454 DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Cuestis. 



CNESTIS. Juss. 



Calyx five leaved (five-parted, Juss.) Carol five-petal- 

 led. Germ five, superior, one-celled, one-seeded; attach- 

 ment inferior. Capsules from one to five, one-celled, 

 one-valved (two-valved, Juss.) Seeds solitary, attached 

 to the base of the cell. Etnbryo inverse, without peris- 

 perm. 



C. monadefpha. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets five or seven, sub- 

 alternate, obl.tn^, obtuse, acuminate, polished. Panicles 

 axillary, crowded. Filaments united at the base. 



Sookwrtothee of the Hindus about Silhet, where the 

 shrub grows. It is also found on the hills of Chittagong, 

 and there called Kowatothee ; the natives eat the fresh 

 aril of the ripe seeds. Flowering time the rainy season; 

 the seed ripens in October. 



Compare with Goertner's Aegiceras minus. 



Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate ; from six to eight 

 inches long. Leaflets five or seven, sub-alternate, short- 

 petiolate, from ovate to oblong, entire, firm, polished, 

 obtusely acuminate, from two to five inches long, and 

 from one to two broad, the exterior by far the largest. 

 Stipules ensiforra. Panicles axillary, several toge- 

 ther; slender, smooth, nearly as long as the leaves. 

 FloiDcrs numerous, small, sub-campanulate, white and 

 fragrant. Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets broad-ovate, subci- 

 liate, permanent. Petals five, linear-oblong, margins 

 connected for a little way near the base, above that sub- 

 campanulate. Filaments ten, alternately long, broad 

 toward the base, and there united into a ring round 

 the lower half of the germ. Anthers oval, incumbent. 



