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Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



1. U. VILLOSUM, (W.J.) 



Villous. Branches round. Calyx five- cleft, 

 Pulo-Penang. 



A shrub with round villous branches. Leaves opposite^ 

 petioled, oblong-lanceolate, about ten inches long, termi- 

 nated by a very long linear acumen, entire, smooth above, 

 villous beneath. Petioles short. Stipules interpetiolar, longer 

 than the petioles, oblong, acute. Peduncles axillary, short, 

 supporting a verticillate capitulum of subsessile flowers. 

 Bractes numerous, lanceolate, acute ; four longer ones form- 

 ing a kind of involucrum beneath each verticil. — Calyx 

 superior, short, campanulate, five-parted, with one or two 

 smaller additional laciniae. Corolla greenish, rather longer 

 than the calyx, hirsute at the faux ; limb five-parted ; lacinice 

 ovate, acute, thickened at the points. — Aestivation valvate. 

 Stamina five, shorter than the limb, and alternating with its 

 laciniae ; anthers linear, acute, emarginate at the hdi^e.-— Style 

 erect, of the length of the stamina. Stigma thick, five-parted. 

 Ovarium crowned with a white glandular disc, into which 

 the style is inserted. — Berry ovate, villous, five-celled, polys- 

 permous ; placenta from the inner angle of the cells.^ — 

 Jack's MSS. 



2. U. GLABRUM, (W, J.) 



Smooth. Branches tetragonal. Calyx sub-entire. 

 Pulo-Penang. 

 Malay. Loda-Utan. 



This species closely resembles the preceding, but is al- 

 together more slender and smooth. Branches four-sided, 

 somewhat dichotomous. Leaves opposite, on short petioles, 

 oblong-elliptic, or lanceolate, about six inches in length, 



the characters of both genus and species are by Dr. Jack. As Dr. 

 Jack was bonafide the founder of the genus, and as he appears invaria- 

 bly to have attached his own initials to his genera and species, we have 

 rectified the mistake, which has crept into the book above-mentioned. 



