168 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Jolmtd. 



simple. Capsules three, cuneiform, striated, three inches 

 long, and about one and a half broad, one-celled, two-valv- 

 ed ; valves exactly boat shaped. Seeds two, ovate, com- 

 pressed, enlarged with an oblong, soft, thin, spongy wing, 

 the attachment is between its apex and the base of the 

 capsules. Integument single, ochraceous. Perisperm none. 

 Embryo oblique, compressed. Cotyledons conform to the 

 seed, yellow. Plumula two lobed. Radicle oval, sub-in- 

 ferior. 



JOHN! A. R. 



Calyx inferior, five-leaved, or five-parted. Corol five- 

 pel ailed. Nectary or receptacle of the stamina and pistil- 

 lum sub-globular. Germ three-celled ; ovnla one or two in 

 each cell, peltate. Berry one or more-seeded. Embryo with- 

 out perisperm, direction various. 



In honour of the Rev. Dr. John of Tranquebar. It is near- 

 ly allied to Salacia. Gen.pl. ed. Schreb. 1380. Its proper 

 place is probably the third order of this class. 



1 . J. salacioides. R. 



Leaves opposite, broad lanceolate, entire, firm and polish- 

 ed. Calyx five-leaved. Petals sessile. Anthers sessile on the 

 three divisions of the nectary. 



A native of Tipperah, Chittagong, and other parts of the 

 eastern frontier of Bengal. It flowers in the Botanic garden 

 during the hot season, and the fruit ripens about the close of 

 the rains. 



A large, very ramous shrub, with its branches spreading 

 much, and often drooping elegantly. Bark of the ligneous 

 parts brownish and somewhat scabrous, that of the young 

 twigs smooth. 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, recurved, broad-lanceo- 

 late, entire, firm, polished, obtuse-pointed ; about four inches 

 long, and half as much broad. Stipules minute, caducous. 

 Peduncles axillary, several, longer than the petioles, one- 



