212 CALYCIFLOR^. 



flowers. Calyx externally puberulous, 5-fid for half the length ? 

 divisions ovate, acute, with a ridge running on the inner sur- 

 face of each from the apex nearly to the base; after flowering 

 circumscised at the base. Petals alternating with the divisions 

 of the calyx, and rather shorter spathulate, oblong, con- 

 cave. Stamens 5, concealed in the petals, of the same length 

 as the divisions of the calyx ; filaments subulate, received at the 

 base into indentations on the disk : anthers oval. Disk penta- 

 gonal. Styles 3 : stigmata simple. Fruit placed on the per- 

 sistent base of the calyx, size of an English pea, spherical, 3- 

 sulcate at the apex, Scelled: seeds solitary, oval, compresso- 

 3-gonal, of a shining brown colour. 



4. Ceanotlius colubrinus. TJ'^est- India Snake-wood. 



Leaves ovate subacuminate entire ferriigineo-villoiis 

 beneath, as also the branchlets and flowers, flowers 

 axillary corymboso-aggregated, style 3-gonal. 



Rhamnus arboreus, Browne, 176. — R. colubrinus, Jacq. Amer. 

 74. No. 2. — Roemer et Schultes, V. 284. — Ceanothus reclinatus, 

 De Cand. Prod. II. 31. 



HAB. Near Half-way Tree. 



FL. End and middle of the year. 



An erect tree : branches horizontally spreading; when young 

 ferrugineo-subtomentose. Leaves glabrous above, 2-6 inches 

 long. Peduncles axillary, ferrugineo-tomentose, about 7-flow- 

 ered. Style triquetrous, 3-fid at the apex. Berry subrotund, 

 3-celled, 3-valved : seeds solitary, ovate, black, shining. 



This tree is distinguished from the preceding species, by the 

 different parts being ferrugineo- villous, and the style simple 

 and 3-fid at the apex. 



ORDER LVIII. SAMYDE^. 



Calyx persistent : sepals 3, 5, or 7» more or less 

 cohering at the base. Petals O. Stamens adnate to 

 the tube of the calyx, in number double triple or quad- 

 ruple that of the sepals : filaments monadelphous, 

 either all of them anther-bearing, or each alternate 

 one sterile, villous or ciliated : anthers 2-celled. Ovary 

 superior, 1 -celled : style 1 : stigma capitate or sub- 

 lobate. Capsule coriaceous, 1 -celled, 3-5-valved, 



