THE 



CALCUTTA JOURNAL 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



[Reprint of Dr. Williaru Jack's writings, concluded from No. 14, page 231.] 



XLI. MYRTACEiE. 



CAREYA MACROSTACHYA. (W. J,) 

 Monadelphia Polyandria. 



Arbor, foliis petiolatis obovatis subserratis, racemis latera- 

 libus nutantibus densissime multifloris, floribus sessilibus 

 multiseriatis. 



Pulo Pinang. 



A tree, with grey bark, and smooth branches. Leaves 

 alternate or scattered, petiolate, obovate or oblong-ovate, 

 acuminate, sometimes obtuse with an acumen, narrowing to 

 the base, slightly serrated, very smooth. Petioles roundish 

 thickened at the base. Stipules none. Racemes or spikes 

 lateral, hanging, thick, massive, cylindrical, densely covered 

 with flowers, which are sessile, and arranged in numerous 

 spiral lines ; the whole is eight or ten inches in length. 

 Bracts none. Calyx superior, purple, four-parted, laciniae 

 rounded, smooth, somewhat ciliate^ on the margin. Corolla 

 purplish red, longer than the calyx, four-petalled, petals 



VOL. V. NO. XV. October, 1843. 2 q 



