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Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



length. Stigma simple. Capsule large, not crowned with 

 the calyxj oblong, with five membranaceous wings, smooth, 

 one-celled, one-seeded. Seed oblong with five-obtuse angles. 

 Integument membranaceous, easily separated. Albumen 

 none. Embryo conform to the seed. Cotyledons plano- 

 convex, angled exteriorly. Radicle conical, very small. 



Ob. — The structure of the seed is here different from what 

 generally obtains in the Combretaceas, the cotyledons being 

 solid, not convolute. 



POLYPETAL^ INCERT^ SEDIS. 



OCT AS. (W. J.) 



Octandria Monogynia. 



Calyx 8-partitus. Corolla 8-loba. Stamina octo, laciniis 

 corollae alterna. Stigma sessile, 8-radiatum. Bacca 8-sperma, 

 supera. 



Frutex foliis simplicibus alternis, spicis axillarihus. 



OCTAS SPICATA. 



Found at Tappanuly on the West coast of Sumatra. 



A shrub, with long branches ; the young parts tomentose. 

 Leaves alternate, petiolate, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, en- 

 tire, smooth ; five-inches long. Stipules small, acute. Spikes or 

 racemes two from each axil, rather shorter than the leaves, 

 many-flowered; pedicels in threes. Flowers small, white. 

 Bracts minute. Calyx small, 8-parted. Corolla monopetalous, 

 spreading, divided at the margin into eight round lobes. Sta- 

 mina eight, as long as the lobes of the corolla ; anthers white, 

 subsagittate. Ovary superior, globular, eight-celled, eight- 

 seeded. Stigma large, sessile, composed of eight fleshy coadu- 

 nate lobes. Berries about the size of pepper corns, purple, 

 containing eight seeds, which are angled interiorly. 



