106 mANDiiiA MONOGYNIA. ChloTtanthui . 



early period; which I have iio reason to think was the case, as they 

 were examined at what I consider a proper age, and no traces of the 

 place where a corol grew could be found.) — Calyx as in the male. 

 — Corol none. — Germ superior, ovate, two-celled, with two ovula 

 in each, ultached to the top of the partition. S\yle short. Stigma 

 two-lobed. — Drupe nearly round, in size and colour much like the 

 common sloe, ^yw\-\\\% spinosa, one-celled, ^at confoim to the seed, 

 thin and rather brittle llian hard, one-celled. — Seed solitary, conform 

 to the nut. Integument single, thin. — P er isper m cowioxm tu the seed, 

 firm, pearl-colour. — Embryo inverse, shorter than the peri.speim, 

 and considerably narrower. Co/j//ec/o;is ovate-lanceolate. Radicle sn- 

 perior. 



CIIJO^'ANTIiUS. Schreb. sen. N. 26. 



Ca/yx four-parted. Co;-o/ one -petalled; segments lon^. Gerw two- 

 celled, two-seeded. — Drupe superior, one or two-seeded. Embryo 

 inverse without perisperm. 



i. C. ramifiora. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite, broad-lanceolar, entire. Pa icle be- 

 low the leaves. 



A native of the Moluccas. Flowering time March and A^ril. Seed 

 ripe in September. 



Trunk erect, bark smooth, ash-coloured ; branches opposite \young 

 shoots smooth, and round. — Leares opposite, petioled, broad-lanceo- 

 lar, entire, acute, smooth on both sides ; length about six inches. — 

 Petioles channelled, smooth, about an inch long. — Panicles oppo- 

 site, from the naked branches below the leaf-bearing shoots, ovate, 

 brachiate, much longer than the leaves, smooth in every part. — 

 Plowers numerous, small, yellow.— Br act es opposite, lanceolate.— 

 Cal^v fuur- parted. — Corol to the base four-cleft, consequently there 

 is lutle or no tube, segments of the border lanceolate, with incurv- 

 ed margins. — Filaments short and thick, inserted both on the base 



