154 PENTAKDiUA monosynia. Psyholriz. 



6. P. slipulacea, Wall. 



Leaves oblong, lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, nerved, taper. 

 ing much at the base, sub-sessile, smooth. Stipules large, with 

 a foliaceous apex. Tanicle terminal, trichotoroous, much shorter than 

 athe leaves. Corolla with a bearded throat. 



Native of Penang, from whence specimens were communicated 

 Iby my excellent friend" Mr. Jack, in 18. '9- 



Shrubby? smooth on all its parts. Leaves much longer than their 

 • interstices, tapering from the middle downwards, very narrow at the 

 base, from seven to ten inches long, including the very short petiol; 

 nerves strong and elevated, their axils obscurely glandular. — Stipules 

 adpressed, leathery, triangular, with concave back, enlarged upwards 

 into a foliaceous, stem»clasping, undulate, ovate lamina; the whole 

 measuring an inch in length ; within the base there is a tuft of dense 

 hair, -which remains for some time after the stipules have fallen off. 

 The uppermost or floral leaf is smaller than the rest, lanceolate. 

 — Peduncles flattish, supported by ovate, acute, three-lobed, ciliate 

 bractes>~ Flowers small, ternate, short-pedicelled.— Calyx with five 

 ovate, obtuse, short lobes. — Corolla very short, with a campanula^ 

 tube, and densely bearded throat.-- -Stamina a litttle elevated above 

 the limb. 



-7. -P. Reevesii, Wall 



Leaves oblong, lanceolate, acute at each end, smooth, glaucous. — 

 Stipules broad-ovate, adpressed, with a rounded apex. Panicle termi- 

 nal, oval, small, with decussate branches. Calyx truncate. Corolla 

 short, with n densely bearded throat. 



A native of China, probably near Canton, from thence introduc- 

 ed into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, in 1821, by my worthy friend 

 John Reeves, Esq. to whose knowledge and zeal lhat institution 

 owes many valuable additions of Chinese plants. It blossomed 

 while only a few feet high in April the following year. 



Probably a large shrub. Branches round and thick, with copi- 

 ous small whitish dots-, upper esuemitie3 slightly compressed.— 



