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[ Weber a. 
acute, 4-5 in. long, cuneate at the base, moderately firm in texture ; 
stipules small, lanceolate, connate, deciduous. Flowers in lax sessile 
terminal corymbs, with minute bracts and elongated slender pedicels. 
Calyx ^ in. long ; teeth 4, minute. Corolla white, in. long ; lobes 
rather longer than the tube. Anthers rather shorter than the corolla 
lobes. Berry the size of a pea, 3-seeded. 
Seychelles, common in all the islands in dry soil at a low elevation, Perville, 33 
Wright ! Horne , 258 ! 261 ! Endemic. 
4. MTJSS2ENDA, Linn. 
Calyx-tube clavate ; teeth 5, lanceolate, deciduous, in the Mauritian 
species subequal. Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube long, clavate ; lobes 
5, oblong. Stamens 5, inserted low down in the tube ; filaments short ; 
anthers linear, included in the tube. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules very nu- 
merous ; placentas fleshy ; styles long, filiform, with two short lobes. 
Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, oblong or clavate, 2-celled. Seeds numerous, 
minute. — Shrubs with rather large flowers in terminal corymbs. 
Distrib. Species 40, spread through the tropics of the Old 
World. 
Erect shrub, with silky leaves and flowers 1. M. Landia. 
Climber, with leaves and flowers glabrous, except the 
inside of the tube 2. M. arcuata. 
1. M, Landia, Lam. ; DC. Frod. iv. 372. An erect shrub, 4-6 feet 
high, with stout silky branchlets. Leaves petioled, ovate or lanceolate, 
acuminate, 4-9 in. long, subcoriaceous, glabrescent above, silky all over 
or only on the ribs beneath ; stipules lanceolate, silky. Flowers in lax 
deltoid short-peduncled terminal corymbs ; bracts small, linear ; pedicels 
erect. Calyx-tube silky, clavate, f-J in. long ; teeth lanceolate, \ 
in. long. Corolla white, silky within and without, 2-3 in. long ; teeth 
oblong-aristate, as long as the tube. Fruit ribbed, clavate, above 
an inch long. M. Stadtmanni, Mich. ; DC. loc. cit. 
Mauritius, in forests through the island. M. Stadtmanni is a -mere shade form, 
with long sepals and leaves silky only on the ribs below. Endemic. Quin- 
quina indigene. 
2. M. arcuata, Lam. ; DC. Frod. iv. 372. A twining shrub, with 
glabrous stem and leaves. Leaves distinctly petioled, subcoriaceous, 
oblong, acute, shining, 3-4 in. long; stipules short, ciliated, 2-3-par Lite, 
usually glabrous, caducous, leaving a hairy rim above the scar. 
Flowers in lax terminal corymbs, the main branches of which spring 
from the axils of large leaves ; upper bracts small, linear. Calyx 
glabrous, L4 - in* long, clavate ; teeth linear, rather shorter than the 
tube. .Corolla bright yellow, If in. long, glabrous on the outside of 
and face of the lobes ; tube villose internally ; segments oblong, not 
