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tomentose on the veins beneath, as well as on the branches ; 

 flowers axillary, solitary or twin, sessile. 1? . S. Native of 

 Java, in woods on mounts Salak, Gede, &c. Corollas white. 

 Tomentose Mephitidia. Shrub. 



7 M. OBSCU'RA (Blum. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 453.) 

 shrubby ; leaves oblong, acuminated, rather obliquely attenuated 

 at the base, clothed with tomentum beneath, as well as on the 

 rib above and the branches ; heads of flowers axillary, almost 

 sessile. Jj . S. Native of Java, in the western parts on the 

 mountains. Corolla white. This species differs from M. tomen- 

 tosa in the stipulas being larger, and in the flowers being more 

 numerous, &c. 



Obscure Mephitidia. Shrub. 



8 M. LU'CIDA (Blum, bijdr. p. 997.) shrubby ; branches gla- 

 brous ; leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, cuspidate, shining 

 above, rather pubescent beneath at the margins, and on the 

 veins ; flowers crowded, axillary, rarely solitary. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Java, in the more elevated woods. Flowers white. 



Shining-\eaved Mephitidia. Shrub. 



9 M. STIPULA'RIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 997.) shrubby ; branches 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong, acuminated, attenuated at the base, 

 and are as well as the branches glabrous, but ciliated at the apex ; 

 stipulas large, roundish, rather membranous ; flowers crowded, 

 axillary ; calyxes hairy. J? . S. Native of Java, on mount 

 Salak. Corollas white. 



Stipular Mephitidia. Shrub. 



10 M. L.JEVIGA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 998.) shrubby; leaves ob- 

 long, acuminated, acutish at the base, and are as well as the 

 branches glabrous ; fascicles of flowers axillary ; calyx 3-parted. 

 Jj . S. Native of Java, in mountain woods. Flowers white. 

 There is a variety of this with lanceolate leaves. 



Smooth Mephitidia. Shrub. 



11 M. LATIFOLIA (Blum. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 453.) 

 shrubby ; leaves oval, acute at both ends, reticulately veined, 

 and are as well as the branches glabrous ; flowers crowded, 

 axillary, on short peduncles. T; . S. Native of Java, on mount 

 Salak in shady parts of woods. Corollas white. Fruit globose, 

 orange coloured. Lobes of calyx lanceolate, parted to the base, 

 at length becoming connivent. 



Broad-leaved Mephitidia. Shrub. 



* Limb of calyx with short lobes. 



12 M. INODO'RA (Blum, bijdr. p. 998.) shrubby; branches 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both 

 ends, glabrous, downy on the veins beneath ; flowers crowded, 

 axillary, girded by blunt bracteas. J? . S. Native of Java, in 

 woods at mount Gede. The leaves of this species are without any 

 ungrateful smell. 



Scentless Mephitidia. Shrub. 



13 M. HEXA'NDRA (Blum, bijdr. p. 998.) shrubby; leaves 

 lanceolate, long-acuminated, clothed with strigose down on the 

 rib above, and on the veins beneath, as well as the branchlets ; 

 flowers axillary, usually solitary, hexandrous. Tj . S. Native 

 of Java, in the more elevated woods on mount Salak. Corollas 

 white. 



Hexandrous Mephitidia. Shrub. 



* * * Limb of calyx nilh short teeth. 



14 M. VENOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 999.) shrubby; leaves on 

 short petioles, oblong, acuminated, obliquely attenuated at the 

 base, very veiny, glabrous above, downy on the veins beneath, 

 as well as on the branchlets ; flowers crowded, axillary, sessile. 

 ^ . S. Native of Java, in woods on the Seribu mountains. 

 Corollas white. 



Veiny Mephitidia. Shrub. 



15 M. SYLVE'STRIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 999.) shrubby ; leaves on 



short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, gla- 

 brous, veiny, clothed with adpressed down on the veins beneath, 

 as well as on the branchlets ; flowers crowded, axillary, sessile ; 

 fruit containing 4-5 pyrense. tj . S. Native of Java, along 

 with the preceding, from which it differs in the smaller leaves, 

 which are unequally narrowed at the base, in the fewer and re- 

 moter veins, and in the more obsoletely toothed calyx. 

