654 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Leea. 



long, and nearly as broad. Petioles tapering- from the base, 

 furrowed below, channelled above, as far as the stipule-like 

 membrane reaches. Cymes terminal, large; first division 

 three-parted, or three distinct cymes, superior divisions less 

 regular. Flowers very numerous, small, white. tirades small, 

 falling. Calyx five-toothed, permanent. Corol one-petalled. 

 Tube length of the calyx. Border five-parted ; divisions lan- 

 ceolate, expanding with an incurved apex, ami there bagged. 

 JVeclary ; in this species the apices of the divisions are entire. 

 Filaments five, length of the nectary, and inserted on the 

 bottom of iis five fissures. Anthers inverted within the mouth 

 of the nectary, with their sides united. Germ, superior, six- 

 celled, with one ovuluin in each, attached to the base of the 

 axis. Style eylindric. Stigma simple, perforated, lodged 

 about the middle of the inverted anthers. Berry much de- 

 pressed, torose, size of a small cherry, obscurely six or more- 

 lobed, smooth, black, and succulent when ripe, six or more- 

 celled. Seeds solitary. Integuments two ; the exterior one 

 somewhat unciform, pretty thick, and brown ; the inner one 

 very thin, and lighter coloured, adhering to the perisperm. 

 Perisperm conform to the seed, deeply intersected with brown, 

 clammy fissures. Embryo small, scarcely half the length of 

 the perisperm, subulate. Cotyledons subulate. Radicle in- 

 ferior, pointing to the umbilicus. 



Obs. The root promises to yield a colour fit for dyeing ; its 

 taste is astringent, and it is mucilaginous. 



2. L. crispa. Willd. spec. i. 1177. 



Herbaceous, stem and branches fringed at the angles. 

 Leaves pinnate; leaflets oblong, serrate. Anthers free. 



Nalugu. Rheed. Mai. ii. 43. t. 28. 



lieng. Bun-ehelta. 



Grows wild among bushes near Calcutta. Flowering time 

 the rainy season ; and though the flowers are not conspicuous 

 yet the uncommonly elegant curled wings give to the whole 

 plant a great degree of beauty. 



