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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    t» Obs. Rumphius’s figure is by no means a good re¬ presentation of the plant, but his description of it is cor¬ rect. It conjes nearest to the R. cylindrica, Kari Kan- del, Rheed, Mai: VI. p. 59• t. 33, which differs from this in having the radicle very obtuse and more exact¬ ly cylindrical, and the peduncles generally one or two flowered. According to Rumphiusthis species is rather rare, and is called Mangi Mangi Chenke or Clove Man¬ grove, whence his appellation Caryophylloides which I have thought proper to retain, as the resemblance holds good in some particulars. ACROTREMA. (IV. JJ Dodecandria Trigynia. pentaphyllus. Corolla pentapetala patens. Sta¬ mina fp+tfHfeiim, erecta, filamentis brevibus, antheris longis linegribus apice biporis. Ovaria tria, distincta, 2 spora, ovulis angulo interiori affixis. Styli tres. Stig¬ mata simplicia. Capsulae uniloculares. S?***«*. Herba acaulis, pilosa, pedunculis racemoso•multifloris. Genus Saxijrageis affine, numero partium inusitato dis¬ tinction. ACROTREMA COSTATUM. (IV. JJ Found on hills, and among rocks at Pulo Pinang. Root tapering, sending out a few fibres. Stem scarcely