-Cotyledon. DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 455 
Germs five, each one-celled, and containing a single ovu- 
la, attached to the bottom of the cell. Styles five, scarce- 
ly half the length of the stamina, recurvate, Stigmas 
simple. Capsule solitary ; the four abortive germs 
may be found under its base, now minute, dry and com- 
pressed, obliquely ovate-oblong, coriaceous, smooth, 
about an inch, or three quarters long, one-celled, one- 
valved, one-seeded, opening along the whole of the in- 
side, exposing the seed before quite ripe. Seed solitary, 
attached to the bottom of the capsule, as in the germ, 
ovate, invested in a complete orange-coloured aril. Pe- 
risperm none. Embryo conform to the seed, inverse. Coty- 
ledons thick fleshy, of a pale green. Radicle patelliform. 
ROBERGIA. Schreb. gen. n. 787. 
, Calyx five-parted. Petals five. Drupe one-celled, with 
two-valved nut, Seed solitary. Embryo inverse, and fur- 
nished with a perisperm. 
R. hirsuta. R. ' 
Shrubby, scandent, hairy. Leaves unequally pinnate ; 
leaflets from four to eight pair, oblong-cordate, entire. 
Panicles terminal and axillary, 
A native of Chittagong, where it blossoms in March. 
The cortex of the drupe has its inner lamina perforated 
With large cells filled with a fragrant, clammy, brownish 
balsam, 
COTYLEDON. Schreb. gen. n. 788. 
- Calyx four or five-cleft. Corol oné-petalled, four or 
five cleft, Nectary of four or five awled scales embrac-_ 
ing the germs. Capsules four or five. Seeds pumerous. 
