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much shorter than the leaves ; peduncles somewhat tomentose. Ca- 

 lyx supported at the base by two oval, acute, concave bractes ; five- 

 leaved, ob.on-', acute ; leaflets lanceolate, glaucescent, ciliate. Corolla 

 infundibulifoun,a little longer than the calyx, quinquefid, puberulous ; 

 segments lanceolate, bearded above beyond the base. Stamina five, 

 short, alternate with the laciniae. Filaments subulate. Anthers sub- 

 pendulous, marked on each side with a longitudinal furrow, simple 

 and bursting longitudinally in the manner so accurately described by 

 Mr. R. Brown, 1. c. p. 535. Pollen globose. Ovary surrounded 

 at the base by five distinct, erect, obtuse scales; five-celled, each cell 

 containing a single, oblong ovulum. Style erect, villous. Stigma 

 sub-globose. Drupe baccate, sub-globose, five-celled, cells one- 

 seeded. 



Obs. The discovery of this species is remarkable as forming an 

 exception to the general geographical distribution of the Epacrideee, 

 a family almost exclusively confined to Australasia, or at least to 

 the Southern hemispheie. Singapore, situated at the extremity of 

 the Malay peninsula, and forming as it were the connecting link 

 between Continental or Western India and the islands of the great 

 Eastern Archipelago, partakes of this character in its F.ora, which 

 exhibits many remarkable points of coincidence with the Fioras of 

 both regions. 1 have had occasion to observe resemblances between 

 its productions and those of the Northern frontier of Bengal on the 

 one hand, and of the Moluccas on the other, while the present con- 

 nects it with the still more distant range of new Holland. — W» 

 Jack, 1. cit. 



Obs. by N. W. 



T have met with this ele«ant shrub in great abundance on the 

 small hills of the island mentioned in the preceding most acurate 

 description, also on the adjacent islets, covered with flowers and 

 fruit in October. — It grows to the height of three feet. The leaves 

 when dry become very glaucous and bloomy underneath ; their 



