2']0 DTADELPUIA DF.CANDRIA. Dalbpr(fUl. 



ly liiilf tlie nuntltor oCloaflels, AvliicU tliose have that unfold 

 aCferwauls, olil(»n;», or elliptic, obtuse, pretty smooth, froiu one 

 to two inches long-, and three-fourths of an inch broad. Sti- 

 7??//e.sensif(»rni, clothed with ferruginous down. Racemes axil- 

 lary, longer than the floral leaves. Floicers numerous, small, 

 white, pretty long-pedicel led, from three to six, inserted on 

 very short, alternate, common peduncles. Bracles small, en- 

 siform, always two of them under the calyx. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, villous, suiooth, five-toothed. Corol as in the order. 

 Filaments one and nine. Genu a short-pedicelled, semilunar 

 body within tlie base of the nine conjoined filaments, linear, 

 hairy, and containing from ten to fourteen ovula. Style as- 

 cending. Stigma smooth. Lcr/nme linear, from tv.o to three 

 inches long, and less than lialf an inch in breadth; upper 

 margin sharp and distinctly defined by a strong- rib, or nerve, 

 to the inside of which the seeds are attached, thin and brittle, 

 not opening. Seeds generally from four to eight, small, 

 smooth, light brown, lenticular. 



13. D. margmata. Roxh. 



Scandent, scabrous. Leaflets five or seven, lanceolate, 

 glossy, obtusely acuminate. Panicle axillary. Stamina 

 one and nine. Leg nines sub-linear, membrane-margined, 

 one-seeded. 



M?/kree gilla, the vernacular name in Silhel, M'here it is in- 

 dioenous ; it blossoms in the rains, and the seed ripens during 

 the hot season. 



Stem \Aoody, aiid with its numerous sca])rous branches 

 cliinl)ing andtwiiiing up and over trees, &c. Le«i;e.s alternate, 

 unequally pinnate, from six to ten inches long. Leaflets two 

 or three pair, and a terminal one, petiolate, lanceolate, entire, 

 points long, narrow, and obtuse, of a firm texture and polish- 

 ed, from four to five inches long, and from one to two broad. 

 Panicles axillary, length of the leaves, and its few remote 

 branches spreading as much. Floicers rt;mote, long, and slen- 

 der-pedicel led, white. Ca/?/a bowl-shaped, of a deep black 



