PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 97 



THEA. 



Thea bogea, Willd. 2, p. 1180. T. Floribus hsxapstalis. 



Was imported from China, and thrives remarkably well, 

 propagating itself without any trouble, by the seeds which drop 

 spontaneously. 



CORCHORUS. 



Corchorus capsularis, Willd. 2, 1216. 



Brought from China where it is used for hemp, as in 

 Bengal. But the cultivation of it has not been extended. 



TETRAGYNIA. 



Tetracera. 



1. Tetracera sarmentosa ? Willd. 2, 1240. (Delima Sarmen- 

 tosa Jj.). 



" Shrubby, scandent, leaves ribbed, scabrous, serrate. 

 Panicles terminal. Flowers monogynous. " Follicle one seed- 

 ed " Roxb. "Delima sarmentosa. Sp. p. 1, 736, Fl. Zeyl. 205. 

 Amoen. Acad. 1, p. 403, Burm. ind. t. 37, f. 1. Frutex in- 

 dicus sarmentosus, folis hispidis rigidis, adquamvis materiam 

 livigandam commodissimus. Burm. Zeyl. 101. Mamplas Be- 

 teena, or Female Mamplas. Mai. It is probably the Palass 

 of Marsden. Hist. Sumat. p. 76, who ascribes to its leaves the 

 same use as memtioned by Burman, of polishing any sub- 

 stance ; but Piripu. Hort. Mai. 7, p. 101, t. 54 referred to this 

 by Willdenow, is a very different plant with leaves much 

 longer, and soft, and with large stem clasping stipules. 



Stem shrubby, scandent. Leaves scattered, oval, sub- 

 serrate, rigid, scabrous : below with transverse nerves extend- 

 ing to the serratures ; the upper surface deep green, the under 

 paler, petioles : short, thicker at the base, furrowed above. 

 Stipules none. Panicles terminal, diffuse. Bracts solitary, 

 lanceolate, at the divisions of the peduncle. Flowers small, 

 white, sweet scented. Calyx, perianthium four leafed ; leaflets 

 roundish, concave, wide spreading, the two inner ones larger, 

 with the margin somewhat transparent. Corolla petals four, 



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