Cotyledon. decandria pentagynia. 455 



Germs live, each one-celled, and containing a single ovu- 

 lar attached to the bottom of the cell. Styles five, scarce- 

 ly half the length of the stamina, recurvate. Stigmas 

 simple. Capsule solitary ; the four abortive germs 



may be found under its base, now minute, dry and com- 

 pressed, obliquely ovate-oblong, coriaceous, smooth, 

 about an inch, or three quarters long, one celled, oue- 

 valved, one-seeded, opening along the whole of the in- 

 side, exposing the seed before quite ripe. Seed solitary, 

 attached to the bottom of the capsule, as in the germ, 

 ovate, invested in a complete orange-coloured aril. Pe- 

 risperm none. Embryo conform to the seed, inverse. Coty- 

 ledons thick fleshy, of a pale green. Radicle patelliform. 



ROBERGIA. Schreh. gen. n. 787. 

 Calyx five-parted. Petals five. Drupe one-celled, with 

 two-valved nut. Seed solitary. Embryo inverse, and fur- 

 nished with a perisperm. 



R. hirsufa. R. 



Shrubby, scandent, hairy. Leaves unequally pinnate ; 

 leaflets from four to eight pair, oblong-cordate, entire. 

 Panicles terminal and axillary. 



A native of Chittagong, where it blossoms in March. 



The cortex of the drupe has its inner lamina perforated 

 with large cells filled with a fragrant, clammy, brownish 

 balsam. 



COTYLEDON. Schreh. gen. n. 788. 

 Cahjx four or five-cleft. Corol one-petalled, four or 

 five cleft. Nectary of four or five awled scales embrac- 

 ing the germs. Capsules four or five. Seeds numerous. 



