Haslhifjia. didynamia angiospermia. 65 



dark bioAvn. Pvlp in htroc fjiumtity, somewliat spoiijafy. Seed 

 ill eacli division of the capsule, oblong-, taperino- towards the 

 base. IntecivmenU two, both soft, thin and white. Perispenn 

 none. Emhnjo erect. Cottjledons confonn to the seed, equal. 

 Plnnniht two lobed. liudicle inferior, the whole much like 

 Clerodcitdrnm inerme. Gccrt, i. t, 57. 



HASTINGIA. Konig's Mss. 



Calffx coloured, much expanded, almost entire. Corol 

 Avith a long-, curved tube, and unequally divided border. 

 Germ superior, seems four-celled ; cells one-seeded ; attach- 

 ment sub-interior. Capsule four-lobed, four-partible; lobes 

 one-seeded. Embnjo erect, without perispenn. 



1. H. cocchiea. KiJn. Mss, Smith's Exotic Botamj, 100. 



Leaves cordate, serrate. Panicles terminal, 



Holmskioldia sanguinea. Willd, iii. 360. 



This most eleg'ant plant was brought originally from 

 China, though a native of the inferior parts of Bengal also. 

 At the Botanic oarden it grows to be a small tree if tiained 

 up with single stem, but if left alone, the branches spread 

 far every way from the base of the stem close upon the 

 earth, and strike root. The bark is ash-coloured and tolera- 

 bly smooth. Flowering" time the cold season, at which pe- 

 riod scarcely any plant can exceed it in beauty. It grows 

 readily from cuttings. 



B'-anchcs very numerous, brachiate, w hile young- some- 

 what four-sided, and a little downy. Leaves opposite, petiol- 

 ed, cordate, serrate, long, pointed, a Utile downy, from three to 

 four inch', s long. Petioles one fourth the length o( tiie leaves, 

 downy. Slipnhs none. Panicles on compound racemes, ter- 

 minal, brachiate. Peduncles and pedicels a little hairy. Brac- 

 tes, the larger ones petioled, cordate, the smaller lanceolate. 

 Flowers numerous, pretty large, of a most beautifuf scarlet co- 



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