Descriptions of Malayan plants. No. II. / [William Jack].

  • William Jack
Date:
[1820]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Descriptions of Malayan plants. No. II. / [William Jack]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RHOPALA ATTENUATA. (IV. J.) Tetrandria Monogynia• Proteaceae. I?r.* Foliis al tern is ovatis acummatis, racemis axillaribus foliis longioribus, pediceilis geminatis calycibusque glabris. Native of Fulo Pinang. Arborescent, with round smooth branches. Leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate, acuminate, attenuated to the base and decurrent on the petiole, ten or eleven inch¬ es long, entire, sometimes with one or two toothlets near the point, very smooth. Petioles short, thickened at the base. Stipules none. Spikes rather longer than the leaves, axillary, cylindrical; flowers geminate, short pedicelled* Perianth four leaved, leaflets linear, dilated and staminiferous at the summit, revolute. Sta* min a four, inserted near the apex of the perianth; fila¬ ments scarcely any ; anthers linear, two-celled. Style filiform, as long as the corolla. Stigma clavate. Ovaru vm one celled, containing two erect ovula. RHOPALA MOLUCCANA. (Br :) Foliis alternis obovatis obtusiusculis integerrimis, racemis plcrumque lateralibus, pediceilis bifidis calyci. busque glabris.