PLANTv5E JAVANICiE EARIORES. 583 



pollices longum 2^ — 3 pollices latum, membranaceuni, 

 viride, subtus pallidius, in cujus ala rudimentum minutum' 

 gemmae foliaceEe : alterum nanum stipuliforme sessile 

 reniforme latius quam longura integerrimumj e cujus ala 

 pedunculus folio majore brevior, nano ipso multoties lon- 

 gior. Bacemus subbifidns, ramis 3 — 5-floris, bracteis 

 subulatis. Calyx 5-partitus : lacinia lanceolatse acumi- 

 natse herbacese pilosse pilis crebris articulatis acutis patulis, 

 longitudine sequales, duse laterales superiorum paiiliim an- 

 gustiores, trinervise, sestivatione valvata alabastro ovato 

 acuminate, acuminum apicibus distinctis. Corolla mono- 

 petala bilabiata, calyce parum lougior, glabra ; tiibo ven- [loe 

 tricoso calyce breviore ; fcmce aperta inferne barbata; labia 

 superiore semibifido piano, lobis obtusis ; inferiore pro- 

 fande trifido, lobis obtusiusculis integerrimis, medio paulo 

 longiore. Stamina antherifera quatuor didynama exserta 

 limbo tamen breviora. Filamenta subulata conniventia 

 glabra, duo inferiora longiora. Antlierce conformes per 

 paria approximatae et leviter cohaerentes, imjperbes, reni- 

 formes, loculis divaricatis apice confluentibus medio antice 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pollen subgfobosum. Ru- 

 dimentum staminis quinti brevissiraum absque antherae 

 simulacro. Ovarium liberum sessile ovatum glaberriraum 

 disco annulari angustissimo imberbi basi cinctum, uni- 

 loculare, placentis duabus parietalibus bifidis lobis divari- 

 catissimis planis utrinque ovuliferis. Stylus cylindraceus 

 glaber longitudine circiter staminum. Stigma obtusum 

 papulosum obsolete bilobum stylo parum crassius. Cap- 

 sula ovata cuspidata membranacea calyce persistenti brevior 

 unilocularis bivalvis, cuspide bipartibili ; valvulae medio 

 placentiferae ; placenta singula utrinque dilatata in laminam 

 rectam marginibus utrinque seminiferis. Semina numero- 

 sissima minuta obovata sessilia, saepe angulata mutua pres- 

 sione, castanea: testa membranacea tenax: membrana 

 interna tenuissima albumini parco v. parcissimo adhaerens. 

 Embryo rectus aqueo-pallidus subovatus, cotyledonibus 

 brevissimis. 



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