ChionantJtus. diandria monogynia. 107 



CHIONANTHUS. Schreh. gen. N. 26. 

 Calyx four-parted. Corol one-petalled ; segments long. 

 Germ tvvo-celled, two-seeded. Drupe superior, one or two- 

 seeded. Embryo inverse, without perisperm. 



1. C. rami flora. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite, broad-lanceolar, entire. Pa- 

 nicle below the leaves. 



A native of the Moluccas. Flowering time March and 

 April. Seed ripe in September. 



Trunk erect, bark smooth, ash-coloured ; branches oppo- 

 site ; young shoots smooth, and round. Leaves opposite, pe- 

 tioled, broad-la ncoalar, entire, acute, smooth on both sides ; 

 length about six inches. Petioles channelled, smooth, about 

 an inch long. Panicles opposite, from the naked brflnches 

 below the leaf-bearing shoots, ovate, brachiate, much longer 

 than the leaves, smooth in every part. Flowers numerous, 

 small, yellow. Bractes opposite, lanceolate. Calyx four- 

 parted. Corol to the base four-cleft, consequently there is lit- 

 tle or no tube, segments of the border lanceolate, with incurv- 

 ed margins. Filaments short and thick, inserted both on the 

 base of the corol and the receptacle. Anthers a polleniferous 

 groove on each side of the short, thick filaments. Style 

 scarcely any. Stigma four-lobed. Drupe oblong, one-celled. 

 Nut oblong, striped, one-celled. Perisperm none. Embryo 

 inverse. Cotyledons conform to the seed. 



2. C. Zeylanica. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 47. 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, obovate, entire, smooth. 

 Racemes axillary, often compound ; flowers ternary. Brac- 

 tes ovate. 



Linociera purpwea. Vahl. En. pi. 1. 47. 



Said to be a native of Ceylon. 



