Hippocratea. triandria monogynia. 167 



the capsule. Integuments two ; exterior a very thin, smooth 

 membrane; interior rather thick and somewhat spongy. 

 Perisperm none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons oblong-, pale 

 green while recent. Plumula two-leaved. Radicle short, 

 inferior. 



Obs. In the following species there are only two seeds in 

 the capsule, in every other respect it resembles exactly this 

 species. 



3. H. arborea. R. 



Sub-arboreous, with climbing branches. Leaves opposite, 

 oblong, serrulate, cuspidate. Corymbs axillary. Capsules 

 linear oblong, two seeded. 



B. Katlia paharia. 



A native of the interior parts of India. It blossoms in Ju- 

 ly, and the seeds ripen in March. 



Trunk tolerably straight, but short, about as thick as a 

 man's thigh, covered with smooth, dark brownish ash-colour- 

 ed bark. Branches and branchlets spreading and climbing 

 to a great extent, young shoots round and smooth, indeed 

 highly polished ; many of them form the claspers. Leaves 

 opposite, short-petioled, drooping, oblong, taper-pointed, 

 serrate, very smooth on both sides ; from six to seven inches 

 long, and about three broad. Stipules none, but two or 

 three small, dark brown, scaly gems are found in each axill. 

 Corymbs axillary, dichotomous, with a pedicelled flower in 

 the divisions. Bractes opposite, small, permanent. Flowers 

 very numerous and small, pale greenish yellow. Calyx 

 beneath, generally four, though sometimes five or even six- 

 parted ; divisions rounded, and only aboutjialf the length of 

 the corol. Corol four, five, or six-petalled, (six is the most 

 common, and I suppose the natural number,) in a double 

 series, equal, ovate-oblong, smooth. Nectary a three-sided, 

 fleshy cup surrounding the insertion of the stamens and 

 germ. Filaments three, membranaceous, shorter than the 

 corol. Anthers four-lobed. Germ ovate. Style short. Stigma 



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