Plate 238S. 



MUSS^NDOPSIS BECCARIANA, Baill 



RUBIACE^. 



M. beccariana, Baill. in Adansonia, xii. 282; arbor "^Ao';';^;;"^^^ 



exceptis glaberrima, foliis late vel latissime ellipticis ^r^^"'^^;" f. "^^^^^ 

 minatis integris coriaceis nervis lateralibus 6-7 ^?"V'''- iSn ,u 



paniculatis ramis ramuHsqiie patulis, pedicel is fl«/-""\f^^""^^^^^^^ 

 culis ca^terorum brevibus vel subnullis, calycisturbinati omc«^ 

 S subrotundatis vel uno amplo foliaceo Palli^^« /^^undato abr^^^^^^^^ " 

 guiculato e basi 5-nervi, corolla, extus toiBentell^ .^"''',^ f mar" iuem 

 subnullo lobis 5 oblongis crassiusculis superne ™P"""' . ^ «^,,tis, 

 versus papillosis in alabastro sinistrorsum (f*'..^^ , ,^_4 disco 

 statmnibus 5 sub disco insertis, antheris curvatis lineau-ohh^^,i.s, c^^^ 

 breviter conico crasso, stylo brevi crassuisculo F^^ e'xcavatis, 



deciduo lobis stigmatis brevibus rotundatis cra^sis i y^^^^^.e- 



ovario biloculari, placentis secundum septum ™edmm on , ^ ^icido, 

 rosis dense coarctatis applanatis, fructu capsulari poljspe j^ 

 seminilm= r^a>...;o „f.;,.,rL ir. nlnm productis, embryone caiiK 



seminibus parv 



albuniinoso. 

 P- 370. 



Ha 



cari 



Iab. Malacca, llaingay (Is^os. 835, 1692); l^f'Jj^^'^' Borneo? W 

 '■'•2/ (No. lOU); Larut, Perak, Scortechm ; baia.sa , 



^«n(Nos. 358, 1176, 2651). . ,. pell lon.us. 



ma 4-7 poll, longa, 3-5| poll, lata ; ^e^««o.^«^^r j^V^^^ . u.ns 



{anicula ad 8 poll, longa lataque. taiyx ±2 ■]i_2 Hn. long-'i, 1 



oliaceus 1-1 1 longus latusque. Corollas segmenta i, 



lin- lata. Capsnla 3 lin. longa. _ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 



, As Baillon and Scortecliini have already P^"'*', .°" ' ^/wm in the 

 jtnssceudopsis represents the New World genus 0«/i/ ^// ^^^^^ ^-..^ 

 OW World. Since Baillon's publication, howe.«, a "^^ ^^ jj^^^er, 



H"reh, China, has been described by P^^^f^.^^V-', ^vhioh seems to 

 'IcPlant.^ 1823) under the name of ^/"'"^^S.^/^.n, although d>e 

 ^ome at least as near to JIussa-ndopstsBBtotalycoiJ ^^^^ ^j^^ ^.,tiva- 

 coroUa-tube is more developed than in WW^^ ioibricate.-U. 

 tion of the corolla-lobes is apparently not contoneu 



, Fig. 1. Cym.le with ono expanJed flower. ^^'f'lJfZ^'^T 6.0varV' bngi- 



f • OvHry and style. 4. Petal. 6. S^^^^"^"' , '"f^S 

 ^"•I'Bal, and 7, same, transverse section. M enlarged. 



