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Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



biparting the cells, and seminiferous on their whole surface. 

 Seeds naked. 



Obs. — This species and the following differ considerably 

 in habit from the other Cyrtandrce, and have more resem- 

 blance to Didymocarpus frutescens ; from which, however, 

 they are distinguished by their baccate fruit, and by the 

 insertion of the seeds upon the whole surface of the lobes of 

 the dissepiment ; while in Didymocarpus they are attached 

 only to the edge. These species might perhaps be separated 

 from Cyrtandra on account of their bilabiate corolla and 

 longer fruit. 



11. CYRTANDRA RUBIGINOSA. 



C. erecta, foliis obovato-lanceolatis serratis, pedunculis 

 axillaribus fasciculatis unifloris, cum calycibus viscoso-pilosis. 



Frutescent, erect. Stem obsoletely four-angled, the young- 

 parts bristly. Leaves opposite, petiolate, obovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, acutely serrate, smooth, the nerves pilose on the 

 lower surface. Peduncles several, axillary or below the 

 leaves, generally one-flowered, shorter than the petioles, 

 covered with viscous hairs. Bracts linear, acute. Calyx 

 tubular, pilose, like the peduncles, with greenish viscous 

 hairs, five-parted ; segments linear. Corolla of a dusky pur- 

 plish colour, pilose without, bilabiate, the lower lip longer, 

 divided into three small shallow lobes; upper Hp bifid. 

 Stamina two fertile, two sterile ; filaments broader above. 

 Style one. Stigma obtusely two-lipped. Berry cylindrical, 

 many-seeded ; placentation as in the genus. 



DIDYMOCARPUS. Wallich. 



Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo quinque- 

 lobo, subirregulari, rarius bilabiato. Stamina 4, rarissime 

 5, quorum duo nunc quatuor antherifera. Capsula siliquae- 

 formis, pseudo-quadrilocularis, bivalvis, hinc dehiscens ; 

 dissepimenti contrarii lobis valvulis parallelis iis denique 



