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into an acumen, opening at the top by a pore. Ovary oblong, 
acute. Style a little longer than the stamens. Stigma simple. 
_ Berry red, 5-angled, acuminate, composed of a whitish fari- 
naceous pulp, and containing 5 seeds, each enveloped in a 
tough fibrous arillus, and in structure the same as the pre- 
ceding. : 
CELASTRUS? BIVALVIS. JW. J. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
Foliis lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis, pedunculis later- 
alibus paucifloris, corollis nullis, capsli 2-valvibus mono- 
permis.  . 
A shrub, with smooth branches. Lenten opposite, vetito, 
lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the base, very entire, very 
smooth. Stipules none.  Peduncles lateral, divaricately di- 
chotomous, few-flowered, (5-10-flowered.) Bracts small. 
Calyx 5-parted, bibracteate at the base, laciniz roundish, 
imbricated. Corolla none. Stamens 5, erect, united beneath 
"into a 5-toothed ring or urceolus: filaments flat: anthers ob- 
long. Style erect, as long as the stamens. Stigma truncate. 
Capsule ovate, green, smooth, crowned with the style, 2- 
valved, 1-celled, 1-seeded: valves opening from the base, and 
faling off from the seed, which is more persistent, and 
remains on the peduncle. Seed ovate, contained in a beauti- 
ful crimson arillus, which is delicately veined. Albumen 
cartilaginous, conformed to the seed. Embryo erect, central, 
as long as the albumen. Cotyledons flat, foliaceous, ovate, 
obtuse. Radicle inferior, obverse to the iem much 
LEUCOPOGON (STY PHELIA) MALAYANUM.. W. J. 
PrNTrANDRIA Monocynia. Nat. Ord. Epacripex. Br. 
Spicis axillaribus multifloris erectis brevibus, drupis globosis 
5-locularibus, foliis lanceolatis mucronatis subenerviis 
subtus glaucescentibus. 
Mintada. Malay.—Found abundantly at Singapore.—A 
small branching shrub, with hard dry leaves, exhibiting the 
