428 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, - Getonia, 
GETONIA. 
Calyx one-leaved, five-parted, permanent. Corol none. 
Filaments inserted into the calyx. Germ inferior, one- 
celled, from two to three-seeded ; attachment superior. 
Seed solitary, crowned with the remaining calyx. 
1. G. nutans. R. 
Panicles drooping. Stamina one-fourth the length 0 of 
_ the calyx. 
Found indigenous on the Rajmahl hills by Mr. Wil- 
liam Roxburgh ; in the Botanic garden at Calcutta it blos- 
soms in February, March, and April, This genus differs 
from Combretum in the want of a corol only, for in 
- some of the species of that genus, there are ten stamina. 
Trunk short. Branches scandent, or even twining. 
Bark of the young shootssomewhat mealy ; of the old and 
ligneous parts light grey, and pretty smooth. Leaves 
opposite, or nearly so, short-petioled, oblong, and ovate- 
oblong, entire, acuminate, drooping, while young villous; 
about six inches long and from two to three broad. Sti- 
pules none. Panicles terminal, and axillary, droopitg, 
composed of several opposite, diverging downy spikes 
Bracies very downy, lanceolate, one-flowered, shortet 
than the germ, Calyx superior subcampanulate, villous, 
permanent; tube very short; borders of five long spread- 
ing lanceolate, acute, three-nerved divisions. Coral 
none, Filaments ten, about one-fourth the length of the : 
calyx, inserted on its tube. Anthers small, incumbent. 
Germ five-ribbed, one-celled, containing for the most 
part three seeds attached to the top of the cell, Style 
the math of the stamina. Stigma simple. 
2 G, floribunda, Roxb. Corom. pl. 1. pl. 61. t. 87- 
Panicles erect. Stamina as long as the divine” of 
the calyx. 
