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

  • William Jack
Date:
[1820]
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Credit: Descriptions of Malayan plants. No. II. / [William Jack]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    corollis quadrifidia intus hirsutis, foliis ovatis acumi* natis, baccis bilocularibus polyspermis! Found on the Island of Singapore. A shrub with short subdichotomous flexuose branch® es. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate, acuminate, ob« tuse at the base, very entire, very smooth, coriaceous, flat, about three inches long. Stipules short, interpe- tiolar. Peduncles axillary and terminal; axillary ones opposite ; terminal ones from one to four in a kind of umbel. Capitula few flowered. Calyx an entire mar. gin. Corolla infundibuliform, four-parted, densely covered within with white hairs. Stamina four, short* er than the corolla ; filaments short; anthers linear. Style erect. Stigma bifid. Berries coadunate, two* celled, many seeded ! Seeds numerous angular. Obs. The flowers of this species are perfectly simi¬ lar to those of the preceding, but the fruit presents a singular anomaly in being polyspermous. Both differ so much from the other species of Morinda that I think they might properly constitute a new and distinct ge¬ nus. EUTHEMI S. (IV, JC Pentandria Mdnogynia, Cxy,v inferas 5-phyllus' Corolla 5-peta!a. Stamina quinque,hyp6gyna, antheria oblongis acuminatis apice