. ENCHIDIUM. W.J. 
Moxc&cia MoxapELPHIA.— Nat. Ord. 
à EuPHORBIACEG. Juss. 
Calyx 5-partitus, Corolla Seri. 
Nectarium glandule decem. Mas. 
mentum columnare, 10-antheriferum; an- 
-theris radiatim patentibus. FEM. Ovarium 
trilobum. Styli 3. Stigmata 6.—Flores 
à masculi et feminei in eadem spica. 
ie | ENCHIDIUM VERTICILLATUM. W.J. 
Arbor spicularum. Rumph. Amb. IIL p. 
1 £07. £. 100. 
Not isitenuent on hills in Sumatra and 
the Malay Tslands. 
Ud Shrub; I have not, however, met 
with any that had attained so great a size as 
. mentioned by Rumphius. The leaves are 
arranged in a kind of irregular verticils at 
different distances along the branches, as 
exhibited in the figure quoted; on the 
aisi s. Jy Ə J 
disposed along the whole length; they are 
_ petiolate, lanceolate, acuminate, very en- 
tire, very smooth, firm and somewhat lea- 
_ thery, of various length, generally about 
“six inches long by two and a half broad. 
5 Tutioles from one to two inches and a half 
flattened above, striated. Spikes 
ein among the upper verticils of leaves, 
Calyx 
carci Corolla purple towards the 
centre, five-parted, furnished with ten cal- 
lous nectaries or glands at the base. In 
_ the male the filament is columnar, bearing 
ten anthers, which diverge in a radiated 
Circle round the summit. The female has 
-a three-lobed ovary, surmounted by three 
ayes, with bifid stigmata. 
5 Oss. There can be little doubt of the 
2 spad of this plant with Rumphius’s Ar- 
: spicularum, of which he says he was 
: "never able to procure the flower. I have 
‘Seen great numbers of these plants in the 
3 
tunately contained both male and female 
flowers „its t id ^" x Dou 
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DESCRIPTION OF MALAYAN PLANTS. 
determined to assign its proper place. It 
comes nearest to Cluytia, but differs in the 
corolla, and in having ten anthers with fila- 
ments united into a central column. Both 
its fructification and habit appear to distin- 
~ guish it from all the present genera of the 
Euphorbiaceous family. 
W.J. 
Frutescens, foliis oblongo-ovalibus basi 
rotundatis supra glabris, racemis termi- 
nalibus et axillaribus subpaniculatis ge- 
minis solitariisque, nectarii glandulis 
quinis cum staminibus alternantibus, 
Bencoolen 
A small discite Shrub, not exceeding 
a few feet in height. Branchlets tomentose. 
Leaves alternate, petiolate, ee 
rounded, and sometimes subcordate at the 
base, acute, sometimes sides by a 
short mucro or awn, entire, smooth above, 
subtomentose beneath, chiefly on the 
nerves; three inches long. Stipules long, 
subulate, acute. Racemes axillary and 
terminal, geminate and solitary, somewhat 
panicled, tomentose ; when geminate, the 
outer raceme is simple, and the inner 
branched; male racemes generally longer 
than the leaves, female ones shorter. . Pe- 
dicels solitary. Bracts shorter than the 
pedicels. Marz: Calyz five-parted, to- 
mentose. Nectary of five, yellow, pilose 
glands, alternating with the stamina. Sta- 
mina five ; filaments much longer than the 
calyx; anthers bifid ; cells bursting trans- 
versely on the summits of the lobes. Pis- 
til abortive, pilose. FEMALE: Perianth 
five-parted. Ovary superior, villous, ob- 
long-ovate, compressed, one-celled, vesi- 
cular, containing two ovula, which are 
attached close together to one side near the 
top, and hang forw ard into the cell, which 
is in great part empty and inflated. Styles 
two, one often bifid. Drupe subglobose, 
purplish, about the size of a pepper-corn ; 
nut one to two-seeded. 
Oss. It has considerable resemblance 
to Roxburgh's A. pubescens ; that, how- 
ever, is a tree, while this is a small shrub. 
The most important difference appears to 
be in the nectary of the male flower. _ 
R 
ANTIDESMA FRUTESCENS, 
