Mussaenda. pentaxdhia monogynia. 2S9 



division of the inflorescence, deeply divided into two or three lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate iobes, tiaif an inch long or more. — Floweis large, 

 orange-coloured, nearly sessile, hairy without. Calyx large, divided 

 into ihe r.Jiaceous, oblong-lanceolate; acuminate, entire segments; 

 v. ithiu the base iheie are a number of smaii subulate glands. Tube 

 of the corolla greenish, ad inch and half long, a little swelled above 

 the midd.e, nearly three times longer than the calyx. Limb spread- 

 ing, convex, divided into live ovate, cuspidato-acuminate lacinia ; 

 tlnoat and the upper part of the tube above the antheis filled with 

 silky, yellowish, straight hairs. Stamina enclosed. Ovarium ovate, 

 with a small brae tie t or two at the base. Slioma below the an- 

 theis, divided into two linear, fleshy lobes. Berries dark purple, 

 hairy, a3 large as a marrow-fat pea.— N. W. 



4. M. incana, Wall. 



Covered with whitish, soft, adpressed hoariness. Stem neary erect. 

 Leaves ovate-oblon^, sub-sessile, white underneath. Corymb teimi* 

 lial, fascicled, few-flowered, sessile. Flowers villous. 



Brought to me from the road towards Gossain-Than in Nipa 1 , in 

 flower in August. 



A small erect shrub, covered on all its parts with soft, shining, ad- 

 pressed grey hairs. Root, simple, slender, ash-coloured, with shoit 

 fibres. Stem from two to three feet high, round, scarcely the thick- 

 ness of a goose-quill, undivided, sometimes, though seldom with one or 

 two alternate, slender branches. Leaves ovate-obiong, tapering, acute, 

 or acuminate, somewhat acute at the base, spreading, sub-decussate, 

 a little longer than their interstices, which are pretty equal, from four 

 to six inches long, villous above, villous and nearly white underneath, 

 viiih parallel elevated rib and nerves; the uppermost nearly sessile. — 

 Fetiole scarcely three lines long, hairy. — Stipules erect, adpressed, 

 equalling the petioles in length, tapering from a broad base to a 

 bifid lanceolate apex; there are a number of glands on the inner sur- 

 face of the lower broad part. — Corymb terminal, small, sessile, few- 



