539 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Atyxia* 



coryrrioosa, in which species they are, besides, a little hairy. Pettoh 

 exceedingly short.— Stipules as in the preceding; their apex ensiform. 

 —Panicle terminal, becoming sometimes lateral by the elongation of 

 the branch, peduncled, trichotomous. Teduncles much compressed. 

 iMoutb of the coroila elevated and swelled. Stigma two-lobedo 

 The rest as in W. densiftora.—N . W. 



8. VV. truncata, Wall. 



Shrubby, twining. Leaves ovate, acute. Panicle terminal, on & 

 flattened peduncle. Throat of the corolla naked. Ovary four- 

 seeded. Stigma two-lobed. 



A strong, climbing shrub, which I found on the hills at Pinang 

 in flower in August. Branches very numerous, smooth, round, 

 twining in every direction. Leaves ovate, acute or sub-acuminate^ 

 from thiee to four inches long, acute at the base, most entire, some- 

 what recurved at their margins, leathery, dark and shining above, 

 with very slender nerves underneath. — Petiols slightly channelled, half 

 an inch long. Stipules interpetiolar, broad-ovate, acute, sometimes 

 foidentate, withering, and deciduoui. Panicle terminal, open, sub- 

 sessile, ovate, smooth, about three inches long, with opposite rami- 

 fications, and small, lanceolate, deciduous bractes.— Flowers white, 

 fragrant, short-pedicelled, ternate or sub-fascicled. — Calyr mem- 

 branous, annular, truncate, ciliate, obscurely and unequally five- 

 toothed. — lube of the corolla sub*cylindric, four lines long, pube- 

 scent within. Mouth naked. Lacinia; linear, spreading, equalling 

 the twbe in length, ending in a hooked point. Filaments capillary, 

 nearly three lines long, inserted immediately under the fissures. 

 Anthers very long, spreading. Ovary ovate, smooth, two-celled, 

 four-seeded. Stigma clavate, two jobcd.— N. VV. 



ALYXIA, Banks. 



Calyx fi"e-toothed. Cvrol hypocrateriform. Germ two-lobed; 

 lobes one-cei.ed, lew-seeded, attachment interior. Berries two, pe» 



