658 PKN'E 'ANURIA MONOC3VNIA. LePM. 



stems. Leaves from simple to decompound. Leaflets, the 

 single leaves, which are rarely present, from ovate to nearly 

 round ; those of the compound leaves from ovate oblong 1 to 

 linear-oblong, serrate, smooth on both sides. Corymbs ter- 

 minal, trichotomous. Flowers small* yellow; structure as 

 in the former species. Berries round, pulpy, smooth, glau- 

 cous, black, size of a marrow-fat pea, six-seeded ; when dry 

 torose. 



6. L. Slaphyka. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves compound and super-decompound; 

 leaflets linear oblong-, finely taper- pointed, serrate, smooth 

 on both sides. Cymes thin. 



Aquilicia Otillis (Olillis zeylanica.) G cert. carp. i. 275. 

 /. 57. 



Stapbylea ? indica. Bnrm. Lnd. 75. t. 24. f. 2. 



Bcncf. Kookoor j?'hwa. 



Telhiff. Ancados. 



Stems several, erect, stout, ligneous. Branches few ; the 

 young - ones flexnosc, smooth ; round, articulated. Leaves al- 

 ternate, compound, and decompound, commonly about eigh- 

 teen inches long ; pinnae opposite, generally two pair, the low- 

 er pair is sometimes compound ; all terminate with an odd one. 

 Leaflets opposite, petiolated, linear oblong, pointed, serrate, 

 smooth on both sides : from four to seven inches long,and from 

 two to three broad. Petioles and petfoiet* round, smooth. Sti- 

 pules large, adjoined to the lower put of tlie petiole, colour- 

 ed, leathery, falling. Cymes terminal, large, with frequent- 

 ly a smaller one accompanying the chief one. Flowers 

 small, greenish white, very numerous. Calyx cup shaped, 

 five-toothed, permanent. Carol one petalled. Tube a lit- 

 tle longer than (he calyx. Border five- parted; divisions ob- 

 long, concave, with an incurved point. Nectary a yellow, 

 fleshy, five-cleft ring, inserted into the mouth of the tube of 

 the corol, descending- with a contracted rim considerably into 

 it, and rising about it ; divisions emarginate. Filaments five, 



