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spongy, somewhat double covering. Perisperm none. 

 Embryo conlorm to the seed, folded. Cotyledons two, 

 sublanceolate, thick, and fleshy. Radicle taper-pointed, 

 inferior. Male flowers exactly like the Hermaphro- 

 dite, except the pistil, which is wanting, or at most only 

 the rudiments of one are to be found. 



The ripe berries are eaten by the natives. The root is 

 astringent, and employed by the Telinga physicians in 

 substance to stop Diarrhoeas. 



4. O. glabra. R. 



Shrubby, Leaves alternate, ternate ; leaflets oblong, 

 smooth, serrate, with hairy glands in the axills of the 

 veins. Racemes axillary. 



Schmidelia racemosa. Willd. 2. 435. 



Usubus triphylla. Burm. ind. 81. t. 32./. 1. 



The species 1 am now describing, was fouad at Chitta- 

 gong by Mr. Roxburgh, and by him introduced into 

 the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where it blossoms in 

 May, and ripens its seeds in August and September. 



Stem nothing that deserves the name, but several, 

 spreading branches. Bark somewhat scabrous, with 

 ferruginous spots. Leaves alternate, ternate, petioled. 

 Leaflets oblong, subsessile, serrate, the point rather ob- 

 tuse, having small hairy glands in the axils of the veins 

 underneath, from two to four inches long, and from one 

 to two broad. Petioles channelled, smooth, from one to 

 two inches long. Racemes axillary, solitary, simple, 

 erect, twice the length of the petioles. Flowers numer- 

 ous, short-pedicelled, collected into little fascicles, ma- 

 ny of which are male. Bractes minute, acute, one, two, 

 or three, to each fascicle of flowers. Calyx of two 

 unequal pairs of round, permanent leaflets, the inner 

 pair much larger. Petals four, placed on one side 

 opposite to the stamens ; cuneate, emarginate, on the 

 inside of the exterior half is a tuft of wool. Nectary, a 



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