762 DIOBCIA TETRANDRIA. Batis. 
- 2, T. spinosa, R. 
Arboreous, thorny. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, towards 
the apex grossly serrate, smooth. Female calyx twice the 
length of the berry. 
Teling. Sukalee. 
This seems a new species uniting Trophis and Taxus in it- 
self, It is a rare plant, a native of the tops of mountains, where 
it becomes a small tree. It flowers during the cold season. 
Trunk crooked. Branches very irregular. Thorns very 
strong, straight, sharp, scattered over every part of the tree, 
often leaf and flower-bearing. Leaves scattered, very short- 
petioled, oblong, pointed, with the outer half grossly serrate, 
waved, smooth, two and a half inches long by one broad, Sti- 
pules acute. MALE. Aments, &c. asin the former species, ex- 
cepting an imbricated involucre, Femaue. Peduncles axilla- 
ry, single, short, one-flowered, erect. Calyx four; leaflets at 
the base cordate, from thence tapering toa long narrow point, 
waved, large, permanent, increasing with the fruit. Germ 
superior, resting in an obliquely cup, or helmet-like recepta- 
cle, the upper and black part of which has a perforation for 
the passage of the style, which is two-cleft, &c. asin T. aspe- 
ra. Berry obliquely oval, size of a cherry, half immersed in 
the increased receptacle, pulpy, one-seeded. The female 
flowers are eaten in curries by the natives. 
BATIS. Schreb. gen. N. 1503. 
ALE. cnet: apanilihe:s aeaaeas none, Corol none. Ber- 
i, B. spinosa, R, 
Sub-arboreous, with long scandent — enn 
Leaves oblong, entire, smooth, 
Trophis spinosa. Willd, iv. p. 735, ae , 
_ Cudranus, Rumph, Amb, y. t ve ke madsen 
female plant of this, i 7 | 
