Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



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CONNARUS VILLOSUS. (W. J.) 



Villosissimus, foliolis 5 — 7 lanceolatis longe acuminatis 

 supra glabris, paniculis terminalibus dense stellato-villosis 

 ferrugineis. 



Native of Sumatra. 



The whole plant densely and ferruginously woolly. Branch- 

 es round. Leaves alternate^ pinnate, leaflets 5 or 7, sub- 

 opposite, oblong lanceolate, narrowing towards the base, 

 terminating in a long acumen, entire, smooth above, villous 

 beneath with stellate pubescence ; about six inches long. 

 In young leaves the upper surface is covered with deciduous 

 pubescence. Panicles large, terminal, and from the upper 

 axils, densely villous, ferruginous. Bracts long, linear, thick 

 curved, villous. Calyx five-parted, villous. Corolla five- 

 petaled, limb spreading. Stamina ten, united into a ring at 

 the base, the alternate ones shorter. Ovary densely pilose 

 with plumose hairs. Style longer than the stamina. Stigma 

 capitate. 



Obs. — This plant is covered with denser and rougher 

 wool than the preceding, particularly on the panicles, and 

 the leaves are much longer, acuminate, and not coriaceous. 



CONNARUS SEMIDECANDER. (W.J.) 



Foliis pinnatis, foliolis 3 — 5 lato-lanceolatis subtus villo- 

 siusculis, paniculis terminalibus axillaribusque villosis, fila- 

 mentis alternis sterilibus. 



Mangul, also Akar Sidinka. Malay. 



Abundant in thickets at various places on the West Coast 

 of Sumatra. 



It is a small tree, with wrinkled bark ; the young shoots 

 and leaves are softly and ferruginously villous. Leaves 

 alternate, pinnate ; leaflets from 3 to 5, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, entire, smooth above, slightly villous beneath, 

 nerves lucid; 3 — 4 inches long. Panicles terminal or from 

 the upper axils, villous and brownish. Flowers numerous. 



