Celaslrus. pentandria monogynia. 625 



with the anthers. Capsules roundish, size of a large pea, 

 dry, rugose, one-celled, two-valved, opening round the apex. 

 Seeds from one to six, or even eight, attached to the centre 

 of a ridge in the bottom of the cell, which crosses the open- 

 ing of the valves ; their shape varies according- to the number 

 of seeds. Integument single, and while fresh more like a 

 thin, smooth, soft, moist, entire, scarlet aril, than a common 

 skin. Perisperm conform to the seed, cartilaginous. Em- 

 bryo erect, minute, lodged in the base of the perisperm, ra- 

 ther below the umbilicus. Cotyledons two, very small. Ra- 

 dicle inferior, oval. 



8. C. micrantha. R. 



Scandent, somewhat armed. Leaves unequally pinnate ; 

 leaflets from five to seven, opposite, oblong, entire, smooth, 

 with simple parallel veins. Panicles axillary, filiform, ferru- 

 ginous. Nectary saucer-shaped, bearing the stamina on its 

 margins, style none. 



A native of the Moluccas, a very doubtful species. 



9. C. obtusifolia. R. 



Arboreous, unarmed. Leaves petioled, lanceolar, obtuse- 

 ly serrulate, very obtuse, hard, smooth. Peduncles axillary, 

 many-flowered. 



A native of the Mauritius. 



10. C. monosperma. R. 



Shrubby, scaudent. Leaves oblong, glossy, serrulate. Pa- 

 nicks thin, linear, axillary and terminal, longer than the 

 leaves. Capsules three-valved, one-seeded. 



Tiara the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is found wild 

 in thin forests, climbing up and over trees, &c. to a great ex- 

 tent. Flowering lime the month of April. Seeds ripe in Oc- 

 tober. 



Young shoots smooth and brown, perfectly void of every 

 kind of pubescence. Leaves alternate, short- petioled, from 



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