Rhamnus. wbntandria monogynia. 603 



ing, half lanceolate, acute, waved. Nectary leaflets five, al- 

 ternate, Avith the filaments, waved, length of the stamens. 

 Stamens five. Germ ovate, hid in the tube of the corol. Ber- 

 ry ovate, size of an olive. Seeds generally one or two, though 

 there are the rudiments of five in the germ. 



RHAMNUS. Schreb. gen. N. 358. 

 Calyx five-parted. Corol five-petalled. Germ sunk hi 

 the saucer-shaped nectary ; from two to three-celled ; cells 

 one-seeded ; attachment inferior. Berry superior, from one 

 to three-seeded. Embryo erect ; perisperm scanty. 



1 . R. incanus. R. 



Unarmed, odorous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, smooth 

 above, hoary underneath. Stipules filiform. Corymbs on 

 small axillary branchlets. Style three-cleft. 



Reared in the Botanic garden at Calcutta from seed receiv- 

 ed from the Moluccas. Flowering time the cold season. 



Trunk straight. Branches numerous, nearly horizontal. 

 Branchlets alternate, bifarious. Bark smooth ; that of the 

 woody parts ash-coloured, that of the young shoots green. 

 Leaves alternate, bifarious, petioled, ovate-lanceolate, entire, 

 smuoth above, very white underneath ; length from two to 

 twelve inches, and from one to five broad. Stipules filiform. 

 Corymbs alternate, on small, sub-erect, axillary branchlets. 

 Flowers very numerous, small, greenish yellow. Calyx vil- 

 lous on the outside, and keeled on the inside. Corol petals 

 (scalets, Linn.) cuneate, concave. Style three-cleft. Berries 

 round, smooth, united to, and resting on the remaining calyx, 

 the size of a small cherry, when ripe black, and filled round 

 the seeds with a dry mealy substance. Seeds three when all 

 come to perfection, which is seldom the case, slightly united. 



2. R. circumscissus. Willd. sp. i. 1001. 



Shrubby, armed with sub-opposite recurved prickles. 



