Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



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quinti. Capsula longissima, siliquaeformis, bivalvis, pseudo- 

 4-locularis, seminibus numerosis (aristatis). 



Svffrutices debiles,foliis carnosis, Jloribus coccineis. 



The capsules of this genus nearly resemble those of Didy- 

 mocarpuSf and exhibit with great distinctness the peculiar 

 character of this family. The seeds are attached to the 

 whole of the inner surface of the lobes, and are singular in 

 being awned. The exsert stamina and crimson flowers are 

 further deviations from the usual habit of its congeners. 



1. ^SCHINANTHUS VOLUBILIS. 



A. caule volubili, calycibus glabris. 



Found in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen. 



Stem sufFrutescent, weak and twining, round, smooth. 

 Leaves opposite, petiolate, oval, acute at both ends, very 

 entire, very smooth, rather fleshy ; nerves indistinct ; two or 

 two inches and a half long. Petioles downy on the edges. 

 Stipules none. Peduncles axillary, two-flowered ; pedicels 

 longer than the peduncle. Bracts two, opposite, large, ovate. 

 The axil is sometimes occupied by a flower-bearing branch- 

 let, which has the appearance of a many-flowered peduncle. 

 Calyw tubular, somewhat campanulate, smooth, five-cleft at 

 the mouth, persistent. Corolla of a crimson colour, longer 

 than the calyx, sub^ringent ; tube curved ; upper lip erect, 

 two-lobed ; segments small and approximate ; lower three- 

 parted segments larger and reflexed. Stamina' five, of 

 which four are fertile and exsert, the middle one sterile ; 

 the fertile stamina are at first connected by their anthers, 

 but afterwards diverge from each other. Ovary surrounded 

 by a fleshy nectarial ring, which is marked with five lobes. 

 Style nearly as long as the stamina. Stigma sub-bilabiate ; 

 Capsule silique-shaped, eight to ten inches long, two-valved, 

 two-celled ; cells bipartite by the revolute lobes of the septa ; 

 dissepiments composed of two laminae easily separable. 



