258 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, TLawsonia. 
of the same length, inserted on the four angles. of the 
nectary- Anthers cordate. Germ superior, immersed 
in the nectary, four-lobed. Style single. Stigma most 
slightly four-lobed. Capsule deeply two-lobed, each 
lobe oblong, one-celled, two-valved, but not opening readi- 
ly, Seeds one or two in each lobe, or cell of the pericarp, 
inserted at the base, and all but the apex enveloped in 
an orange coloured, fleshy aril, 
LAWSONTIA. 
Calyx four-toothed, Corol four-petalled, inserted into 
the bottom of the calyx alternately with the pairs of sta- 
mens. Germ four-celled, cells many-seeded ; attachment 
central. Capsule superior, four-celled, many-seeded. — 
Embryo with centripetal radicle, and no perisperm. 
L. inermis. Willd. 2. 344. me 
Arboreous, armed, in a bad soil. Leaves ventricose- 
lanceolate. - ss 
_ Alcanua. Geert. sem. 2. 133. t. 100. 
Mail-anschi.. Rheed. Mal. 1, t. 40. 
_ Beng. Mendee. 
_ Pers. Henna. 
Arab. Erkan. eeu dale 
Teling. Gounta. ne 
On the coast of Coromandel where it. is indigenous, 7 
have commonly found it in the state of a large shrub, 
though itis naturally a small, ramous tree. Here itis 
in flower and seed most part of the year. 
‘Trunk crooked, of various lengths and thickness. Bark 
ic Se Branches very numerous, standing in ‘every 
direction ; young shootssomewhatangular. Leaves oppo 
site, short-petioled oblong, or broad lanceolate, pointed at 
both ends ; about an inch long, and less than half an inch : 
broad. Stipules wanting. Panicles terminal, globular, 7 
