428 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Gctonia. 



GETONIA. 



Cfl/yA' one-leaved, five-parted, permanent. Corol none. 

 Filaments inserted into the calyx. Germ inferior, one- 

 celled, from two to three seeded ; attachment superior. 

 Seed solitary, crowned with the remaining calyx. 



1. G. nutans. R. 



Panicles drooping. Stamina one fourth the length of 

 the calyx. 



Found indigenous on the Rajmahl hills by Mr, Wil- 

 liam Roxburgh ; in the Botanic garden at Calcutta it blos- 

 soms in February, March, and April. This genus differs 

 from Combretiim in the want of a corol only, for in 

 some of the species of that genus, there are ten stamina. 



Trunk short. Branches scandent, or even twining. 

 Bark of the young shoots somewhat mealy ; of the old and 

 ligneous parts light grey, and pretty smooth. Leaves 

 opposite, or nearly so, short-petioled, oblong, and ovate- 

 oblong, entire, acuminate, drooping, while young villous; 

 about six inches long and from two to three broad. Sti- 

 pules none. Panicles terminal, and axillary, drooping, 

 composed of several opposite, diverging downy spikes. 

 Bracies very downy, lanceolate, one flowered, shorter 

 than the germ. Calyx superior subcampanulate, villous, 

 permanent ; tube very short; borders of five long spread- 

 ing lanceolate, acute, three-nerved divisions. Corol 

 none. Filaments ten, about one-fourth the length of the 

 calyx, inserted on its tube. Anthers small, incumbent. 

 Germ five-ribbed, one-celled, containing for the most 

 part three seeds attached to the top of the cell. Style 

 the length ot the stamina. Stigma simple. 



2. G.floribunda. Roxb. Corom. pi 1. pi. 61. i. 87. 

 Panicles erect. Stamina as long as the divisions of 



the calyx. 



