200 Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



this. Further examination of the Malabar plant will be 

 necessary to determine whether this is really distinct, and 

 whether the differences above noticed exist in the plant 

 itself, or are mere omissions in the description. 



EUTHEMIS. (W. J.j* 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Calyx inferus, 5-phyllus. Corolla 5-petala. Staminu quin- 

 que, hypogyna, antheris oblongis acuminatis apice poro de- 

 hiscentibus. Stylus filiformis, staminibus aequalis. Bacca 

 5-sperma ; seminibus circa axim dispositis, oblongis, intus 

 angulatis, arillo fibroso inclusis, albuminosis, embryone in- 

 verso cylindrico longitudine fere seminis, radicula superiore. 



Frutices, foliis alternis pulcherrime striatis nervis pa^ 

 rallelis, racemis terminalibuSf demum per acta floratione late- 

 ralibus et oppositifoliis. 



EUTHEMIS LEUCOCARPA. (W, J.) 



Foliis lanceolatis pulchre spinuloso-serratis, racemis basi 

 ramosis, baccis niveis globosis. 

 Plawan bruk. Malay. 

 Native of the forests of Singapore. 



A shrub of uncommon elegance and beauty, erect, four 

 or five feet in height ; branchlets round, smooth, sometimes 

 slightly angled. Leaves alternate, petiolate, lanceolate, 

 acute, decurrent on the petiole, spinuloso-serrate, very smooth 

 and shining, beautifully striated with fine parallel transverse 

 nerves. Petioles margined, flat and channeled above, di- 

 lated at base into a thick rounded prominent rim, which 

 half embraces the stem. Stipules lanceolate acuminate, 

 ciliate, very deciduous. Racemes erect, with one or two 



* Referred with doubt to Ochnaceae by Dr. Lindley and M. Endlicher. 

 I have no knowledge of the genus. — W. G. 



