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dentate, smooth ; 6 — 7 inches long. Stipules large, oblong. 

 Racemes oppositifolious, long, erect, bearing numerous fas- 

 ciculate male flowers, and having a single female one in the 

 axil. MALE, Corolla two-petalled, petals very thick. Sta- 

 mina numerous. FEMALE, Capsule with three equal 

 parallel rounded wings, three-celled. 



BEGONIA GENICULATA. {W, J.) 



Caule geniculato, foliis ovato-oblongis denticulatis acumi- 

 natis glabris, pedunculis divaricato-dichotomis, floribus supe- 

 rioribus masculis dipetalis, inferioribus femineis, capsulse 

 alis equalibus obtusangulis. 



Rumput Udang Udang. Malay. 



Sumatra. 



Caulescent ; stems smooth, compressed, channeled, joint- 

 ed, thickened at the articulations. Leaves alternate, petio- 

 late, semicordate at the base, ovate oblong, acuminate, 

 denticulate, smooth. Peduncles oppositifolious, dichotomous, 

 divaricate, many flowered, lower flowers female, upper male. 

 There is often a female flower from the axil. MALE, Peri- 

 anth two-petalled, white. Stamina numerous ; anthers ob- 

 long, broader above. FEMALE, Capsules long, three- 

 winged, wings obtuse-angled, equal, smooth. 



Obs, — ^The leaves of this plant are used by the natives for 

 cleaning and taking out rust from the blades of creeses. It 

 has considerable resemblance to the preceding species. 



XLXIX. LORANTHEiE. 



LORANTHUS COCCINEUS. {W, J,) 



Floribus spicatis tetrandris, spicis axillaribus erectis, foliis 

 subovatis glabris. 



Found at Singapore. Malacca. W. G, 



