262 ocTANDRiA MONOGYNiA. S ympJiorema. 



lyx superior, small, from six to eig^ht-tootlied. Petals from 

 six to eight, linear, recurved. Filaments eight, short, flat, 

 hairy, inserted within the petals on a glandular hemis- 

 pherical body which crowns the germ. Anthers linear, ve- 

 ry long. Germ inferior, two-celled, with one ovula in each, 

 attached to the top of the axis. Style the length of the 

 stamina. Stigma large, four-toothed. Drupe oval, obtuse- 

 pointed, the size of a small cherry, pulp in small quanti- 

 ty but soft and dark coloured ; round the base of the ob- 

 tuse point may be traced the minute remains of the ca- 

 lyx. Nut single, conform to the drupe, brittle, though 

 hard, black, two-celled, grooved on the sides, with the a- 

 pex transversely two-toothed. Seed solitary, oval, flat- 

 tened. Integument single, thin, Perisperm conform to the 

 seed, soft and oily. Embryo inverse, nearly as extensive 

 as the perisperm ; cotyledons ovate, cordate, obtuse. Ra- 

 dicle superior, oval. 



SYMPHOREMA. 



Calyx ; involucre, from six to eight-leaved. Perianth 

 from six to eight- toothed. Corol one-petalled, from six to 

 eight-cleft. Capsule none. Seed single, inclosed in the 

 calyx. 



S, involucrata. Corom. pi. 2. N. 186.. 



Teling. Suroodoo. 



A large scandent shrub, a native of the Coromandel 

 forests, &c. Leaves deciduous during the cold season, 

 and coming out with the flowers in February, March, and 

 April. 



Stems woody, large, climbing. Bark ash-coloured. 

 Branches straight, cross-armed. Leaves opposite, short- 

 petioled, ovate, grossly-sawed, downy ; about three in 

 ches long, and two broad. Peduncles fascicled, from 

 the extremities of the naked branchlets, and last year's 



