is the most rnraw-% aun I suppose the natural number,") in a dou- 

 ble series, equal, ova e-oblong, smooth. Ner^-r/rj/ a three-sided, rteshy 

 cup surrounding the insertion of the stamens and germ. — Filaments 

 three membranaceous, shorter than the corol. Anthers four-lobed. 

 Qerm ovate. Stule short. Stigma simple. — Capsules three, cu- 

 neiform, striated, three inches long, and about one and a half broad, 

 oue-celled, two^valved; valves exactly boat-shaped. — Seeds tv/o, ovnte, 

 compressed, enlarged with an oblong, soft, thin, spongy wing, the at. 

 tachmeutis between its apex and the base of the capsules. IntegU' 

 ment single, ochraceous. — P eri sperm wone, — Embri/o oblique , com- 

 pressed. Coij/ledons conform to the seed, yellow. Plumula two- 

 lobed. Radicle oval, sub-inferior. 



JOHNIA. R. 



C^/yx inferior, five-leaved, or iive-parted. CoroZ five-petalled. jVec- 

 iary or re<;eptacle of the stamina and pestillum sub-globular. Germ 

 three-celled ; ovula one or two m each cell, peltate. Berry one or 

 more-seeded. Unihryo without penspenn, directiou various. 



In honour of the Rev. Dr. John of Tranquebar. It is nearly 

 allied to Salacia. Gen. PL ed. Schreb. 1380. Its proper place is 

 probably the third order of this class. 



l.J. saJadoides. R. 



Leaves opposite, broad-lanceolate, entire, firm and polished. 

 Calyx five-leaved. Petals sessile. Anthers sessile on the three divi- 

 sions of the nectary. 



A native of Tipperah, Chittagong, and other parts of the eastern 

 frontier of Bengal. It flowers in the Botanic Garden during the hot 

 season ; and the fruit ripens about the close of the rains. 



A large, very ramous shrub, with its h'anches spreading much, 

 and often drooping elegantly. Bark of the ligneous parts brownish 

 and sonie'Ahut scabrous, that of the young twigs smooth. 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, recurved, broad-lanceolate, en- 

 tire, firm, polished, obtuse-pointed j about four inches long, and 



