^52 TJKTUANTJUIA MONOGYNlAt CoritUt. 



■ize various, the intermediate one is from four to six inches long, and 

 the lowermost of the lateral ones from two to three inches long, the 

 rest between tliese sizes. — Petioles common, roimd, downv, from 

 three to five inches long. — stipules cordate, pointed, failing. — Cj/mes 

 leaf-opposed, cr axillary. Tcduncles half the leugih of the petiules, 

 jointed, and bracted a little above the middle. — Berries white, four- 

 iobed, depressed, four-seeded. 



• 

 15. C. serrulata, R. 



Perennial, scandent, smooth. Leaves pedate-quinate ; leofcts ob- 

 long, serrulate. 



A native of Chittagong, where it blossoms in April and May. 



CORNUS. 



Cahjx superior, four-toothed. ?etals four. Druj)e with a two- 

 celled nut. 



1. C. oblonga, IVall. 



Leaves oblong, acuminate, acute at the base, glaucous and sca- 

 brous beneath, with many excavated glands along the axils of ihe 

 rib and nerves. Carries spreading, panicled. 



Native of Nepala, where it is prelty common about Katmandu; 

 blossoming during the first half part of the year. — Specimens and 

 seeds communicated by the Hon. E. Gardner, in 1818. 



A midling sized tree with copious spreading branches ; the young 

 shoots covered with short adpressed hair. — Leaves in approximate 

 pairs, spreading, from four to six inches long, acute at the base, an 

 inch or an inch and a half broad, finely acuminate, beset with short 

 adpressed hairs, dark-green and shining above, glaucous and sca- 

 brous beneath, widi elevated rib and sub-opposite arched nerves, 

 the latter having in the axils at their base and along their outer side 

 numerous ciliated glandular excavations which, when the leaves are 

 dry, become slightly visible on their upper surface. — Fetioh from 

 half an inch to an inch long, slender, channelled, rough.— Cj/w^c ter- 



