29<2 PENTANDKIA MONOGYNIA. Fmhelia. 



an inch long, with a deep, sharp-margined furrow.— Stipules none.— 

 Panicles axillary, solitary, very numerous along the younger bran- 

 ches ; ovate, acute, short-peduncled, consisting of many cylindric, 

 slender, scattered, sub-sessile, spreading racemes, three or four in- 

 dies long, of dense, fragrant, small, yellowish green Jlozcers. — Pe- 

 duncles slender, round, a little pubescent. — Braclts under the lanii- 

 iicaUong, and small, linear, membranous pedicels, marked with 

 brown-glandular dots, disposed in small lines. — Tedicels three lines 

 long. — Culyx very small, persistent, divided into five, lanceolate, 

 spreading, dotted, membrane-margined segments. Petals three times 

 the size of the calyx, alternating with its segments, lanceolate, very 

 spreading, sub-recurved, slightly pubescent, ciliate, with capitate 

 minute glands ; aestivation valvate, — Stamens opposite to the petals, 

 equalling them in length and inserted a little above their base ; 

 spreading. Filaments subulate; anthers ovate, acute, with twin 

 cells. — Ovary minute, ovate, smooth. — Style subulate, short, persis- 

 tent. Stigma simple, — Berry round-obovate, cuspidate, acute, with 

 the persistent style supported by the calyx, divaricate or reflexed, 

 red, smooth, scarcely larger than a coriander seed. — Flesh thin, suc- 

 culent.— Seed globular, elegantly marked with six or seven large pits, 

 into which the brown lamellated, membranous integument enters.-^ 

 Embryo cylindric, transversal, long. — -N. W. 



7- E. canescens, W. Jack. 



Scandent, with villous branches. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 with rttuse base, villous underneath. Petiol deeply furrowed, with 

 crispate-glandular margins. Peduncles terminal, branchy, consist- 

 ing of very long, hairy racemes. Petals villous on both sides. 



A native of Pulo-Piuang, where it was discovered by the late 

 Mr. Jack, in 1819. 



Malay, Assum Ootan. 



A climbing shrub, with slender, villous, sub-flexuose branches. — 

 Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, bluntish, with gibbous, membrana- 



