Drac(Bna. hexandria monogynia. 155 



smooth, red, pulpy, generally one-seeded, though there 

 is always the rudiments of three. 



BRACMNA. Shreh. gen. n. 574. 

 Calyx none. Corol six-parted, erect. Filaments some- 

 what thicker in the middle. Germ superior, three-celled, 

 cells one- seeded ; attachment interior. Berry three-lobed, 

 Tfith one seed in each (generally one or two of the lobes 

 abortive.) Embryo near the base of the perisperm on the 

 outside. 



1. D. angustifolia. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves stem-clasping, linear,, acute, droop- 

 ing, waved, smooth. Panicle terminal, flowers fasci- 

 cled. 



Terminalis angustifolia. RumpJi. Amb. 4. t. 35. 



A native of Amboyna, and from thence introduced in- 

 to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta in 1798, Flowering 

 time in Bengal, the hot season ; seed ripe in September 

 and October. 



Root ramous. Stem erect, as thick as a stout walking 

 cane ; ramous, marked with the oblique cicatrices of the 

 fallen leaves ; whole height, when in blossom, eight or 

 ten feet. Leaves crowded about the top of the plant, 

 stem-clasping, linear, acute, drooping ; margins waved, 

 entire, smooth on both sides ; from twelve to eighteen 

 inches long, and under tw o in breadth. Panicles termi- 

 nal, ovate, composed of many somewhat ascending, 

 compound branches. Flowers numerous, fascicled, pe- 

 dicelled, greenish white. Bractes small, from one to four- 

 flowered. Calyx none, Corol one-petalled, permanent, 

 subcylindric, half six-parted, divisions linear, on the day 

 of expansion revolute. Filaments six, rather shorter than 

 the corol, inserted on the middle of the base of its divi- 

 sions. J nf/«6rs incumbent. Germ superior, three-sided. 



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