Hamiltonia: PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 555 
tion for having enriching it with —_— of the choicest ate 
of the New World. aoe 
Stem stout, shrubby ; branches opposite, cross-armed, as- 
cending. Bark of the igneous parts ash-coloured, with dark 
purple specks; general height from six to ten feet. Leaves 
opposite, short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, smooth, entire, 
from three to six inches long. Stipules or rather connecting _ 
membranes broad, ensiform. Flowers sessile, i in terminal co- 
rymbiform heads, on short, trichotomous branchlets, numer- 
ous, pure white, and ‘delightfully fragrant. Bractes ensi- 
form, villous; several surrounding each fascicle or head of 
flowers, as well as intermixed amongst them, Calyx superior, 
five-cleft, permanent ; divisions subulate. Corol one-petal-- 
led, funnel-shaped. Tube slender, widening a little towards 
the mouth. Border consisting of five, spreading, oblong di-. 
visions. Filaments five, very. short, inserted into the tube of 
the corol a little within its mouth, Anthers half- erect, li- 
near. Germ inferior, one-celled, and containing five distinct 
chambers attached to the bottom of the cell, which now, 
thick and succulent, become the net-like aril of the ripe 
seed ; each chamber contains one ovulum attached to its bot- 
tom, Capsules the size of a pea, oblong, crowned with the 
calyx, one-celled, five-valved, opening from the apex. Seeds. 
five when all come to maturity, which is very seldom the: case, 
their shape differing according to the number attached to the 
bottom of the cell, each enveloped in a beautiful, dry net-like - 
aril, Integument single, dark blackish-brown, friable. Pe- 
risperm in very small quantity, indeed it may be called an 
inner integument. Embryo conform to the seed, erect; c0- 
iyledons two, cordate, foliaceous, with a doubling down n the 
middle. | Plumula minute.’ Radicle oblong, inferior, point- 
ing to the umbilicus, ee ones cai ig Gert, =~ | 
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