Anneslea. -POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 573 
| 3. G. decandra. R. 
Leaves oval, entire; corymbs axillary, three or four 
times dichotomous. Flowers decandrous. <A native of 
Pulo Penang, where it blossoms in May. 
Leaves alternate, petioled, oval, smooth, entire, emar- 
ginate, of a firm texture, almost coriaceous, about three 
inches long and two broad. Petioles short, channelled. Sti- 
pules none. Corymbs axillary, as long as the leayes, three 
or four times dichotomous. Flowers numerous, small. 
Calyx five-leaved, leaflets imbricated, ovate, concave, per- 
manent: Petals five, obovate, scarcely longer than the 
calyx, and like it permanent. Filaments ten, five or six 
times longer than the corol, united near the base only, 
forming a cup round half of the germ, with the pollen round 
the margin: Germsuperior, ovate. Style as long as the 
stamens. Stigma large, sub-peltate. Capsule oblong, of the 
size of the second point of a man’s forefinger, five-celled, 
five-valved. Each valve has a deep, sharp, longitudinal 
keel on the inside, half dividing the cells, which are se- 
parated by a continuation of the inflected margins of 
the valves, which unite in the centre and form the recep- 
tacle of the seed. Seeds two in each cell, separated by the 
keels of the valves, ending above in a long superior wing, 
and. eee near its: ne into the inner marge of the 
eee oot ‘iy Hieaas: - 
ANNESLEA. R. : 
Gan: Cuar. Calyx. four-leaved. Corol etashepelils 
led. Style none. Stigma concave, peltate, with about six 
rays. Germ inferior, from six to eight-celled ; cells five- 
seeded. Berry many-seeded. Seeds arilled. Embryo di- 
cotyledonous, and furnished with both perisperm and vi- 
tellus, direction various. | ; 
A. spinosa. R. 
A native of the sweet-water lakes and ponds in the dis. 
trict of Tippera, Chittagong, &c. to the eastward of Cal- 
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