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three-valved, opening from the apex ;the edge of the valves 

 elevated. Seeds generally six, oblong, attached to the 

 middle of the valves, enveloped in a little succulent aril, 

 which dries into Gaertner's partial cells. Integuments two ; 

 the exterior one thin and white ; the interior one firmer and 

 brownish, Perisperm conform to the seed, oily. Embryo 

 green, shorter than the perisperm, straight. Cotyledons 

 cordate. Radicle cylindric, centrifugal. 



2. C. glomerata. R, 



Shrubby. Leaves bifarious, ovate-lanceolate, acutely 

 serrulate, smooth. Flowers axillary ; peduncied, crowded, 

 octandrous. Capsules berried, two-valved, five-seeded. 



Loorjoor the vernacular name in Silhet where it is found 

 indigenous in the forests. Flowering in December, and the 

 seed ripening in March. 



Trunk short, dividing soon into many, nearly erect, 

 smooth branches and branchlets. Leaves bifarious, short- 

 petioled, from ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sharply serru- 

 late, smooth on both sides, from two to four inches lousr. 

 and one and a half broad. Stipules a brown downy scale, 

 on each side of the insertion of the leaves. Flowers axil- 

 lary, very numerous, small, of a greenish-yellow, each with 

 a distinct peduncle. Ca/^/ jc five-leaved. Corol none. Nec- 

 tary of eight hairy filaments, alternate with, and shorter 

 than those of the stamina. Filaments eight, incurved. 

 Anthers cordate. Gurm superior, ovate, one-celled, con- 

 taining a few, from four to six, ovula attached oppo- 

 sitely to the inside of the cell near the middle. Style 

 rather shorter than the stamina. Stigma large, subpeltate. 

 Capsule berried, oblong, fleshy, somewhat ventricose, the 

 size of a very small olive, one-celled, two-valved. Seeds 

 generally from three to six, attached in the germ, nearly 

 round, invested in a small portion of a red, soft aril, /w- 

 teguments two, the exterior one thin, but firm like parch- 



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