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branches. Leaves rather longer than the interstices, which are 

 pretty equal, about 5-6 inches long, villous above. Stipulas 

 about the length of the petioles, furnished with a number of 

 glands inside on the lower part. Corymbs very hairy. Floral 

 leaves subcordate, milk white, downy. Tube of corolla very 

 long, hairy. 



Hoary Mussaenda. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



20 M. CUNEIFO'LIA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 139.) leaves 

 cuneate-oblong, acuminated, downy on both surfaces as well as 

 on the branches ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated ; corymbs 

 terminal ; bracteas lanceolate ; calycine segments linear, acute, 

 5 times shorter than the corolla : one of which is bractea-formed, 

 petiolate, oval, acuminated ; tube of corolla villous. Jj . G. 

 Native of Nipaul. The large calycine segment is probably 

 white, and the flowers are probably yellow. 



Wedge-leaved Musssenda. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



SECT. II. LA'NDIA (M. De la Land, a correspondent of the Mu- 

 seum of Natural History at Paris). Comm. herb. D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 372. Lobes of calyx equal or nearly so : having none of 

 the segments expanded into bractea-formed leaves. Capsule 

 naked at the apex, not crowned by the calyx. Leaves opposite. 



21 M. LA'NDIA (Lam. ill. t. 157. f. 2. Poir. diet. 4. p. 392.) 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, clothed with villous pubescence on 

 both surfaces ; branches, petioles, corymbs and corollas villous ; 

 lobes of calyx equal, triangularly lanceolate, 12 times shorter 

 than the tube of the corolla. ^ . S. Native of the Mauritius, 

 where it is called Quinquina indigene, or Indigenous Peruvian 

 bark, and is used in the cure of fevers. M. latifolia, Poir. 

 suppl. 4. p. 36. diet, scienc. nat. 33. p. 452. Rodeletia Landia, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 707. M. holosericea, Smith, in Rees' cycl. 

 vol. 24. no. 6. Bracteas linear, acute. Corolla an inch long, 

 hairy outside. 



De La Land's Musssenda. Fl. Ju.Sept. Clt.1824. Sh. 4 to 5 ft. 



22 M. UNIFLO'RA (Wall. cat. no. 6264.) young branches, tube 

 of corolla, calyxes, and fruit villous ; leaves small, rather vil- 

 lous, roundish, acute, running down the petioles at the base ; 

 stipulas villous, narrow ; calycine segments subulate ; corolla 

 with a long tube and a spreading limb ; flowers solitary, ter- 

 minal. 1} . S. Native of the East Indies, at Tavoy. Flowers 

 as large as those of the common jasmine, probably white. 



One-flowered Mussasnda. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



23 M. STADMA'NNI (Michx. med. ex Bory in litt. D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 372.) leaves oval, ending in short cuspidate points, hardly 

 pubescent, unless on the nerves ; branehlets, corymbs, and co- 

 rollas pubescent ; lobes of calyx equal, elongated, lanceolate, 

 6 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. Pj . S. Native of 

 the Mauritius. Oxyanthus cymosus, Reichb. in Sieb. fl. maur. 

 exsic. 2. no. 78. M. Landia, Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 24. 

 no. 5. Tube of corolla 1^ inch long, as in M. Landia. The 

 lobes of the calyx are 3 lines long in the present plant, while 

 in that of M. Landia they are hardly a line and a half long. 



Stadmann's Musssenda. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



24 M. ARCUA'TA (Lam. diet. 4. p. 392.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminated, rather pilose on the nerves beneath ; branehlets, 

 corymbs, and corollas glabrous on the outside ; lobes of calyx 

 linear-subulate, a little unequal ; tube of corolla very villous 

 inside, tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Sieb. fl. maur. 

 exsic. 2. no. 78. Landia stel%era, and Landia astrographa, 

 Comm. ex herb. mus. Paris. The flowers are yellow, and 

 when immersed in water tinge it with the same colour. Limb 

 of corolla glabrous outside. Branches arched. 



