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A Tree. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 
ovato-lanceolato or lanceolate, acuminate, 
entire, very smooth, with lateral nerves 
proceeding from a middle rib; about five 
inches long. Petioles short. Peduncles 
axillary or lateral near the extremity of the 
branches, shorter than the leaves, support- 
ing a small panicle of flowers. In the 
flower these peduncles and pedicels are 
slender and delicate; but as the fruit ad- 
vances they become very much thickened, 
fleshy, and red. erianth six-parted. 
Stamens nine, the three inner ones glan- 
dular at the base, and somewhat villous ; 
anthers opening by longitudinal valves. 
Style short. Stigma capitate, angled. 
Berry seated on the incrassated peduncle, 
and embraced at the base by the divisions 
of the perianth a little enlarged, about the 
size and shape of an olive, purple, one- 
seeded. Seed oval, exalbuminous. Ra- 
dicle superior, far within the edge of the 
cotyledons. 
Oss. I have met with another species 
at Bencoolen, with large leaves from nine 
to twelve inches in length, in which the 
pedicels alone are thickened, the peduncles 
remaining unaltered. In this particular it 
agrees, perhaps, still better with Rumphi- 
us’s figure than the plant above described. 
W. J. 
Racemis axillaribus, floribus umbellatis 
enneandris, filamentis pilosis, perianthii 
imbo sexpartito, foliis cordatis subro- 
tundo-ovatis uninervibus costatis sub- 
tus ramulis. pedunculis involucrisque 
DESCRIPTION OF 
TETRANTHERA CORDATA. 
A moderate-sized Tree. Leaves alter- 
nate, petiolate, cordate, sometimes sinuato- 
cordate, varying from subrotundo-ovate to 
oblong-oval, rather acute, smooth above, 
tomentose, tomentose beneath, nerves pro- 
from a middle-rib, veins transverse 
Mlieticulato. Peduncles axillary, shorter 
than the leaves, bearing a raceme of invo- 
lucred - umbels, Involucres five-leaved, 
undis tomentose without, deci- 
MALAYAN PLANTS. 
Mate: Perianth six-parted. Stamens 
nine, hairy, the three inner filaments fur- 
nished with large glands. FEMALE: Pe- 
rianth six-parted, segments narrow. Ste- 
rile stamens nine, the inner three with 
large double glands ; filaments pilose, with 
long hairs. Style one, longer than the 
stamens. Stigma dilated, sublobate. A 
oblong, one-seeded. 
— 
LJ 
KNEMA GLAUCESCENS. W. J. 
— er Su floris, florida 
nedic 
SDRC foliis Silla: sursum at- 
tenuatis subtus glaucis, antheris 12—15. 
In the neighbourhood of Bencoolen. 
A diœcious Tree. The young parts co- 
vered with rusty down. Leaves alternate, 
short-petioled, oblong, generally rounded 
at the base, attenuated upwards, very en- ` 
tire, deep-green and shining above, glau- 
cous beneath, the adult leaves nearly 
smooth, the young ones furnished with short 
stellate pubescence on the under surface; 
lateral nerves simple; about seven inches 
long by two broad. Petioles somewhat 
rusty, a third of an inch in length. Sti- 
pules none. Flowers two to six, glomerate _ 
on a short axillary knob, pedicellate; pe- E 
dicels as long as the petioles, ferruginously — 
tomentose. A minute branch about the . 
middle of each pedicel. MALE: Perianth — 
ferruginously tomentose without, deeply 
equal number of two-celled anthers. FE- — 
MALE: fruit axillary, generally solitary, - 
hanging, oblong-oval, considerably smaller 
than an olive, somewhat pulverulent and . 
Oss. The seed has a pungent taste and 
slightly aromatic smell. Mr. Brown has 
recognized the . pepe sEm i 
Knema from Myristica T 
