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short: Stigma headed, pointel, glutinous; embraced by the 

 anthers. 



Not having seen the fruit, the genus is still somewhat 

 uncertain. 



Plumeria. 



Plumeria obtusa, Eoxb. Cultivated in gardens. 



Flemingia, H. 



Gen. Char. Flower one petaled, below ; berry two or 

 four celled, many seeded; Stamina erect. Fleminyia fragrans. 

 Yaroon Pitree. Malay. 



Stem, a tiee, erect, very branchy. Leaves crowded to- 

 wards the ends of the branches, spreading, petioled, oblong 

 ovate, pointed at both ends, most entire, smooth, without 

 nerves. Petioles short, round, smooth. Stipule axillary, 

 withering. Peduncles axillary, round, smooth, spreading, 

 shorter than the leaves; trifid ; the partial ones again twice 

 tritid making 27 flowers in the entire corymb fastigiate. 

 Flowers middle sized, of a whitish yellow or cream colour 

 fragrant. Calyx, perianth one leafed, pitcher form, very small, 

 five cleft, persistent ; segments ovate, converging. Corolla one 

 petaled, funnel form, tube short, dilated at the throat, limb 

 five cleft, segments ovate, obtuse. Stam : filaments five, 

 thread form, erect, longer than the corol, arising from the 

 throat of the tube ; anthers oblong small, incumbent. Pist : 

 Germ above, ovate, very small: Style thread form, erect, the 

 length of the Stamina; Stigma blunt. Berry small, globular, 

 smooth; two (or four) celled. Seeds: many, shape-lees, 

 rough. 



The Berry being of a delicate texture, it is difficult to 

 ascertain whether it has two or four cells. In the first case, 

 it will come near Fagroea, and ought to come before Plumbago, 

 in this Catalogue. This tree is found in a garden in the Prince 

 of AYales's Island, but is not indigenous. Whence it came is 

 unknown. 



R. A. Soc, No. 53. 1909- 