^rcA-branched Mussasnda. Clt. 1822. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



25 M. TOMENTO'SA (Wall. cat. no. 6265.) branches downy ; 

 leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, acute, clothed with white woolly 



down on both surfaces : calyx downy, with subulate segments ; 

 stipulas subulate, twin on both sides ; tube of corolla long, 

 slender, hairy, with a broad, spreading border ; berries roundish, 

 crowned by the calycine teeth ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous. 

 T? . S. Native of the East Indies, on the Gingee mountains. 

 Flowers apparently white, as large as those of jasmine. 

 Tomentose Mussaenda. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



26 M. E'LEGANS (Schum. pi. guin. p. 117.) leaves oval, end- 

 ing in short cuspidate points, and are as well as the branches 

 glabrous ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, pubescent ; segments 

 of calyx linear, spreading a little ; tube of corolla very hispid, 

 but the lobes are glabrous. f? . S. Native of Guinea, where 

 it was collected by Thonning. M. discolor, Thonn. in herb. 

 Vahl, ex Puerari. Very distinct from M. discolor, Willd. 



Elegant Musssenda. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



27 M. CORDIFO'LIA (Wall. cat. no. 6260.) glabrous in every 

 part ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated at the apex and cordate 

 at the base, glabrous, coriaceous, on short petioles ; corymbs 

 trichotomous, terminal ; berries turbinate, not crowned. Tj . S. 

 Native of Pulo Penang. 



Heart-leaved Mussaenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet? 



28 M. PA'RVA (Wall. cat. no. 6261.) branches and leaves 

 rather hispid from scattered hairs ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, tapering to both ends ; stipulas subulate ; corymbs 

 terminal, crowded ; tube of corolla very long, slender, rather 

 swollen near the top ; calycine segments linear. Fj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, at Tavoy. M. angustifolia, Wall. mss. 

 Apparently a rambling, small shrub. 



Small Musssenda. Shrub rambling. 



29 M. SERICEA (Blum, bijdr. p. 986.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, attenuated at the base, glabrous, except on the 

 veins underneath ; branches silky ; corymbs terminal, trichoto- 

 mous, silky. Pj . S. Native of the Moluccas. Segments of 

 calyx linear-lanceolate, silky, all equal. Tube of corolla elon- 

 gated, densely tomentose. 



Silky Musssenda. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



30 M. REOPENS (Wall. cat. no. 6263.) root creeping ; leaves 

 elliptic, acuminated, rather hispid ; petioles, young branches, 

 and corymbs clothed with brown villi ; stipulas subulate, villous ; 

 corymbs terminal ; calyx downy, with linear-subulate segments ; 

 corolla long, slender, swelling a little near the top. fj . S. 

 Native of Silhet. The leaves opposite each other are unequal 

 in size. 



Creeping Musssenda. PI. \ to 2 feet. 



' SECT. III. CA'ANTHE (from ratw, Jcaio, to burn or nip, and 

 avOog, anthos, a flower ; the flowers of the species are deprived 

 of the large calycine leaves). D. C. prod. 4. p. 372. Lobes of 

 calyx equal, all linear or setaceous, permanent, therefore the fruit 

 is crowned. Leaves 3 in a whorl. Stipulas broad at the base, 

 acute at the apex, adpressed, coriaceous. Species natives of 

 Madagascar. Perhaps a proper genus. 



31 M. ? CITRIFO'LIA (Lam. in Poir. diet. 4. p. 393.) leaves 3 

 in a whorl, ovate, almost sessile, coriaceous, and are as well as 

 the branches glabrous ; stipulas broad at the base, acute, short ; 

 corymbs terminal ; lobes of calyx linear. Tj . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. Habit of Raunolfia. Corolla small, yellow. 



Citron-leaved Musssenda. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



32 M. ? LONGIFO'LIA (Lam. in Poir. diet. 4. p. 393.) leaves 

 3 in a whorl, lanceolate-oblong, rather tomentose from short 

 down ; stipulas broad at the base, acute ; corymbs terminal ; 

 lobes of calyx setaceous ; capsule ribbed. Tj . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. Very similar to the preceding species. Leaves 

 green above and whitish beneath. Fruit pyriform, with 8 or 10 

 longitudinal ribs. 



Long-leaved Mussaenda, Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 

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