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106 _ PIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. —. Chionanthus. 
eaily period; which [ have no reason to think was the case, as they. 
were examined at what I consider a proper age, and no traces of the - 
place where a corol grew could be found.)—Ca/yz as in the male. 
— Corol none.— Germ superior, ovate, two-celled, with two ovula 
in each, attached to the top of the partition. Svyle short. Stigma 
two-lobed.— Drupe nearly round, in size and colour much like the 
common sloe, Prunus spinosa, one-celled. Nut conform to the seed, 
thin and rather brittle than hard, one-celled.— Seed solitary, conform 
to the nut. Integument single, thin.— Perisperm conform to the seed, — 
- firm, pearl-colour.— Embryo inverse, shorter than the perisperm, 
- and considerably narrower. Cotyledons ovate-lanceolate. Radicle su- 
perior, - 
CHIONANTHUS. Schreb. gen. N. 26. 
Calyx four-parted. Corol one-petalled ; segments long. Germ two- 
celled, two-seeded.— Drupe superior, one or two-seeded. Embryo | 
inverse without perisperm. ici. iis ; 
1. C. ramiflora. R. 
Arboreous. Leaves opposite, broad-lanceolar, entire. Panicle be- 
low the leaves. 
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A native of the Moluccas. Flowering time March and April. Seed 
ripe in September. : 
Trunk erect, bark smooth, ash-coloured ; branches opposite; young — | 
shoots smooth, and round.— Leaves opposite, petioled,broad-lanceo- 
lar, entire, acute, smooth on both sides ; length about six inches.— _ 
Petioles channelled, smooth, about an inch long.— Panicles oppo- 
site, from the naked branches below the leaf-bearing shoots, ovate, - 
brachiate, much lon 2 
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Flowers numerous, s 
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ger than the leaves, smooth in every part.— 
mall, yellow.— Bractes opposite, lanceolate.— 
Calys four- parted.—Corol to the base four-cleft, consequently there 
is little or no-tube, segments of the border lanceolate, with incurv- 
ed margias.— Filaments short and thick, inserted both on the base 
