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Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



sistent calyx, two-celled, many-seeded ; seeds arranged in a 

 double series in each cell. 



PSILOBIUM TOMENTOSUM. fW. J.J 



Tomentosum, floribus axillaribus subsessilibus. 

 At Kataun. The fruit is baccate. 



LECANANTHUS. fW. J.J 

 Pentandria Monogynia. N. O. Rubiaceae. Juss : 



Calyx campanulatus, ampliatus, coloratus, irregulariter 

 divisus. Corolla tubo brevi, limbo 5-partito. Ovarium bi- 

 loculare, polysporum, placentis centralibus convexis. Stylus 

 bifidus. Stigmata 2, linearia, crassa. 



Fruticosa^ floribus capitatis involucratis terminalibus, 

 aestivatione valvatd. 



L. ERUBESCENS. (W. J.J 

 Found in the interior of Bencoolen. Malacca, 

 A small erect shrub; stem four-sided, two of the angles 

 acute. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute at both ends, rather attenuated to the point, entire, 

 smooth, about 8 inches long. Stipules interpetiolar, large, 

 ligulate, carinate towards the base. Flowers pale red, 

 densely aggregated within the hypocrateriform cup of the 

 involucre, forming a head which is terminal, nearly sessile, 

 and turned backwards. Involucre monophyllous entire. Pe- 

 dicels none. Calyx superior, coloured, tomentose, thick and 

 fleshy, much wider than the corol, expanding into from two 

 to four irregular, unequal, obtuse lobes ; the calyces of the 

 outer flowers are often so much produced on one side as to 

 seem bilabiate. Corolla^ tube short, segments five, acute, 

 thick. Aestivation valvate. Stamina 5, inserted on the tube ; 

 anthers large. Ovary crowned with a prominent nectarial 

 ring, 2-celled, polysporous; ovula arranged round central, 

 semi-cylindrical placentae. Style bifid. Stigmata 2, thick 

 and linear. 



