166 Descriptions of Malayan Plants, 



two erect ovula. Style lateral, inserted at the base of the 

 ovary, as long as the stamina. Stigma capitate. 



Ohs, — These two species though nearly related, present 

 abundant points of distinction. In the P. Excelsa the leaves 

 are smaller, smoother, and less strongly nerved, while the 

 flowers are larger, the racemes longer, more erect and com- 

 pact, and the stamina longer and more numerous than in 

 the P. Sumatrana, 



XX. CONNARACEiE. 



CNESTIS EMARGINATA. (W. J,) 



Foliolis 5 — 7 acuminatis apice emarginatis, racemis axil- 

 aribus paucifloris, capsulis solitariis glabris, seminis umbil- 

 lico caruncula semi-amplexo. 



Found in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen. 



A small tree, with weak diffuse branches, heaves alter- 

 nate, pinnate, leaflets 5 — 7, from ovate to oblong ovate, ter- 

 minating in a long acumen which is emarginate at the point, 

 entire, very smooth, the middle nerve pubescent under- 

 neath; the upper leaflet is the largest, and frequently five 

 inches in length. Petiole thickened at top and bottom, al- 

 most articulate under the terminal leaflet. Racemes axil- 

 lary, subsoiitary, short, few-flowered ; pedicels alternate, 

 one-flowered ; a bract at the base of each pedicel, small, to- 

 mentose as well as the peduncle. Calyx five-parted, smooth, 

 persistent. Corolla five-petaled, petals oblong, acute. Sta- 

 mina ten, distinct, the alternate ones shorter. Ovaries five, 

 smooth, with a line of hairs along the suture. Styles five, 

 shorter than the stamina. Stigmas emarginate. Capsule 

 solitary, four ovaries aborting, embraced at the base by the 

 thickened calyx, orange coloured, smooth, bursting on one 

 side, containing a single black seed. Seed furnished at the 



