia rib us elongatis triquetris. 



This genus was instituted by M. Alph. De Candolle for the reception of the 

 Vnona JEthiopica of authors, which, however, as we learn from Richard (Fl. Cuba?), 

 has the hollowed torus of Jfylopia, and is therefore perhaps more properly refer- 

 able to that genus. Our materials do not enable us to determine this point ; but 

 the two species described below present all the characters assigned by De Can- 

 dolle to Habzelia, and one of them has a fruit very like the Guinea pepper of 

 commerce. They much resemble Habzelia JEthiopica of Alph. De Candolle in 

 general appearance, so far as we can judge from a very imperfect specimen of that 

 species, and recede considerably from the majority of the species of Xylopia. The 

 stamens of our Indian species are remarkable for the curious structure of the anther- 

 cells, which are hairy, and divided by a series of transverse partitions, which give 

 them an appearance of being jointed. 



1. H. ferruginea (H.f. et T.); foliis lineari-oblongis acutis basi 

 rotundatis subtil fusco-pubescentibus, floribus axillaribus solitariis. 



