Anneslea. polyandria monogynia. 573 



3, G. decandra. R. 



Leaves oval, entire; corymbs axillary, three or four 

 times dichotomous. Flowers decandrous. A native of 

 Pulo Penang, where it blossoms in May. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, oval, smooth, entire, emar- 

 ginate, of a firm texture, almost coriaceous, about three 

 inches long and two broad. Petioles short, channelled. Sti- 

 pules none. Corymbs axillary, as long as the leaves, three 

 or four times dichotomous. Flowers numerous, small. 

 Ca/yx five-leaved, leaflets imbricated, ovate, concave, per- 

 manent. Petals five, obovate, scarcely longer than the 

 calyx, and like it permanent. Filaments ten, five or six 

 times longer than the corol, united near the base only, 

 forming a cup round half of the germ, with the pollen round 

 the margin. Germ superior, ovate. Style as long as the 

 stamens. Stigma large, sub-peltate. Capsule oblong, of the 

 size of the second point of a man's forefinger, five-celled, 

 five-valved. Each valve has a deep, sharp, longitudinal 

 keel on the inside, half dividing the cells, which are se- 

 parated by a continuation of the inflected margins of 

 the valves, which unite in the centre and form the recep- 

 tacle of the seed. Seeds two in each cell, separated by the 

 keels of the valves, ending above in a long superior wing, 

 and inserted near its apex into the inner margin of the 

 partitions. 



ANNESLEA. R. 



Gen. Char. Calyx, four leaved. Corol many-petal- 

 led. Style none. Stigma concave, peltate, with about six 

 rays. Germ inferior, from six to eight-celled ; cells five- 

 seeded. Berry many-seeded. Seeds arilled. Embryo di- 

 cotyledonous, and furnished with both perisperm and vi- 

 tellus, direction various. 



A. spinosa. R. 



A native of the sweet-water lakes and ponds in the dis- 

 trict of Tippera, Chittagong, &c. to the eastward of Cal- 



