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30 oppositis compositae; pedunculis quadrangularibus dense adpresse 

 furfuraceis, cinerascentibus, saepe leviter aurantiaco-suffusis, sicco sulcatis, 

 dense abscondite resinoso-punctatis et sparse obsolete glandulosis; 

 brateolis parvis concavis sessilibus ovatis, obtusis, extus dense rufo- 

 tomentosis, viridibus vei subaurantiacis, mox scariosis deciduis; b r a c t e o- 

 1 u 1 i s 2, oblongis obtusis extus inferne furfuraceo-tomentellis, costa 

 prominente, intus glabris vel medio sparse albo-pilosis, ciliatis, 0.3-0.5 

 c.M. longis, 0 2—0.3 cM. latis. Flores sessiles, parvi, suaveolentes ; 

 0.4-0.5 c. M longi, 0.5 c.M. diam. Calyx parvus, laciniis subinaequalibus, 

 rotundo-ovatis, dense ciliatis, extus rugulosis, viridibus, mox scariosis, in- 

 ferne dense albo-tomentosis, superne glabris, nitidis, intus glabris, luces- 

 centibus, utrinque sparse resinoso-punctatis, 0.3--0.5 c.M. longis, 0 2-0.3 

 c. M. latis. Corolla parva, flava, crassiuscula, post anthesin delapsa, 

 regularis, usque ad medium incisa, tubo campanulato vel cylindrico, caly- 

 cem aequante vel breviore, extus glabro, 0,12-0.2 c.M. alto, fauci 0.1 5— 

 0.2 c M diam.; laciniis uniformibus obtusiusculo-oblongis vel ligulatis, 

 radiatim patentibus, extus densissime albo-lucescente villosis, intus glabris, 

 0.2-0.25 c.M. longis, 0.15-02 c.M. latis. Stamina vix exserta corollae 

 laciniis multo breviora, 0.15-0.2 cM longa; fi l'a menti s brevibus, 0.5-0.7 

 c.M. longis; antheris minimis, subrotundis, flavis mox nigris, 0,07—0.1 

 c M. diam.; p o 1 1 i n i s albis. P i s t i 1 1 u m tubo brevior, corollae in fauce 

 immersum. Ovarium ovoideum vel oblongum, imo basi glabrum apicem 

 versus pilis appressis albidis dense vestitum dense resinoso-punctatum, 

 imperfecte biloculare, dissepimento apicem non attingente, medio longitu- 

 dinaliter aiato, ovulis singulis inter alas; stylo brevissimo vel subnullo 

 basi subcontracto, glabro, post anthesin subimmufato, calyce incluso, 0.05 

 --0 15 c.M. longo; stigmate manifesto, aequaliter bifido, cruribus post 

 anthesin accrescentibus cito recurvis, calycem aequante aut vix exsertis. 

 Fructus mediocris, viridiflavescens, oblique conoideus, apice angustatus 

 vel obverse spathulatus, a latere compressus, post delapsum excrescens; 

 cotyledon ibus mediocribus subcordatis, viridi purpurascentibus, 2.5— 

 3.5 cM longus, 1.2—2 c.M. latus. Plan tula novella viride purpurascens, 

 'hypocotyledoni parvo vel mediocro, tereti cylindraceo, ultimo basis 

 densissime sublonge setaceis reduncis, ceterum glaberrimo; foliis pri- 

 ma r i i s mediocribus, oblongis vel obovatis apice obtusis vel rotundatis. 



Remarks: Description according to living-plants from Java.— This 

 variety is very constant and can only show a few differences in the size 

 of the leaves. It is immediately recognizable by its appearance like a 

 Willow, the white silvery under-surface of the leaves, its rich inflorescence 

 consisting of straight spikes, but especially from the conical form of the fruit 

 and the seedlings. The seeds may be found sprouting in the full fruiting season 

 (Febr., March- in Java), drifting in great quantities in the marshes of the beach, 

 or scattered along the coast. Wherever they agglomerate, they may form 

 bunches with their roots strongly entangled, resembling a monstruosity which 

 is called in Dutch „Rattenkoning" (rats'-king), and consists of a number 

 of young rats with strongly intertwisted tails, Another time they may form 



