90 PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



POINCIANA. 



Poinciana pulcherrima. Coesalpinia pulcherrima, Willd. 

 2, p. 531. Cultivated in gardens. 



Hyperanthera. 



Hyperanthera moringa, Willd. 2, p. 536. {Moringapterygos- 

 perma Roem). Pretty common, planted, but I have not 

 seen it wild. 



MURRAYA. 



Murraya exotica, Willd. 2, p. 548. C hale as paniculata. 



Mant. 68. Chalcas cammuheng. Burm. ind. 104. 



Camunium. Rumpli. 5, t. 18, f. 2. Marsanabuxifolia. 



Sonnerat. 2, p. 245, t. 139. 

 Of this there is at present on the Island, only one young 

 tree, in the garden of Lieut. Col. Polhill. It has not yet 

 ripened seeds. But the tree is pretty common in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Queda, and the wood from the upper part of the 

 root, which is yellow with veins of a darker colour, takes a 

 beautiful polish. Of this the Malays make the sheaths and 

 handles of their creeses. The flowers are very fragrant. 

 Kayo-Kamoonin. Mai. 



New Genus ? To stand between Boswellia of Dr. 

 Koxburgh and Gilbertia (Gmel. syst. nat. p. 682), or 

 Quivisia (Jussieu p. 293). Gen. Char. Cal. 5-leafed 

 (or 5 parted) Cor. 5-petaled. Nectary a glandular circle 

 surrounding the germ. Filaments long. Capsule 5-celled, 

 with half partitions down the middle of the valves, nearly sab- 

 dividing the cells. Seeds two in each cell. 



Stem: a tree, erect, with branches crowded. Leaves 

 sparse, about the extremities of the branches, petioled, obovate, 

 most entire, smooth. Petioles short, spreading, smooth; 

 below convex, above flat. Stipules none. Peduncles axill- 

 ary and terminal; dichotomous. Flowers small, a whitish 

 yellow. Calyx perianthium five leaved ; leaflets ovate, erect. 

 Corolla petals five, roundish, erect, a little larger than the calyx. 

 Nectary, a glandular circle, surrounding the germen. Stam : 



Jour. Straits Branch 



