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Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



I can scarcely entertain a doubt of this being the very 

 plant referred by Vahl to Connarus, and aptly named mimo- 

 soides. Its analogy with the preceding is very close, having 

 the seeds similarly enclosed in a large red aril, and the ra- 

 cemes axillary. I have not seen the flowers, but the four 

 abortive ovaries are quite distinct at base of the perfect one. 

 In all these three species only one capsule ripens, in which 

 particular, as well as having smooth capsules and arilled 

 seeds, they seem to differ from Cnestis. 



EURYCOMA. ( W. J.) 



Pentandria Monogynia, N. O. Connaracece. Brown, 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla 5-petala. Stamina quinque. 

 Glandulce decem staminibus alternae. Ovarium 5-lobum, 

 lobis monosporis. Stylus 1. Stigmata quinque. Capsulae 

 3 — 5, folliculares, glabrae, monospermae. Semen nudum. 



Polygama,foliis pinnatis fastigiatis, floribus paniculatis. 



EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA.* 

 Kayu Kabal. Malay. 



Found at Tappanuly and Bencoolen in Sumatra, and at 

 Singapore. Mergui. Malacca. 



This is a small tree, whose branches are thick, rough 

 with the vestiges of fallen leaves and foliose at their summits. 

 Leaves crowded at the extremity of the branches, two feet 

 long, pinnated with numerous leaflets, which are oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, very entire, very smooth ; 2 — 3 inches in 

 length. Panicles axillary, very long. Flowers male and 

 hermaphrodite on different plants. Calyx small, five-parted. 

 Corolla longer than the calyx, purple, tomentose without 



* The Punowur Pait of the Malays of Malacca. It is considered by 

 Dr. Oxley to be a valuable febrifuge. 



