SOS 'PENTANDRIA.MONOGYNIA. Morinla. 



which marks their proper situation to be oppositifolius. — Z/<> 0/ & SOs 

 Jitary, globtilar, many, viz. from fifty, to a hundred-flowered.— / low- 

 ers pure white, in size and sba'pe like those Of the cou.nion Jasmine. 

 Ca/i/x rnere'y an alfh'ost entire'^ marginal i'iwg round the ha.se of the 

 tube of the corah- Corol funntl- shape J. — Filaments shoit, inserted 

 father below the middle of the tub? of the cord. Anthers lineat, hid 

 in the middle of tl e tube.— Slignm exsert, two-lobed. Lerrits in 

 general distinct, but a small proportion of them only comes to per- 

 fection, sessi'e, the size of a large pea, succulent, deep shining black, 

 with very dark-roloured pulp.— Se«/ S four; each two-celled, with 

 the inner cell large and empty. 



Obs. The root of this shrub is also used in dying by the natives 

 of India where the plant is in plenty, 



7c M. scandens, R* 



Shrubby, scandent; leaves oblong, lanceolate. Umbelis terminal, 

 simple, berries round, three or six-seeded. 



A stout scandent shrub of several fathoms- in extent, found com- 

 mon in the hills which form the east side of point de Galle Bay or 

 harbour. In flower and fruit in March, (1813) 



The following descriptions of two interesting new species dis- 

 covered by my late, much lamented friend Mr. W. Jack/f- are added 

 from the Malayan Miscellanies, vol. i. — N. W. 



* This plant was discovered by Dr tloxburgh on his last vojage to England, and tha 

 accompanying short description was sent to me from Ceylon. Ed. 



t ! was in hopes of meeting again with this most indefatigable and zealous Naturalist 

 at Singapore last year, when 1 was obliged to visit that island on account of a severe fever 

 which I had contracted on my way down to the plains from Nipal. But it was otherwise 

 ordained ; and I have now to claim the sympathy of the reader while I indulge a moment 

 in rendering a feeb!e tribute of respect and friendship to his memory, leaving it to the pea 

 ©f Sir Stamford Raffies, the revered friend and patron of us both, to do it far ampler jus- 

 tice. — During Mr. Jack's short and unostentatious, but highly useful and meritorious 

 a&xeer, bis comprehensive mind extended to every branch, almost, of moral and physical 



science. 



