ar 
bose, at ster at te, alveoli muricate on 
glandular. Surface of the ament gra- 
nulated, the granulations interspersed with infertile styles. 
i ie. Capsules by pairs, immersed in 
the alveoli, each terminated by a single style and lateral 
stigma, 1-celled, 1-valved, folliculate, internally lined with 
collateral rows of angular scrobiform deciduous bodies, 
applied to the few winged and perfect seeds. Perisperm 
of the seed carnose and thin; radicle we Ain cotyle- 
dons straight. ~ 
Of this genus there is a second species in the Levant. 
LANS. L. (Walnut.) 
- Mase. Ament imbricate nsisting 
“of scales. Corolla 5 or 6-partec na 18 to 
36. Fem. Calia 4-cleft, superior. Corolla 4-part-- 
, ed. Styles 1 or 2. Drupe partly spongy; nut ru- 
 gese, and irregularly furrowed, 
Large trees with alternate and unequally pir “i 
ves; female flowers terminal; masdubne ee simple, , 
produced in separate partial buds. a4 
J. nigra. Ons. Male ament simple; flowers — 
istinct. Calix (corolla L.) mostly 5-parted, subtended — 
ya single and almost similar bracte; stamina more than 
to 36; receptacle elevated, hemispherical. Female 
inal, destitute of bractes, collected by 3 or xe 
ere bong er terminated by aca- 
4; style 1, short, stigmas 2, 
mer iw ge 2. 
ape; and J? pterocarpa, Soth indigé® 2 
no to borders of the Caspian sea in Persia, with the 
