tatis involucratis terminalibus, estivatione 
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LECANANTHUS ERUBESCENS. 
_ Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 
A small erect Shrub; stem four-sided, 
— two of the angles acute. Leaves opposite, 
. $hort-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute at 
both ends, rather attenuated to the point, 
entire, smooth; about eight inches long. 
Stipules interpetiolar, large, ligulate, cari- 
nate towards the base. Flowers pale red, 
densely aggregated within the hypocrateri- 
form cup of the involucre, forming a hea 
— whichis terminal, nearly sessile, and turned 
backwards. Involucre monophyllous, en- 
tire, Pedicels none. Calyx superior, co- 
loured, tomentose, thick and fleshy, much 
wider than the corolla, expanding into from 
two to four irregular, unequal, obtuse lobes; 
the calyces of the outer flowers are often 
so much produced on one side as to seem 
bilabiate. Corolla, tube short, segments 
five, acute, thick. _£stivation valvate. 
amina five, inserted on the tube; anthers 
arge. vary crowned with a prominent 
nectarial ring, two-celled, oe ; 
two, thick and linear 
PSILOBIUM. W.J. 
Pevraxonis Monoeynia.—Nat. Ord. 
RUBIACE®Æ. Juss. 
Calyx patens, 5-partitus. Corolla tubo 
brevi, limbo 5-partito. Stamina basi co- 
inserta. Stigma clavatum, 10-ala- 
tum, exsertum. Fructus cylindricus, sili- 
... Queformis, foliolis calycinis persistentibus 
.. S0ronatus, bilocularis, polyspermus. Se- 
mina duplici serie axi affixa .—Fruticosa, 
cu pedunculis oe paucifloris, estiva- 
.. tione valva 
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PSILOBIUM NUTANs. W.J. 
— Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 
ro Stem erect, four-sided, with rounded 
angles. Leaves Opposite, petiolate, lan- 
Ceolate, attenuated to both ends, acute, 
» Smooth. Stipules interpetiolar, 
acuminate, carinate. 
DESCRIPTION OF MALAYAN PLANTS. 
Peduncles 
255 
axillary, drooping, bearing from three to 
six flowers. Bracts forming a kind of in- 
volucre at the base of the very short pedi- 
cels. Calyx superior, very large, composed 
of five leaflets or very deep segments, 
which are veined with red. Stamina five; 
filaments short ; anthers long, erect. Style 
short. tagma long, exsert, oblong-ovate, 
longitudinally ten-vinged, the five alternate 
wings smaller "uit long, cylindrical, 
siliquose, crowned with the large persistent 
calyx, two-celled, many-seeded; seeds ar- 
ranged in a double series in each cell. 
W. J. 
Foliis oppositis subrotundo-ovatis, altero 
nano. 
Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 
This species is readily distinguished by 
the peculiarity of one of the opposite leaves 
being always dwarf or abortive; the other 
is subrotund-ovate, with a bluntish acumen, 
smooth, pale, and whitish beneath. e 
stem is erect and tomentose. Flowers in 
a small terminal cyme. Capsule compress- 
ed, obcordate. 
OPHIORRHIZA HETEROPHYLLA. 
W. J. 
Foliis lato-lanceolatis integerrimis glaber- 
rimis, spicis masculis paniculatis, fructi- 
_ bus spicatis nuce umbilicato-depressá, 
' calyci fructüs tuberculato. 
Punning- Punning bunkus, Malay. Na- 
tive of Sumatra 
A large Tree, with brownish bark. 
Branches smooth. Leaves alternate, short 
petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, atte- 
nuated to the petiole, very entire, very 
smooth, nerves well marked, and reddish 
beneath, six to eight inches long. Stipules 
small, linear. Male spikes numerous, pa- 
nicled, terminal, and from the axils of the 
upper leaves, which are crowded round the 
thickened extremity of the branch, slender, 
hoary; flowers sessile, aggregated. Female 
spikes at first terminal, becoming afterwards 
lateral by the shooting up of the branch; 
flowers numerous, dense, sessile. MALE: 
Calyz six-parted, segments acute. Sta- 
mina fifteen to twenty. The centre of the 
flower is occupied by a densely villous disk. 
QUERCUS RACEMOSA. 
