Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



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VIII. LOGANIACEiE. 



FAGRAEA CARNOSA. fW. J.J 



Foliis subrotundo-ovatis mucronatis carnosis, floribus ter- 

 minalibus solitariis. 



In the neighbourhood of Bencoolen. 



A parasitic shrub growing on trees, with smooth greyish 

 bark and somewhat dichotomous branches. Leaves oppo- 

 site, petiolate, subrotund with a short reflexed point, entire 

 with reflexed margins, very smooth, thick and fleshy. Petioles 

 compressed, embracing the branch and furnished with an 

 intrapetiolar hgula or stipule. Flowers terminal, solitary, 

 nearly sessile, embraced at the base by a few sheathing 

 bracts. Calyoe 5-parted. Corolla of a dull yellowish white 

 colour ; tube about four inches long, expanding into a 5-part- 

 ed limb. Stamina 5, rising a little above the tube, anthers 

 large. Style little more than half the length of the tube. 

 Stigma 4-lobed. Berry as large as a small egg, seated 

 on the persistent calyx, ovate, rather pointed, two-celled, 

 many seeded ; seeds nidulant. 



Obs. — This is the fifth species of Fagraea that I have 

 met with in the Malay islands ; the others have been already 

 described in Roxburgh's Flora Indica. The F, racemosa 

 grows to be a small tree, and the F. volubilis, doubtfully 

 proposed by Dr. Wallich as a distinct species, is the same 

 plant. The F. auriculata is a large shrub, and from the 

 size of its flowers is the most splendid of the genus. I ori- 

 ginally met with it at Singapore^ but have since found it also 

 at Tappanuly ; the following particulars may be added to the 

 description given by Dr. Wallich. 



F. Auriculata. Flowers terminal, generally 3, rarely 5, on 

 short thick pedicels, each embraced by four opposite calcu- 

 late bracts, of which the outer two are the smallest. Corolla 

 very large, yellowish white. Stamina inserted near the bot- 

 tom of the tube. Stigma large and flattened. Ovary ^-celled, 



