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the lobes largi^, ndpreased strigoae on both sdrfaces : flowers occasionally 
only 1'25 in. in diara. 
PUHAK; imhif 2935! Onrtis 1298! Wrmj 1733, 18S3 f Eiug*$ 
Oollector 2173, 2091, 8463 ! ScorteGhini 780. Singapore ; Rnllet 6728. 
Set,angore; Ridley ]9dQ. Distrib. .Tava; Forbes ll4!2a. 
This has broaidijr leaves mora softly hairy than VAtt, Twrmalis. The bristlea of 
the oaly I are nmoh tonger than in atiy other form of M. malabathricum and approach in 
number, lepgth and deoBity those of Jtf, sangnineitm, Don. A form of this from Perak, 
with the calyi'hairs shorter than tho type, eonuects it with if, imbricatutn^ Wall, 
3. OXTSPORA, DO. 
Large spreading shrubs with drooping branches terminated by 
large, lax, almost naked panicles of rase-purpl© flowers. Xreawes opposite, 
long- petio ted, large, 5- to 7-nerved, ovate, acuminate. Fanich long, lax, 
sometimes naiTOw, the bmtiches decussate, the flowers on the braucblets 
not glomerulate, braets very amall- Oal^fx-tuhe ovate, cylindrio or 
funnel-shaped, its teeth 4j, short, triangular. Stamens 8, fotir large with 
elongated anthers and four small, or all equal, opening by a single 
apical pore ; the base produced and bilobed, the connective with or 
without an appendage. Ovary inferior, 4-celled, its apex glabrous ; 
style simple, elongate ; ovules numerous ; the placentas axile, radiating. 
Capsule dry, elongate, double fusiform, with 8 ribs. Seeds numerous, 
falcate ; the raphe lateral, produced at the apes into a point in front. 
DiSTRiD, Seven species, Indian and Malayan. 
Anthers diasimilar ; petioles not winged .,, ... 1. 0, atellulata. 
Anthers similar ; — 
Fetioltes not winged ... ... ... 2. 0, acutangula, 
„ winged .., ... ... 3. O. Curimi, 
NOTB. 
The genera Allomorphia atid Oxyspora were ho difEonlt of sopfiratioji even before 
the disoovery of the new apeciea herein desoribed {vh,, A. alata^ Scort., 0. acut^nffula 
and 0. Curtiaii) that Bailton (fft'st. des Plantea VII, 49) united them. In Baillon'a 
time Ouyspora was dlstinguiahed mainly by havmg fonr of its eight stamens mnoh 
larger than and difforently ooloared from the other foor. The three older speoies 
(all Britijh Indian) 0- pamciilaia, 0. varans, and 0. eemutt and the new Malayan 
one O, stellulata have this character, which would form an excellent head-mark for 
the germs if it did not break down. The character, however, does break down, for 
in the two Malayan plants here published as 0. atutangula and 0. Cwtisii the eight, 
anthers are all eqaal, althongh in all other reapeota these plants have the facies of 
the older species of Ovyapora, I have referred these to Oxjfspora as proferahle to 
the aJteroative course of patting them into AUomotphia, and I have therefore, in 
order to admit them, modiG.ed the generic character of Oxyapara as regards anthers« 
OeyspGra, as hero defined, thus depends for its separation as a genus on its open 
paniculate indorescence and long double fuaiform botdly-ridged capaulesj while 
Mlomorphia is characterised by shortly-brauched panicles, on the ultimate branchleta 
