Gouania, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 631 
swollen, and. variously bent, as represented by Kaempfer, 
but the taste is simply astringent. Seed solitary. Integu- 
ments two ; exterior tough, thick, hard, and highly polished; 
interior membranaceous, and covered with a brown mealy 
substance. Perisperm in small quantity, tough, dull, livid- 
white. Embryo erect, yellowish. Cotyledons Sabbewar: 
- Radicle oval, inferior. 
Obs. By Dr. Buchanan, dated Katumanda, 10th and \4th 
November, 1802. “ Munko-khoshee. A tree originally brought 
from China or some country subject to it. The fruit is a 
capsule, containing three seeds, and resting on an enlarged 
pedunculus, which is soft, and contains a sweet juice, This 
does net come to maturity till after the capsules are ripe. 
Part of the seed now sent in this parcel was brought from 
China, and part has ripened here. There can be no doubt, 
from the singular nature of the peduncle, that it is an Hove- 
nia, Thunb. but whether or not his species, I know not. — It 
has hairy leaves and is reckoned the largest tree in Nepal.” 
_» PITTOSPORUM. Schreb. gen. N. 379. 
Calyx five-leaved, deciduous. Petals five ; germ superi- 
or, three-celled; ced/s many-seeded ; attachment interior. 
Capsule three-celled, three-valved. Seeds many. Embryo 
centripetal, and furnished with a perisperm, 
or. 
~1. P. Tobira, R. 
Leaves sub-verticelled, — ee wales est Eaaag 
= circular, | 
- Tobira, Kaempf. amoenit. 796. tab. 797. 
From China this pretty shrub has been a into 
the Botanic — at apenscies 
= GOUANIA. Schreds gen. Ny. 1592. 
shinee: five-parted. - Corol oa enme Germ three. 
Nad 
