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sometime peculiarly withered and poor, in consequence of the unu- 

 sual time during which the dried brown panicles remain on the 

 blanches. 



2. H. pilosa, R. 



Shrubby, straight, exceedingly hairy. Leaves opposite, short-pe- 

 tioled, lanceolate, entire. Flowers in axillary fascicles, mixed amongst 

 many long, very hairy bractes. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



MUSSAENDA, Schreb. gen. 3Z6. 



Calyx five-cleft. Carol funnel-shaped. Stamina within the tube^ 

 Germ inferior, two-celled ; cells many-seeded ; attachment of the 

 ovula on two jugiform receptacles, inserted on the partition. Stigma 

 two-cleft. Capsule two-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous. 



1. M. corymbosa, Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect. Corymbs terminal. Leaves oblong, smooth. 



Native of Ceyion, Malabar, &c. In the botanic garden atCalcutta 

 it grows to be a stout, rigidly erect, ramous shrub, and is in blossom 

 during the rains, at which time few plants surpass it in beauty. 



Trunk straight ; branches many, decussate. Bark smooth. — Leaves 

 opposite, short-petioled, oblong, pointed, entire, smooth on both 

 sides, from six to nine inches long, and from three to four broad. — ■ 

 Involucre or Jloral leaves long-petioled, generally one to each pri- 

 mary division of the corymb, of an oval form, acute, pure white, 

 smooth on both sides, five or seven-nerved. — Petioles of the floral 

 leaves lcng, slender, drooping, iuserted on the apex of the germ, 

 forming one of the divisions of the calyx.— Stipules within the 

 leaves, from a broad cordate base, taperiug to an acute point.— 

 Corymbs terminal, compound and decompound, smooth.— Bractes 

 tsvate-lanceolate.— Flowers numerous, and uncommonly beautitul — 



