230 ocTANDRiA MONOGYNiA. CombretuiTi. 



ings of the lobes. Perisperm none. Embryo inverse. 

 Cotyledons two, oval, three-nerved, emarginate, plaited 

 into each other. Plumula minute. Radicle clavate, 

 superior, pointing directly to the convoluted cord, which 

 attaches the inner integument to the outer, under the 

 style. 



6. C. cJwiensis. R. 



Subarboreous, scandent. Ltaves opposite, and tern, 

 oblong, smooth. Spikes axillary, shorter than the leaves. 

 Tube of the calyx clavate, mouth shut with hairs. 



A very large, spreading, ramous, scandent plant, in the 

 Botanic Garden at Calcutta ; originally from China. 



Flowering time in Bengal the beginning of the cold 

 season. 



Trunk scarcely any, but numerous branches, spreading 

 in every direction and climbing when supported, to the 

 extent of some fathoms. 5ar A: dark brown ; and pretty 

 smooth. Leaves opposite, and tern, petioled, drooping, 

 entire, oblong, polished on both sides ; about four inches 

 long, and two broad. Spikes axillary, solitary, simple, 

 erect, subcylindric, compact, scarcely half the length of 

 the leaves, bearing sessile flowers on all sides, Bractes 

 subulate, recurved. Calyx. Tube, clavate ; mouth shut 

 with hairs ; border of four, acute segments. Petals obo- 

 vate, acuminate, twice longer than the segments of the 

 calyx. Stamens eight, a little longer than the petals. 

 Germ sessile. Style nearly equalling the filaments. 

 Seed with four large wings. 



This is evidently different from C. secundum and de- 

 candrum but to distinguish it from laxum, requires that 

 attention be paid to the three-fold leaves ; the form and 

 length of the spikes, the size of the petals, and the length 

 of the filaments. Vide Jacquin. Stirp. Amer. p. 103. 4-5. 



