Walsura. decandria monogynia. 387 



It flowers in March and April, and the seed ripens in 

 June, 



Young shoots rough with scabrous specks, but void 

 of pubescence. Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate, 

 some ternate ; from six to nine inches long. Leaflets 

 generally five. The pairs opposite, from oblong to lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, entire, smooth ; from four to five 

 inches long, and from one to two broad. Petioles marked 

 with the same sort of elevated rough white specks that 

 are to be found on the young shoots. Panicles terminal, 

 and from the exterior axills, length of the leaves, much 

 crowded, and very dense ; their numerous ramifications 

 scarcely villous. Bractes minute. Flowers numerous, ra- 

 ther small, and white. Calyx five-parted ; segments 

 nearly equal, small, and oval. Petals five, oblong, 

 spreading, a little villous. Nectary a large fleshy crenate 

 ring round the base of the germ, within the filaments. 

 Filaments ten, broad towards the base, but not in the 

 least united, tapering regularly to the apex, which is 

 very slender ; they are inserted under the exterior part of 

 the nectary, and are alternately a little shorter. Anthers 

 small, oval. Germ superior, ovate, two-celled ; ovula 

 two in each cell, attached to the middle of the partition. 

 Style short. Stigma peltate. Berry oval, size of a small 

 olive, resting on the permanent corol, calyx, and stamina, 

 one-celled. Cortex rather thin, and bright grey. Seed so- 

 litary, conform to the berry, before maturity or when im- 

 perfectly ripe, a pretty large quantity of a clear, very 

 succulent exterior envelope, or aril isfound,but when ripe 

 it is scarcely to be seen. Integuments besides the aril, 

 single. Perisperm none. Embryo straight, inverse. Co- 

 tyledons conform to the seed. Radicle obovate-truncate, 

 superior. 



2. W. piscidia. R. 



Leaves subteruate; leaflets subternate oblong, obtuse, 

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