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Descriptions of Malayan Plants, 



nectary, erect, included ; anthers sagittate, acute, con- 

 niving into a ring round the style. Ovarium superior, 

 ovate, one-celled, six-seeded. Style a little longer than the 

 stamina, tomentose together vjiih. the ovary. Stigma sim- 

 ple. Capsule surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx 

 and the withered corolla and nectary, triangularly globose, 

 three-valved, one-celled ; seeds attached along the middle 

 of each valve to parietal prominent placentae, six in number, 

 several aborting, roundish and angular. — W. Jack's MSS. 



XXVII. CELASTRINEiE. 



CELASTRUS ? BIVALVIS. {W. J.)* 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



Foliis lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis, pedunculis la- 

 teralibus paucifloris, coroUis nullis, capsulis bivalvibus mo- 

 nospermis. 



A shrub with smooth branches. Leaves opposite, petio- 

 late, lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the base, very entire, 

 very smooth. Stipules none. Peduncles lateral, divari- 

 cately dichotomous, few flowered, (5 — 10 flowered). Bracts 

 small. Calyx five-parted, bibracteate at the base, lacinias 

 roundish, imbricated. Corolla none. Stamina five, erect, 

 united beneath into a five-toothed ring or urceolus ; fila- 

 ments flat; anthers oblong. Style erect, as long as the 

 stamina. Stigma truncate. Capsule ovate, green, smooth, 

 crowned with the style, two-valved, one-celled, one-seeded ; 

 valves opening from the base, and falling off from the seed, 

 which is more persistent and remains on the peduncle. Seed 

 ovate, contained in a beautiful crimson arillus which is 

 delicately veined. Albumen cartilaginous, conform to the 



* Penang. — W. Jack. 



