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Plate 2344. 



WILLUGHBEIA FIRMA, Blume. 

 Apocyxaceje. Tribe Carisse.e. 



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, _ , _ , -. p. 151 ; frutex alte scaiideias ramis pro 



parte cirriferis, foliis oblongo-elJipticis breviter obtuseque acuiuinatis 

 oasi acutJs coriaceis nitidis nervis subpatulis 12-14, cymis congestis 

 subsessilibus raultifloris, peduiiculo atque pedicellis florum f(rciinda- 

 <^rum post anthesin valde incrassatis, calycis lobis oblongo-ovatis 

 obtusis minute ciliatis, corollfe lobis tubo sublon^oribus liiieari- 

 oMongis patulis, antheris tubo medio insertis, bacca (submatura) 

 oblongo-globosa, Fl. BriL hid, iii. 624. 



Hab, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, from Sumatra to Borneo. 

 > arious collectors. 



^oKa 3-5i poll, longa, 13-21 poll. lata. Calyx vk i lin. longus. 

 Corollce tubus vix 1 lin. longus! 



ihe figure was drawn from specimens sent in spirits by. Mr. 

 J-eembruggen in the Lampong'sche Districten, Sumatra. According to 

 «im, the plant yields a good sort of india-rubber. It appears from tlie 

 rnatenal at Kew that there are several varieties of WiUughhetafrma, 

 «o_me of whioh are known by different native names, but their dis- 

 crimmation would require careful observation on the spot. I take, 

 lowever, the form figured here to be the type of Blame's species — 



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5 m^* ^- S«<5. 2. Corolla, laii open. 3. Pistil. 4. Transverse section of orary. 

 • -Lrunsverse section of fruit. 6. Seed.' Except the fruit, tnlarged. 



