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Pr. FI. Ind. i. 13 : — ramulis teretibus, flexuosis, noclis ap- 
proximatis ; foliis rhomboideo-orbiculatis, imo fere cuneatis, 
apice obtusiusculis, margine integro, e basi 5-nerviis, utrinque 
glabris, subtus pallidioribus, nervis flavidis prominulis ; pe- 
tiole tereti, limbo diniidio breviore, palatini inserto : pauicula 
c^axillari, petiole paulo longiore, a basi ramosa; ramis alternis, 
imo bracteolatis, raclii 2— i-plo brevioribus, alternatim 3-5- 
floris; floribus pedicellatis ; raceme ? fructifero, folio 3-4- 
plo longiore, laxe ramose, ramis alternis aut oppositis, lon- 
giusculis, parce ramulosis, ramulis 1-3-floris; drupis majus- 
culis. — In illalabaria et China : v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit, et 
Hook. ? sine foliis et sine loco (Wight, 41) ; ? , China (See- 
mann, 2459). 
Judging from the drawing above quoted, this species is very 
distinct from any of the following, differing in the shape of its 
leaves, their much shorter petioles, and the comparatively ex- 
treme brevity of the ^ panicles. The analysis shown of the 
structure of its flowers agrees well with those of the other spe- 
cies which I have examined. Dr. Wight, at the time of the 
publication of his works, seems to have preserved no specimens 
of the ^ plant, and only fruit-bearing specimens of the $ plant, 
which are all without leaves ; and these, as far as possible, 
demonstrate the accuracy of the drawing. The ‘ Illustrations,’ 
printed at Madras in 1834, give no diagnosis of the species, 
nor a word of description in explanation of the plate 7, either 
in regard to the leaves or inflorescence ; and the ‘ Prodromus,’ 
published in London in the same year, makes no mention of 
any of its features, because no leaf-bearing or flowering speci- 
mens had then been seen by Dr. Arnott, who merely stated all 
that the specimens could show, viz. that the fructiferous raceme 
is “compound, lax, with opposite pedicels, its length being from 
8 to 12 inches, and the drupe fully an inch long.” No speci- 
men of this plant has since been collected; but this circum- 
stance cannot negative the proof of its existence, as no botanist 
can doubt the universal truthfulness of the drawings of the 
‘ Illustrations ’ as well as the ‘ leones ’ of Dr. Mbght. The plate 
above quoted shows that in this species the axils are about 
I inch apart, the leaves 2^-21 inches long, 2^-2f inches broad, 
on a curving petiole 1^ inch long : the ^ panicle appears to be 
1^-2 inches long, with from three to five branches (including 
the basal one f inch long), which diminish upwards, each bear- 
ing from three to five flowers on rather long pedicels, all the 
articulations being provided with a minute bract. The fructi- 
ferous raceme is from 8 to 12 inches long; its basal divaricating- 
branch is 24 inches long, the others diminishing upwards ; 
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