-*70 - TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. — ‘Hippocrates 
A large, twining shrub, native of forests, hills, and wild uninha- 
bited'places, over varioüs parts of Indja Flowers about the Ba 
-ming of the hot season. 
© Tendrils simple, woody.— Leaves dppelitü TaS, — 
pointed, serrate, smooth, shining, about two inches long.—Panicles 
(Umbells) axillary , Opposite, peduncled, about as long as the leaves, 
dichotomous, expauding.— Flowers numerous , very small, ofa rusty 
yellow colour.— Bractes minute.— Petals linear-oblong.— Germ gu. 
perior, three-lobed, three-celled, with two ovula in each, attached to 
the axis.—Style shorter than the stamens.— Capsules from one to 
three, oblong, one-celled, one-valved.— Seeds two, broad-winged, 
affixed to the bottom of the capsules by the apex of the wing. | 
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2. H. -obtusifolia. R. 
“Shrubby, climbing by the help of cirrhose branchlets, 2 
clliptically-oblong, entire, obtuse. Dini terminal and axillary. 
Capsules obovate, four-seeded. — 
c A native of the coast of- Cetocisadel. Plowetiag time in the 
Botanic Garden, March and April; the seeds take one ho to 
Épénsc- sta , 
Stems and larger bibihis ligneous, and covered with cedit 
spongy grey bark, climbing to a great extent by the help of the - 
smaller, round, smooth, diverging, opposite branchlets, which take 
a‘turn, or two round their supporters.— Leaves opposite, short-petio- 
led , oblong, entire, (ate luxuriant leaves are sometimes obscurely ser- 
rate,) obtuse, firm, polished, length from three to four inches. uu 
of the leaves four-fold, minute, subulate; those of the branchlets larger» 
— Corymbs terminal, or from the exterior axills, often compoundly ` 
dichotomous, and shorter than the leaves.— Dractes minute, ovate» 
— Flowers small, pale greenish yellow.—Calyx five-leaved.— Petals 
five, ovate-lanceolate. — Nectary, a large, fleshy receptacle receiving - 
the base of the germ; its margin becomes thin, and is divided into 
three, tapering, antheriferous: segments, which are at first erect, but 
soon become revolute „— Filaments no other than the three seg- - 
ments of the nectary,  Anthers of two, — one-celled lobes. 
