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Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



in particular are in reality species of Cnestis, a supposition 

 which is supported by the analogy of the inflorescence, 

 which is almost without exception terminal in Connarus 

 and axillary in Cnestis. This distinction is of some impor- 

 tance between genera so nearly related. 



CONNARUS FERRUGINEUS. (W, J,) 



Ferrugineo-tomentosa, foliis pinnatis, foliolis oblongis 

 coriaceis subtus ferrugineo-villosis, paniculis terminalibus. 

 Bunga Burutta. Malay. 

 Native of Pulo Pinang. Malacca. 



A small sized tree. Branches round, covered with fer- 

 ruginous wool. Leaves alternate, pinnate, leaflets nine, 

 subopposite, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, very entire, mar- 

 gins reflexed, coriaceous, green and tomentose above, ferru- 

 ginously villous beneath. Petioles round, villous, thicken- 

 ed at the base. Stipules none. Panicles large, terminal, 

 sometimes with a few axillary racemes. Flowers numerous, 

 white. Bracts roundish often curved, ferruginously villous 

 as well as the calyces and the whole panicle. Calyx five- 

 parted, laciniae erect, oblong, acute. Corolla white, sprin- 

 kled with red dots, five petaled, longer than the calyxj 

 petals erect, lanceolate. Stamina ten, erect, united at the 

 base, the alternate ones much shorter. Anthers ovate. 

 Style shorter than the long stamina. Stigma capitate, three 

 furrowed. Capsules folUcular, ferruginous, rather inflated, 

 oblique, gibbous behind, opening on one side, one-celled, 

 one-seeded. Seed bean-shaped, appendiculate at the umbi- 

 licus. Umbilical appendage or caruncle large, and glandu- 

 lar. Embryo dicotyledonous, conform to the seed, without 

 albumen ; radicle at a distance from the umbilicus. 



Obs, — ^This fine species is well distinguished by its thick 

 leathery leaves, and the ferruginous pubescence of their 

 lower surface and of the branches and panicles. 



