258 ocTANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Lawsouia. 



of the same length, inserted on the four angles of the 

 nectary. Anthers cordate. Germ superior, immersed 

 in the nectary, four-lobed. Style single. Stiyma most 

 slightly four-lobed. Capsule deeply two-lobed, each 

 lobe oblong, one-celled, two-valved, but not opening readi- 

 ly. Seeds one or two in each lobe, or cell of the pericarp, 

 inserted at the base, and all but the apex enveloped in 

 an orange coloured, fleshy aril. 



LAWSONIA. 

 Calyx four-toothed. Corol four-petalled, inserted into 

 the bottom of the calyx alternately with the pairs of sta- 

 mens. Germ four-celled, cells many-seeded ; attachment 

 central. Capsule superior, four-celled, many-seeded. 

 Embryo with centripetal radicle, and no perisperm. 



L. inermis. Willd. 2. 344. 



Arboreous, armed, in a bad soil. Leaves ventricose- 

 lanceolate. 



Alcanna. Gcert. sem. 2. 133. f. 110. 



Mail-anschi. Rheed. Mai 1. t. 40. 



Beng. Mendee. 



Pers. Henna. 



Arab. Erkan. 



Teling. Gounta. 



On the coast of Coromandel where it is indigenous, I 

 have commonly found it in the state of a large shrub, 

 though it is naturally a small, ramous tree. Here it is 

 in flower and seed most part of the year. 



Trunk crooked, of various lengths and thickness. Bark 

 rust-coloured. Branches very numerous, standing in every 

 direction ; young shoots somewhat angular. Leaves oppo- 

 site, short-petioled oblong, or broad lanceolate, pointed at 

 both ends ; about an inch long, and less than half an inch 

 broad. Stipules wanting. Panicles terminal, globular. 



