Rondeletia, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA, 523 
the calyx. . Segments ovate, spreading. Filaments very 
short, inserted immediately under the fissures of the diyision 
of the border of the corol, in the mouth of the tube. Anthers 
incumbent, Germ inferior, turbinate, two-celled, each con- 
taining many ovula attached to the elevated centre of the 
partition, Style as long as the tube. Stigma two-lobed; 
lobes oblong. Capsule spherical, size of a small grain of 
millet, dry, brown, crowned with the remaining calyx, two- 
celled, two-valved, opening across the apex contrary to the 
partition, Seeds few, very minute, and imperfect, so much 
so that I have not been able to ascertain their internal struc- 
ture, 
‘ Obs. Its bark is employed by the natives as a mordant in 
some of their dyes, hence the specific name. 
“8. R. exserta, R. Age 
‘Arboreous, Leaves petioled, broad-lanceolar. Stipa 
semi-lunar, reflexed. Panieles terminal.’ Coro! sub- campa- 
nulate. . Stamens’exsert: Capsules many-seeded, 
_ A native of the interior parts of Bengal, and particularly 
over the ruins of the ancient city of Gour; Mr. Henry Creigh- 
ton found it there, and sent plants to the Botanic garden 
at Calcutta, where they thrive luxuriantly, and blossom in 
March, at which period they form one of its greet orna- 
ments, 
Trunk erect. Bark ash-coloured, Branches ipptllie, 
spreading, or even drooping. Branchlets villous; height in 
ten years above twenty feet. Leaves opposite, petioled, 
broad-lanceolar, entire, soft with down on both sides; ; gener- 
al Jength from four to six inches, Petioles short, flat on the 
upper side, downy. Stipules semi-lunar, reflexed, downy. 
Panicles terminal, very large, diffuse, ovate ; ramifications 
round and downy. Bractes sub-ensiform, varying much in 
size. Flowers very numerous, small, pure white, fragrant. 
Calyx small, five-toothed, hoary, Corol; tube short, and 
contracted at the mouth by five elevations on the inside; the 
