Hamiltonw. tentandria monogynia. 555 



tion for having- enriching it with many of the choicest plants 

 of the New World. 



Stem stout, shrubby; branches opposite, cross-armed, as- 

 cending. Bark of the ligneous parts ash-coloured, with dark 

 purple specks ; general height from six to ten feet. Leaves 

 opposite, short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, smooth, entire, 

 from three to six inches long. Stipules or rather connecting 

 membranes broad, ensiform. Flowers sessile, in terminal co- 

 rymbiform heads, on short, trichotomous branchlets, numer- 

 ous, pure white, and delightfully fragrant. Bractes ensi- 

 form, villous; several surrounding each fascicle or head of 

 flowers, as well as intermixed amongst them. Calyx superior, 

 five-cleft, permanent; divisions subulate. Corol one-petal- 

 led, funnel-shaped. Tube slender, widening' a little towards 

 the mouth. Border consisting of five, spreading, oblong di- 

 visions. Filaments five, very short, inserted into the tube of 

 the corol a little within its mouth. Anthers half erect, li- 

 near. Germ inferior, one-celled, and containing five distinct 

 chambers attached to the bottom of the cell, which now, 

 thick and succulent, become the net-like aril of the ripe 

 seed ; each chamber contains one ovulum attached to its bot- 

 tom. Capsules the size of a pea, oblong-, crowned with the 

 calyx, one-celled, five-valved, opening from the apex. Seeds 

 five when all come to maturity, which is very seldom the case, 

 their shape differing according to the number attached to the 

 bottom of the cell, each enveloped in a beautiful, dry net-like 

 aril. Integument single, dark blackish-brown, friable. Pe- 

 risperm in very small quantity, indeed it may be called an 

 inner integument. Embryo conform to the seed, erect ; co- 

 tyledons two, cordate, foliaceous, with a doubling down the 

 middle. Plumula minute. Radicle oblong, inferior, point- 

 ing to the umbilicus. Compare with Psathura, Gart. carp. 

 HL8S. 1. 194. 



2. IT. pilosa. R. 



Shrubby, straight, exceedingly hairy. Leaves opposite, 



