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and rougher wool than the preceding, par- 
ticularly on the panicles, and the leaves are 
much longer, acuminate, and not coriace- 
ous. 
W. J. 
Foliis pinnatis, foliolis 3—5 lato-lanceolatis 
subtus villosiusculis, paniculis termina- 
libus axillaribusque villosis, filamentis 
alternis sterilibus. 
Mangul, also Akar Sedinka. Malay. 
Abundant in thickets at various places 
on the West coast of Sumatra. 
It is a small Tree, with wrinkled bark; 
the young shoots and leaves are softly and 
ferruginously villous. Leaves alternate, 
pinnate ; leaflets from three to five, ovate- 
CONNARUS SEMIDECANDRA. 
lanceolate, acuminate, entire, smooth above, 
slightly villous beneath, nerves lucid ; three 
to four inches long. Panicles terminal, or 
from the upper uie villous and brownish. 
Flowers numerous. Bracts small. Ca- 
lyx five-leaved, erect, reddish, tomentose. 
Corolla of a light bluish colour, five-petal- 
ed; petals longer than the calyx, spread- 
ing at the limb. Stamens, filaments five, 
eni exsert; five alternate ones short, 
sterile ; all united into a ring at the base, 
Style Mist shorter than the stamens. 
Capsule tomentose, ferruginous, follicular, 
two-valved, one-seeded. Seed with an 
umbilical caruncle. 
BS. This is one of the most common 
species in Sumatra, and like all the rest of 
the genus, frequents thickets and copses, 
or what is called by the Malays, Belukar, 
rather than the great forests, 
CONNARUS GRANDIs. W. J. 
Foliis pinnatis, foliolis quinis oyato-lanceo- 
latis glabris, paniculis terminalibus, cap- 
sulis magnis glabris. 
At Tappanuly, in Sumatra. 
A moderate-sized Tree. Leaves alter- 
nite, pinnate ; leaflets generally five, ovato- 
acuminate, entire, smooth ; ; eight 
or nine inches long. Panicles terminal, 
ooth. Capsules large, oblique, 
ar, bursting on one 
- Seed with a large um- 
DESCRIPTION OF MALAYAN PLANTS. 
Oss. I have not seen the flowers. It 
has larger leaves and fruit than any other 
species that Ihave met with, and is further 
d by the smoothness of all its 
CONNARUS LUCIDA. W. J. 
Foliis pinnatis, foliolis glaberrimis nitidis 
emarginato-acuminatis, paniculis termi- 
nalibus ferrugineis, calyce persistente. 
Sumatra. 
A small Tree, with long divaricate sub- 
scandent branches. Bark brown and 
wrinkled. Leaves alternate; leaflets five 
to nine, ovato-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 
terminating in a long linear acumen, which 
is emarginate at the point, entire, very 
smooth, shining and lucid ; two, to two and 
a half inches long. Panicles terminal, 
small, and delicate, ferruginously tomen- 
tose. Flowers pale red. Calyz five-leaved, 
tomentose. Corolla five-petaled, petals 
narrow. Stamens ten, monadelphous at 
the base, the alternate ones short. Style 
one, longer than the stamens. Capsule 
obovate, less oblique than usual in the ge- 
nus, embraced at the base by the enlarged, 
persistent calyx, smooth, bursting on one 
side, one-seeded. Seed attached nearly at 
the base, the umbilicus half embraced by 
the cup-shaped caruncle, which is rather 
smaller than usual. 
This is a small delicate species, 
having smooth, shining leaves with emargi- 
nate points; the panicles are small, and - 
seldom bring more than one or two fruits 
to perfection. 
CNESTIS EMARGINATA. W.J. 
(^ The following species having five — 
styles, some of which are abortive, and nO 
albumen, form part of the genus Rourea 
of Aublet, or Robergia of Schreber. Ro- 
bergia -of AE however, is a true 
Cnestis. G. A. W.A”) 2 
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