Gouania. pentandrta monogynia. 631 



swollen, and variously bent, as represented by Kaempfer, 

 but the taste is simply astringent. Seed solitary. Integu- 

 ments two ; exterior tough, thick, hard, and highly polished; 

 interior membranaceous, and covered with a brown mealy 

 substance. Perisperm in small quantity, tough, dull, livid- 

 white. Embryo erect, yellowish. Cotyledons orbicular. 

 Radicle oval, inferior. 



Obs. By Dr. Buchanan, dated Katumaoda, 10th and 14th 

 November, 1802. " Munko-khoshee. A tree originally brought 

 from China or some country subject to it. The fruit is a 

 capsule, containing three seeds, and resting on an enlarged 

 pedunculus, which is soft, and contains a sweet juice. This 

 does not come to maturity till after the capsules are ripe. 

 Part of the seed now sent in this parcel was brought from 

 China, and part has ripened here. There can be no doubt, 

 from the singular nature of the peduncle, that it is an Hove- 

 nia, Thunb. hut w hether or not his species, I know not. It 

 has hairy leaves ami is reckoned the largest tree in Nepal." 



V1TTOSPORUM. Schreb. gen. N. 379. 



Calyx five-leaved, deciduous. Petals five; germ superi- 

 or, three-celled ; cells many-seeded ; attachment interior. 

 Capsule three-celled, three-valved. Seeds many. Embryo 

 centripetal, and furnished with a perisperm. 



1. P. Tobira. R. 



itf/rcfsub-verticelled, obovate, cuneate, entire, and lucid, 

 apex circular. 



Tobira. Kaempf. amoenit. 796. tab. 797. 



From China this pretty shrub has been introduced into 

 the Botanic garden at Calcutta. 



GOUANIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1592. 

 Calyx five-parted. Corol five-petalled. Germ three- 



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