42 Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



tose, wings decurrent from the insertion of the leaflets. Sti- 

 pules none. The branches are crowned by a vast terminal 

 oppositely corymbose panicle, of which the ultimate divisions 

 are dichotomous with a flower in the bifurcations ; the whole 

 is finely tomentose and hoary. Bracts small, acute. Flowers 

 inconspicuous, whitish. Calyoo five-parted, segments acute, 

 erect. Corolla not much longer than the calyx, limb ex- 

 panding, irregular, five-lobed, segments secund, the two 

 upper ones diverging, the lowermost considerably longer 

 than the rest. Stamina two, reflexed backwards between 

 the upper segments of the corolla ; filaments subulate, thick- 

 ened toward the base ; anthers long. Rudiments of two 

 abortive stamina. Ovary four-celled, ovula erect. Style 

 rather longer than the stamina. Stigma simple, refracted. 

 Fruit seated on the calyx, villous, dry, separating into four 

 portions, each of which contains a single seed. 



Obs, — This is a valuable timber tree, the wood being 

 hard and tough, well suited for carriage shafts, which 

 require to combine strength and elasticity with lightness. 

 When long buried in the earth, it is said to become petrified. 

 The genus is related to Vitex, but is abundantly distinct 

 therefrom. 



GMELINA VILLOSA. Roxb. 



Spinosa, foliis rhomboideis subtus villosis, racemis ter- 

 minalibus, bracteis magnis acuminatis, drupis sphericis dis- 

 permis. 



Radix deiparae. Rumph, Amb. ii. p, 124. t, 39. 

 Kayo Briang. 



Native of Sumatra, &c. Malacca, 



Arborescent. Leaves opposite, broad ovate, sometimes 

 obscurely 3-lobed, rather obtuse, entire, smooth above, 

 villous beneath as well as the petioles and branchlets. 

 Racemes terminal. Bracts large ovate acuminate. Calyx 

 obliquely 4-toothed, marked externally with six green scu- 



