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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    poro dehiseentibus. Stylus filiform^, staminibus equa- lis. Bacca 5-sperma, seminibus circa axim dispositis, cblongis, mtus angulatis* aiilio fibroso inclusis, albu- minosis, embryone inverse cylindrico longitudine fere seminis, radicula superiore. Frutices, Jbliis a Item is pulcherrme stiatis nereis pa* rallelis, racemis terminalibus, demum per acta fioratione lateralibus et oppositijoliis. EUTHEMIS LEUCOCAEPA. (W. J.) Eoliis lanceolatis pulchre spinuioso serratis, race. 3v.h basi ramosis, baccis niveis globosis. Plawan bruk. Malay. Native of the forests of Singapore. A shrub of uncommon elegance and beauty, erect, four or five feet in height ; branchlets round, smooth, sometimes slightly angled. Leaves alternate, petio- late, lanceolate, acute, decurrent on the petiole, spi- nuloso-serrate, very smooth and shining, beautifully striated with fine parallel transverse nerves. Peticles margined, flat and channeled above, dilated at the base into a thick rounded prominent rim, which half embraces the stem. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, ci- liate, verv deciduous. Racemes erect, with one or two branches near the base, at first terminal, after-