Descriptions of Malayan Plants, 



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Corolla white, tomentose without hke the calyx, infundibu- 

 Uform, incurved, all the laciniae subrotund, obtuse. Stamina 

 four, didynamous, arcuate, approximate at their summits, 

 each pair connected by their anthers. The filaments of the 

 upper pair are thickened below their middle. Anthers white, 

 adnate to the filaments, consisting of two lobes nearly pa- 

 rallel. Style of the length of the stamina. Stigma truncate. 

 Capsula long, linear, sihque-shaped, two-valved, two-celled ; 

 cells two-parted by the septiform lobes of the dissepiment, 

 which are revolute and seminiferous at their margina. Seeds 

 numerous, naked. 



LOXONIA. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo quin- 

 quefido bilabiato. Stamina quatuor fertilia, corroUa bre- 

 viora. Stigma bilobum. Capsula ? ovata, calyce inclusa, 

 bilocularis, polysperma ; dissepimenti contrarii lobis revo- 

 lutis seminiferis. Semina nuda. 



Foliis oppositis altero nano, plerumque incequilateralibuSf 

 floribus racemosis. 



1. LOXONIA DISCOLOR. 



L. foliis supra glabris, subtus retrorsum scabris purpuras- 

 centibus, racemis simplicibus elongatis. 

 Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 



Herbaceous. Stem tomentose, purple, round, somewhat 

 fiexuose, recurved. Leaves opposite, bifarious, the one minute 

 and reniform, the other sub-sessile, semicordate, ovate- 

 oblong, falcate, acuminate, four or five inches long slightly 

 serrated ; serratures recurved, in old leaves almost obsolete, 

 smooth, and of a very deep-green above, retrorsely scabrous 

 and purple beneath. Racemes simple from the axils of the 

 smaller leaves drooping backwards, long, slender, unilateral, 

 tomentose, purple ; pedicels short, alternate. Calyx five- 

 parted, covered with red hairs ; segments erect, acute. 



