9S PLANTS OF PRTNCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



obovate, sessile, wide spreading, caducous. Stam : filaments 

 numerous, capillary ; the length of the corolla ; dilated at 

 the apex, anthers two lobed ; lobes oval, distinct, laterally 

 affixed to the apices of the filaments. Pist : Germen conical, 

 hispid. Style subulate, incurved. Stigma obtuse. Follicle 

 one, obliquely conical, opening at the superior suture. 

 Seed one, its base covered with a laciniated membrane. 

 Its roots are used by the Malay physicians as a restringent 

 medicine in fluxes. 



2. Tetracera trigyna, Eoxb. (Doubtless T. cissclDqc.) " Shrub- 

 by, scandent ; Leaves serrulate, Panicles terminal. 

 Flowers trigynous. Corol four-petaled. Follicles with 

 several seeds in each." Is it Tetracera euryandra Willd. 

 2, p. 1242; Euryandra scandens. Forst. Prod. No. 228? 

 Mamplas Jantan, or Male Mamplas. Mai. 

 Stem shrubby, scandent. Branches alternate, spread- 

 ing. Leaves scattered, elliptic, acute, subserrate, the upper 

 surface smooth, the under a little rough. Peduncles terminal, 

 few flowered. Flowers middle sized, white, sweet scented. 

 Calyx, perianth four leafed ; leaflets ovate, concave, persistent; 

 the twc outer ones thicker. Corolla petals four, cuneate, con- 

 cave, spreading. Stam : As in the last species. Pist : Germs 

 three, ovate ; Styles three, awl-shape, divergent. Stigmas 

 subulate. Capsules three, obliquely ovate, compressed, two 

 valved, one celled, opening at the superior suture. Seeds 

 four, ovate ; the base surrounded with a long down. 



This elegant climbing shrub is frequently found in hedges, 

 by the road side. Its flowers have an agreeable perfume. It 

 blossoms twice a year, (like most of the plants on the Island, 

 where the sun is twice vertical) in April and October. When 

 the fruit is ripe, the downy or silk substance, which surrounds 

 the base of the seed, and serves as awning, is of a fine scarlet 

 colour. 



DlLLENIA. 



Dillenia secunda, H. (Wormi 'a prob. oblonga Wall.). 



Leaves oval, acuminate ; sub-serrate ; racemes one sided. 

 Stam ; arboreous, erect. Leaves scattered, petioled, large, 



Jour. Straits Branch 



