532 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Detltelld. 



rior, from four to six-celled. Nut solitary, one-seeded. Em- 

 bryo erect, and furnished with an ample perisperm. 



1. P. borbonica. Willd. spec. ii. 229. 



Found indigenous on the Mauritius by Colonel Hard wick e, 

 ill flower and seed in the months of August and September; 

 growing to the size of a small tree, with dichotomous branch- 

 lets ; opposite, short-petioled, entire, smooth, oblong- leaves; 

 small axillary and terminal trichotomous corymbs of minute 

 pentandrous flowers. Germ five-celled, with one ovuluui in 

 each, attached to the bottom of its cell. Style short. Stigma 

 two-lobed. Drupe, the size of a pea, containing' as far as five, 

 uuciform, rugose seeds or nuts, each in its proper cell. 



DENTELLA. Schreb. gen. N. 310. 

 Calyx five-parted. Corol infundibuliform ; segments three- 

 toothed. Capsule inferior, two-celled, many-seeded. 



1. D. repens. Willd. spec. i. 972. 



Crusta ollae. Carauasci. Rumph. Amb. v. 460./. ITO.y. 4. 



Oldenlandia repens. Burm. Ind. 38. t. \5.f. 2. 



A native of cool moist places, such as the shady banks of 

 rivers, and water-courses. 



Root long, rarely perennial. Stems many, creeping, joint- 

 ed. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oval, ciliate. Flowers 

 in the divisions of the branches, sub-sessile, small, p lute. 

 Calyx five-parted; divisions lanceolate. Corol five-cleft; 

 seaments linear, three-toothed. Stamens five. Style two- 

 cleft near the bottom. Capsule hispid ; receptacles reuiform, 

 free, affixed to the middle of the partition. 



Obs. Burman's figure of this plant is bad. 



