Chionanthus. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 107 
CHIONANTHUS. Schreb. gen. N. 26. 
Calyx four-parted. Corol one-petalled ; segments long. 
Germ two-celled, two-seeded, Drupe superior, one or two- 
serra Embryo inverse, without perisperm. 
1. C. ramiflora, R. 
Arboreous. Leaves opposite, Sead lanceolar, entire. Pa- 
nicle below the leaves. : 
A natiye of the Moluccas, Flowering time March and 
April, Seed ripe in September. 
Trunk erect, bark smooth, ash-coloured ; branches oppo- 
site ; young shoots smooth, and round, Leaves opposite, pe- 
tioled, broad-lancoalar, entire, acute, smooth on both sides ; 
length about six inches. Petioles channelled, smooth, about 
an inch. long. _Panieles opposite, from the naked. branches 
below the leaf- ~bearing shoots, ovate, brachiate, much longer 
than the leaves, smooth in every part. _/lowers numerous, 
small, yellow. Bractes opposite, lanceolate. Calyx four- 
parted, Corol to the base four-cleft, consequently there is lit- 
tle or no tube, segments, of the border lanceolate, with incury- 
a ed margins, — Filaments short and thick, inserted both on the 
base of the corol and the receptacle. Anthers a polleniferous 
groove on each side of the short, thick filaments. Style 
scarcely any, Stigma four-lobed. Drupe oblong, one-celled. 
Nut oblong, striped, one-celled, Perisperm none, sail 
inverse. Co niaedens conform to the seed. 
2, ©. Sevlanica. Linn. sp. aE ‘a Willd. ¥. 47. vain 
Leaves opposite, short-petioled, obovate, entire, smooth, 
Racemes axillary, often ooo ; foves ena Brae- 
tes orate, biccanice ais , ie ‘ 
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