148 diandria monogvnia. Fraxinns. 



structure of this part of the flower. Filaments generally 

 three, as long as the style. Anthers of two round lobes. 

 Germ oblong, hid in the belly of the calyx, one-celled; 

 ovvlum single, attached to the bottom of the cell. Stifle 

 slender. Stiyma peltate. Pericarp turbinate, five-sided, 

 covered with clammy, pedicelled glands, &c. exactly as in 

 Gsertncr's figures of his Iioerhaavia erecta. 



Obs. There are two varieties of this plant in Bengal ; one 

 with red, the other with white flowers ; in other respects they 

 are the same. In the St. Helena plant, B. re/panda of the 

 Hortus Benyalcnsis, the leaves are more angular, the inflores- 

 cence terminal, racemes vcrticelled, with one bracte only to 

 each pedicel. 



FRAXINUS. 

 Polygamous. Calyx none, or four-parted. Carol none, or 

 four-petalled. Samara one-seeded, with lanceolate wings. 



1. F. c kinesis. R. 



Arboreous, with erect branches. Leaflets from three to 

 seven, lanceolate, serrate. Panicles axillary, and terminal. 

 Flowers without petals. 



A native of China, from thence introduced into the Bota- 

 nic garden by the late Col. Robert Kyd, prior to 1703 : 

 where they blossom in April, but have not produced seed, or 

 even full grown seed vessels. 



Our small trees have little or no trunk ; but several, erect, 

 straight branches and branch/ets ; giving an entire height of 

 from ten to twelve feet. Leaves opposite, pinnate, and ternate. 

 Leaflets from three to seven, opposite, lanceolar, sen ale, 

 smooth. The pairs short-pet ioled, much smaller and shorter 

 in proportion to (heir breadth than the terminal one, which is 

 protruded on a longer winged petiolet. Petioles channelled, 

 sometimes with a marginal wing. Panicles axillary, and 

 terminal, small, drooping, and composed of most slender, 

 simple and compound, sub-verticelled ramifications. Calyx, 



