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pale yellow leaflet. Filaments eight, ascending oppo- 

 site to the petals, very woolly near the base. Anthers 

 oval. Germ superior, in some of the flowers minute, 

 and abortive, in others hairy, and two-lobed, with one 

 ovula in each, attached to the lower, and inner angle of 

 the cell. Style erect. Stigma of two revolute lobes. 

 Berries two, when both come to perfection, which is not 

 frequent, obovate, smooth, succulent ; when ripe, red, 

 the size of a large pea, one-celled. ^eecZ conform to the 

 berry, and attached to the bottom of the cell. Integuments 

 two ; exterior whitish yellow and thin ; interior membra- 

 naceous. Perisperm none. Embryo conform to the 

 seed, folded. Cotyledons unequal, fleshy, sublanceolar. 

 Radicle taper-pointed, a little curved, inferior. 



2. O. villosa. R. 



Shrubby, tomentose. Leaves ternate ; leaflets oblong, 

 ventricose, remotely serrulate on the anterior margin. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, and terminal, simple. Petals cuneiform, 

 the whole of the inside woolly. 



A native of Chittagong. 



Young shoots flexuose, very villous. Leaves alter- 

 nate, ternate. Leaflets suboblong, ventricose, remotely 

 serrulate, upper surface scarcely hairy, but soft with 

 brownish short hairs underneath ; from six to eight 

 inches long and from four to five broad. Petioles long, 

 round, and very villous. Racemes axillary and ter- 

 minal, when in the axils, which is by far the most fre- 

 quent, solitary, all are very hairy, generally shorter 

 than the petioles. Flowers numerous, small, hairy, col- 

 lected into little fascicles all over the raceme. Bractes su- 

 bulate, very hairy. Calyx of two very equal pairs of 

 opposite, roundish, concave hairy leaflets. Petals four, 

 unilateral, cuneiform, very woolly over the whole of the 

 inside. Nectary, a gland at the base of each petal on 

 the inside, and without the stamina. Filaments eight, 



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