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Class and Order. 
Dracia PoLyANpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Eurnorsiace2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores dioici. Calyx 5-partitus, reflexus; prefloratio 
convolutiva, Petala o. Masc. Stamina 12 aut multo 
plura, receptaculo multiglanduloso imposita, filamentis 
exsertis, antheris adnatis, extrorsis, oblongis. Fam. Stig- 
mata 2—3 sessilia, lacera ; evarium carnosum, disco glan- 
duloso impositum, 2—3-loculare, loculis l-ovulatis. Fruc- 
tus capsularis, 2—3-coccus. Juss. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Getonium * fasciculatum ; foliis ellipticis obtusis, floribus 
fasciculatis foemineis stigmatibus brevibus apice laceris. 
Getonium fasciculatum. Roxb. Hort. Bengh. p. 73. 
Descr. A glabrous shrub, or, probably, small tree, with 
rounded,-green branches and alternate leaves, which are on 
very short petioles, elliptical, but sometimes approaching 
to oblong, at other times almost ovate, obtuse, the margins 
entire, or in the younger leaves not unfrequently furnished 
with a few coarse serratures. Stipules very caducous, 
falling off as the young leaf unfolds, aud apparently of the 
same nature as those of the fig-tribe. Peduncles opposite to 
the leaves, short and branched, so that the flowers appear 
to be fascicled. The perianth is of a greenish-white colour, 
s consisting 
* A name given by Dr. RoxpurGu, of which the derivation is not stated. 
