256 ocTANDRiA MONOGYNiA. DodoTicea. 



DODONCEA. 

 Calyx or coro/ four-leaved. Capsule three-celled, three- 

 valved, three-winged. Seeds one or two in each cell. 



1. D. angustifolia. Willd. 2. 344. 



Polygan^ous, shrubby. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Ra- 

 cemes axillary and terminal. 



A large ramous, erect shrub, very common on the barren 

 uncultivated lands of Coromandel. It flowers during the 



rains. 



Leaves scattered, sub-sessile, linear-lanceolate, smooth, 

 entire, margins a little revolute ; from two to four inches 

 long; on the gems and young leaves a little bright yellow 

 resin in generally found. Racemes axillary, and terminal, 

 generally terminal, much shorter than the leaves, few 

 flowered. Flowers long-pedicelled, small, of a greenish 

 colour. 



Hermaphrodite Flowers have sometimes a fifth 

 more parts than in the genus, there is only o;ie seed in 

 each cell of the capsule, and sometimes the capsule con- 

 sists of only two cells, and two wings. 



Female Flowers, are sometimes mixed with the her- 

 maphrodite, and sometimes occupy a distinct plant ; they 

 want the stamens entirely, otherwise they agree. 



2. D. dioeca. R. 



Dioecous, shrubby. Leaves lanceolate. Racemes axil- 

 lary and terminal. 



A native of the interior parts of India. Flowering 

 time the rainy season. 



Stem erect, woody, with numerous, suberect, woody 

 branches. Bark smooth, light brown. Leaves alternate, 

 short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, tapering most towards 

 the base, entire, smooth. Racemes axillary, and terminal, 

 solitary, short, corymbiform. Flowers with long slender, 

 nodding pedicels. Bractes minute. Male. Calyx iouv- 



