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the rest at irregular distances but rather oblique, arching upwards to 

 and along the margin ; secondary nerves few, reticulations distinct, all 

 pale and easily seen on the lower surface ; petiole extremely short, 

 to -2 in. long. Cymes axillary and pseudo-terminal, few- (1- to 6-) 

 flowered, secund ; peduncles very short ; pedicels pubescent, -25 in. 

 long ; bracteoles very small, pubescent, ovate-acute, sheathing the 

 bases of the pedicels and at intervals along them ; buds oblong-ovoid 

 or fusiform, 1 to 1'5 in. long ; flowers scarlet, orange without. Calyx- 

 tube short ; lobes ovate-acute, ciliolate, otherwise glabrous, -125 in. 

 long, 3 of them with two small, thin, rounded, membranous, lobed 

 scales at base, the scales one-third to one-half the length of the lobes. 

 Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube campanulate, "25 to '35 in. long ; lobes 

 spreading, 4 to '5 in. long, linear-oblong or -acuminate, glabrous on 

 both surfaces as in the tube ; mouth with 5 small, ligulate, rounded, 

 corona-scales alternate with the lobes and sometimes joined by a 

 slightly thickened ridge. Stamens only slightly exsert ; filaments very 

 broad ; anthers sagittate, produced in a short membranous tip, the 

 basal spurs straight or incurved ; connective faintly pubescent on the 

 back. Ovary glabrous, conical ; style thick, -1 in. long ; stigma conical, 

 with an annular ring. Follicles distinct, at first cohering at the apex, 

 8 to 12 in. long, -25 in. broad, acuminate, striate. Seeds linear, '75 in. 

 long, pointed at both ends, the lower furnished with a long, deciduous, 

 white, silky coma ; testa thin, striate ; albumen very thin ; cotyledons 

 convolute, cordate, "25 in. long ; radicle cylindric, 'IS in. long. Ca7ne- 

 raria dubia, Sims Bot. Mag. t. 1646 (1814). Strophanthus JacJcianus, 

 Wall. Cat. 1643 ; A. DC. Prodr. VIII. 419 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 442 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 656 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1521 ; Pax in Engl. Bot. 

 Jahrb. XV. 380 ; Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 3, S6r. v. 260 ; 

 Gilg in Engl. Monog. 12. 



Tbang: in open jungle, on hilly ground at 200 to 300 ft., Knnstler 

 1400. JuNKSEYLON (Tongka) : Curtis. Penang : Jack ; Wallich 1643 ; 

 Curtis 188. 



We consider that this species is rightly placed in this genus rather than in 

 Strophanthus, on account of the structure of the seeds, but the stamens are much less 

 exsert than is usual in Wrightia, and the corona-lobes are not cleft. There is in 

 the Kew Herbarium an excellent drawing of a flowering and fruiting branch by Mrs. 

 Hutton. 



Cartis's No. 2915, from Junkseylon (Tongka), marked S trophantJuis sp., an erect 

 shrub 4 to 5 ft. high, with brick-red flowers, has exactly the flowers of Wrightia dubia, 

 but the leaves are membranous, elliptic, short-acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, 

 7-.5 in. long, and 2-7o in. broad. It cannot, however, be separated as a species, and 

 may be called var. memhranifolia , King & Gamble. 



