184 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. LorauthuS. 



B. asiatica, they are triple at the base of the pedicels. Ca- 

 lyx nine-leaved ; leaflets in three series ; the exterior three 

 minute ; the inner three nearly as long as the petals. Pe- 

 tals six-obovate, entire. Nectarial glands oblong. Fila- 

 ments inserted into the base of the petals. Anthers a long 

 operculated pit in each side of the filaments, just under 

 the apex. Germ oblong, one-celled, containing two seeds, 

 attached to the bottom of the cell. Style short. Stigma 

 peltate, glandular. 



3. B. pinnata. R. 



Leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets grossly spinous, 

 dentate. Racemes terminal. 



Candingne young more, is the vernacular name in the 

 MMni'poor Country, where it is indigenous- It flowers in 

 November. 



Thunberg's figure of his Ilex Japonica is so very like 

 this plant, as to induce me to think they may be the same. 



NANDINA. Schreb. gen n. 596. 



Calyx many-leaved, imbricated. Carol six-petalled. 

 JBerr?/ one-celled, two seeded. £rti6ri/o inverse, and fur- 

 nished with a perisperm. 



N. domestica. Willd. 2. 230. Thunb. Jap, 147. G(Ert. 

 sem. 2. 69. Bot. Mag. 1109. 



Said to be a native of Japan ; it was introduced from 

 Canton in China into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta by 

 Mr. William Kerr. 



LORANTHUS. Schreb. gen. n. 600. 



Calyx uncertain. Corol generally one-petalled and of- 

 ten irregular. Germ inferior, one-celled, one-seeded ; at- 

 tachment superior. Berry one-seeded. Embryo inverse, 

 and furnished with a perisperm. 



