718 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Posoqueria, 
sub-sessile, Fascicles _—— and in the forks of the 
branches, | Berries two-celled. dj 
A middiing-sized, very ramous, well armed shrub, a na- 
tive of Silhet, where it blossoms in March and April. 
Branchlets smooth, opposite and dichotomous. “Spines 
axillary, patent, straight, rather short, _ Leaves opposite, 
short-petioled, ovate-oblong, entire, pretty smooth, from one 
to three inches long. Stipules interfoliaceous, acuminate, 
Flowers collected into small, sub-sessile fascicles, in the forks 
of the dichotomous branchlets, or axillary, middling-sized, 
and like those of most of the other species, fragrant ; when 
they first expand they are white, but gradually change to 
pale yellow by the second day. Calyx hairy, margin divided 
into five, subulate segments, Corol infundibuliform, bor- 
der of five oblong segments, Filaments scarcely any: .4n- 
thers five, linear, one-third of their length within the tube of 
the corol. Germ inferior, two-celled, each’ containing many: 
ovula attached to a receptacle rising from the centre of the 
partition. Style of the corol. Stigma clavate, unequally 
—— oo83 
7 Pp longiflora. R. ; 
Arboreous, armed with opposite, recurved spines. Leaves 
lanceolar-oblong, smooth, Corymbs terminal and satis 2 
few-flowered, 
eeeapaee with Gasilenii etiihcend Willd. i. p. 1231. sa 
- A native of Chittagong, where it grows to be a pretty 
he tree. It flowers during the meomensinghte seeds 
= in July and August. fe: go 
_ Branches and branchlets opposite, ied smooth, | Spina 
sidillaby, very strong, sharp, and considerably » recurved. 
_ Leaves opposite, short-petioled, from broad-lanceolar to-ob- 
long, entire, smooth, from four to six inches long, by one and 
a half or two broad. Stipules as in the order, Corymbs ter- 
‘Minal, and axillary, short, generally about eleven to thirtéen- 
flowered, every eh smooth. Flowers large, pale; ceiety 
