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affixse, versatiles, longitudinaliter deliiscentes^ in flbribus foemineis 

 effoetse. Ovarium unicum, liberum, sessile, globosum, biloculare, in 

 floribus masculis effoetum. Oviila in loculis solitariaj prope apicem 

 appensa, anatropa. Sti/lus simplex, curvatus. Stigma simplex vel 

 sub-bilobum. Bnvpa carnosa, putamine membranaceo, s^pissime 

 monosperma. Semen iuversum, testa membranacea, Embryonis ex- 

 albuminosi cotyledones foliaccEe, plicatae; radicula dorsalis, versus 

 hilum directa et eidem fere attingens. — Arbor Indica et Zeylanica; 

 ramulis angxdatu^ mhlmmhm^ foliis alternis^ coriaceis^ IcevibuSj sub- 

 pari-pinnatiSi foliolis 12 vel supra, lineari-oblongu, acutis vel s<^pe 

 retuds, ad basin angustatis^ articulatis, penniveniis, venis parallelism 

 approximatis ; vcAoxtsCi&CiiidL paniculata ; paniculis ramosis, multijlo- 

 ris^ folia non (Bqtiantiius ; floribus parvis^ albis ; pedicellis bracteatisy 

 bracteis minutis, 

 Pteridopbyllum decipiens^ Thw. — ^Ehus decipiens, Wight et Am, Trod. 

 V, 1. 172. E. Wight, lllust, v. 1. tab. 75,— C.P. No. 536, in Her- 

 bario Peradeniensi. (Tab. I. B.) 

 Hab. This is a very ornamental evergreen tree, and occurs in some 

 abundance in the Ceylon forests, up to an elevation of 3000 feet; 

 its wood is very hard. The ripe fruit is a favourite food of 

 numerous frugivorous birds. The Cinghalese name of tbe tree is 

 Pehimbia, 



There cannot be a doubt of the propriety of removing the above 

 plant from tlie genus Rhus, from which it differs in many important 

 particulars, as a comparison of the generic characters will show. 



Plate I. B. Fig. 1, Male flower of Pteridophylltim decipiens. 2. 

 The same, with the petals removed. 3. Pemale flower with the ovary 

 removed, to show the stamens, glandidar disc, and small petals, 4, The 

 , cut longitudinally, to show the insertion of the stamens. 5. Trans- 

 verse section of ovary. 6, Longitudinal section of ripe fruit. 7, 8. 

 Bipe seeds, showing a, the hilum, and ^, position of radicle. 9. Embr^'O. 



Nov. Gen. Axinandha, Thw. Nat. Ord. Lythrarieas. 



Tribe Lagerstrcemieee, 



Char. Gen. Calyx persistens, tubo campanulato, limbi 5-partiti lobis 

 triangularibus, Eestivatione valvatis. CoroUce peiala 5, sumrao calycis 

 tubo inserta, ejusdem laciniis alterna, in cupolam deciduam connata. 

 Stamina 10, subgequalia, serie duplici, dolabriformia, 5 externa 



