Chionanthus. ^ mPIANDRIA MONOGYXNIA. 107 
of the corol and the receptacle. Anthers a poleniferous groove on 
each side of the short, thick filaments.— Style scarcely any. Stigma 
four-lobed.— Drupe oblong, one-celled.— Nut oblong, striped, one- 
celled. Perisperm none; Embryo in inverse. - Cotyledons conform to 
the seed. ` : ; 
2. C. Zeylanica. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. 1. 47. 
Leaves opposite, short-petioled, obovate, entire, smooth. Racemes 
axillary, often compound ; flowers ternary. Bractes ovate. 
Linociera purpurea. Vahl. En. Pl. 1. 47. - r 
Said to be a native of Coi 
s. €. disehótónta: R. 95 ; : ; = S 
Shrubby, dichotomus. Leaves cuneiform-lanceolar, recurved, en- 
'tire. Racemes axillary ; pedicels three-flowered. ; 
Native place Coromandel. The Asiatic synonima are uneertain. - 
Flowering time in the Botanic Garden the month of March. 
Trunk short ; bark dark ash-coloured, with many, elevated, light- 
er coloured specks. Branches dichotomous throughout, very nu- 
merous; height of the shrubs in the Botanic Garden, about seven feet 
in seven years.— Leaves opposite, short-petioled, broad-cuneiform 
lanceolar, entire, rather obtuse; surfaces smooth, texture hard; three 
inches long by one broad ,— Racenes axillary, solitary, scarcely half 
the length of the leaves. Pedicels sub-opposite, diverging, three-flow- 
ered.— Flowers small, white, inodorous.—Calyr four-parted ; seg- 
mentsovate, obtuse, villous.—Corol, the segments can scarcely be said 
to be united at the base, except by the filaments, which are inserted on 
` the bases of two, and in that manner form two pair ofsegments;they: are 
nearly exact, taper a little, and have their margins much incurved.— 
Filaments two short. Anthers large, with bifid apex. —Germ four- 
sided, ovate, two-celled, with two ovula in each attached to the mid- 
dle of the partition. Style short. Stigma obscurely two-lobed,— 
Drupe superior, oval, or short obovate, size of a black currant, 8 sce 
culent, when ripe purple, one-celled.— Nut Mount nde and 
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