Rhamnus. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 603 
ing, half Janceolate, acute, waved. Nectary leaflets five, al- 
ternate, with the filaments, waved, length of the stamens, 
Stamens five. Germ ovate, hid in the tube of the corol. Ber- 
ry ovate, size of an olive, Seeds generally one or two, though 
there are the rudiments of five in the germ, 
RHAMNUS. Schreb. gen. N. 358. 
Calyx. five-parted. . Corol five-petalled. Germ sunk in 
the saucer-shaped ‘nectary ; from two to three-celled ; cells 
one-seeded ; aitachment inferior. Berry superior, from one 
to three-seeded. . Embryo erect ; perisperm scanty. 
1. R. incanus. R. 
Unarmed, odorous, Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, Gen 
above, hoary underneath. Stipules filiform. Corymbs on 
smal] axillary branchlets. Style three-cleft. 
. Reared in the Botanic garden at Caleuita from seed receiv- 
ed from the Moluccas. Flowering time the cold season, 
Trunk straight. Branches numerous, nearly horizontal. 
Branchlets alternate, bifarious. Bark smooth ; that of the 
woody parts ash-coloured, that of the young shoots green, 
Leaves alternate, bifarious, petioled, ovate-lanceolate, entire, 
smooth above, very white underneath; length from two to 
twelve inches, and from one to five broad. Stipules filiform. 
Corymbs alternate, on small, sub-erect, axillary branchlets, 
Flowers very numerous, small, greenish yellow. Calyx vil- 
lous on the outside, and, keeled on the inside. Corol petals 
(scalets, Linn.) cuneate, concave. Style three-cleft. Berries 
round, smooth, united to, and resting on the remaining calyx, 
the size of a small cherry, when ripe black, and filled round 
the seeds with a dry mealy substance. Seeds three when all 
come to eats which is seldom the case, slightly united. 
2, R. cireumscissus, Willd. sp. i. 1001. 
+5 (-Shrubby; armed. with sub-opposite recurved. prickles. 