 Wild Mephitidia. Shrub. 



16 M. RETICULA V TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1000.) shrubby ; leaves 

 large, on short petioles, oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, 

 glabrous above, and reticulately veined, rather tomentose on the 

 veins and branches ; flowers crowded, axillary, almost sessile. 

 T; . S. Native of Java, on the Seribu mountains. Flowers 

 white. 



Reticulated-leaved Mephitidia. Shrub. 



17 M. PURPU'REA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1000.) shrubby; leaves 

 lanceolate, long- acuminated, and are as well as the branches gla- 

 brous ; peduncles crowded, 1 -flowered, axillary, or lateral from 

 the leaves having fallen, tj . S. Native of Java, on mounts 

 Saliik, Gede, &c. in shady places. Flowers purple. 



Purple -fiowered Mephitidia. Shrub. 



18 M. STERCORA'RIA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1000.) shrubby; leaves 

 lanceolate, long-acuminated, acute at the base, glabrous except 

 the veins beneath, which are clothed with adpressed down, 

 as well as the branches ; flowers crowded, axillary, sessile ; fruit 

 globose, containing 7-9 pyrenae. fj . S. Native of Java, on the 

 mountains. Allied to M. sylvestris; but the fruit is evidently 

 distinct. Flowers white. 



Stinking Mephitidia. Shrub. 



Cult. See Hamelia, p. 542. for culture and propagation. 



CX. VANGUE'RIA (altered from Yoa- Vanguer, the Mada- 

 gascar name of the first species). Comm. in Juss. gen. p. 266. 

 mem. mus. 6. p. 396. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 

 217. D. C. prod. 4. p. 454. Vanguiera, Pers. ench. 1. p. 459. 

 Vavanga, Rohr, in act. soc. hist. nat. hafn. 2. pt. 1. p. 208. 

 t. 7. Meynia, Link. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a short ob- 

 ovate tube, and a small spreading 5-toothed deciduous limb. 

 Corolla campanulately globose, 5-cleft, hairy inside at the throat : 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, reflexed. Stamens 5, with very short 

 filaments, and oblong hardly exserted anthers. Stigma capitate, 

 (bilamellate, ex Vahl.) 4-5-lobed (ex Roxb.). Berry apple- 

 shaped, not crowned at the apex by the calyx, but marked by a 

 sinuated areola, indicating the place from which the limb of the 

 calyx had fallen off, containing 5 bony 1-seeded pyrenee, which 

 are obtuse at the base, and acute at the apex. Seed oblong, 

 fixed to the inner angle of the cell, near the middle. Albumen 

 fleshy. Embryo large, inverted, with long plano-convex coty- 

 ledons, and a bluntly cordate compressed superior radicle. 

 Small trees. Leaves petiolate, ovate. Stipulas solitary on both 

 sides, lanceolate. Cymes branched, subpanicled, axillary, or rising 

 beneath the leaves from the cicatrices, occasioned by the falling 

 of the old leaves. Flowers white. This genus is anomalous 

 in the order, from the structure and situation of the seeds ; it is 

 allied to Cdnlhium, but differs from that genus in the ovarium 

 being 5-celled, not 2-celled. 



1 V. EDU'LIS (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 36.) unarmed ; leaves ovate, 

 membranous, glabrous ; cymes rising beneath the leaves. Jj . S. 

 Native of Madagascar, from whence it has been introduced to 

 China and the Mauritius. Lam. ill. t. 159. Sieb. fl. maur. exs. 

 2. no. 77. and no. 138. V. cymo^a, Gaertn. fil. carp. 3. p. 75. 

 t. 193. V. Madagascarien.sis, Gmel. syst. 1. p. 367. V. Com- 

 mersonii, Desf. ex Steud. Jacq. hort. vind. 1 . t. 44. Vavanga 

 Chinnsis, Rohr, and Vavanga edulis, Vahl, act. soc. hist. nat. 

 hafn. 2. pt. 1. p. 207. and p. 208. t. 7. The habit of the tree 



