440 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Eleagnus, 
of four cordate segments, on the outside a little scaly ; on the 
inside smooth, Filaments none. Anthers four, sessile in the 
mouth of the tube of the calyx. Germ superior, oblong, em- 
braced by the contracted bottom of the calyx, one-celled, 
one-seeded. Style as long as the calyx. Stigma oblong, 
glandular, oblique. Berry oblong, succulent, when ripe 
pale orange colour, pulp soft, of rather a pleasant astringent 
taste, and not acid like E. conferta; one-seeded. Seed sub- 
clavate. Inteyuments two, exterior eight-ribbed, soft, and 
lined with much wool; inner membranaceous, Perisperm 
none. Embryo erect. Co okfledlbils conform to the seed, amyg- 
daline. _Phumula two-lobed. Radicle oval, inferior. 
2. E. conferta, R. ‘ 
Shrubby, scandent, Leaves alternate, oblong-pointed, co- 
vered with silver-coloured scales underneath, Flowers et 
lary, crowded, short-peduncled. - ; 
__ Beng. Guara. 
"This is a very large and ramous, scandent shrub; a native 
of the mountains near Silhet, in Bengal. Floweritig ina the 
cold season. Seed ripe in March, 
~ Young shoots covered with innumerable ist scales. 
Leaves alternate, short-petioled, generally erect, oblong- 
pointed, entire, with innumerable small silver coloured scales, 
particularly underneath, which gives ‘them a bright colour ; 
‘fre ree to four inches Jong, and from one and half to two 
bi 0% ad. Petioles short, sealy. © ne cillary, 
wine gibbous, fal etded? butsidé Lily’ prrege of four cor- 
date segments ; its or marked on the inside with four 
curved lines; on their pointed junctures the ‘filaments sit. 
Style hairy. Drupes oblong, succulent, when ripe red. 
~~ Obs. The calyx of my plant’ cannot be said to be pila on 
‘th germ ; ‘it has, as it were a lower tube which envelopes the 
i) y y, th is ea grows with the fratt and finally ect | 
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