Ventilago. pextandria monogynia. 629 



t/irrs erect, long-cordate. Germ superior, ovate, two-cell- 

 ed ; each cell containing two ovula, attached to the thick- 

 ened middle of the partition. Style none, or very short. 

 St iy ma four-toothed. Capsule oblong-, size of a small field 

 bean, smooth, one-celled, two-valved, opening from the base. 

 Seeds solitary, at least I have not found more, oval, cover- 

 ed with a thin, succulent, veined, bright, scarlet aril. Pe- 

 risperm conform to the seed, firm, and tough. Embryo erect. 

 Cotyledons ovate-cordate. Radicle cylindric, inferior. 



VENTILAGO. Gcert. 



Calyx five-parted. Corol five-petalled. Germ hid in the 



crenulated flat nectary. Style two-cleft. Samara semi- 



supera, globose, long-winged, one-seeded. Embryo erect, 

 with perisperm. 



1. V. Madraspatana. Willd. sp. i. 1106. Ga?rt. carp. i. 

 223. t. 49. 



Funis v iminalis. Humph. Amb. v. 3. t. 2. 



Bevy. Ruktupita. 



Telinya. Yerra chictalt. 



A very large climbing shrub ; a native of forests and other 

 uncultivated places, amongst the mountains ; flowering dur- 

 ing the cold season. 



Leaves alternate, short-pet ioled, bifarious, ovate-oblong, 

 serrulate, smoolh, except while young, then villous; from 

 three to four inches long. Panicles terminal, composed of 

 alternate, bifarious. Famous, villous branches. Flowers ve- 

 ry numerous, small, greenish, smelling very strong and offen- 

 sive. Calyx, corol, nectary, stamens, and pistillum as in 

 Rhamnus Jujuba. Capsule (Samara) globular, size of a 

 pea, surrounded near the middle with the remaining nectary, 

 terminating in a long, linear, membranaceous wing, one-cell- 

 ed, not opening of itself. Seed solitary, round. 



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