762 DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. BatlS. 



2. T. spinosa. R. 



Arboreous, thorny. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, towards 

 tbe apex grossly serrate, smooth. Female calyx twice the 

 length of the berry. 



Telhig. Sukalee. 



This seems a new species uniting Trophis and Taxus in it- 

 self. It is a rare plant, a native of the tops of mountain?, where 

 it becomes a small tree. It flowers during the cold season. 



Trunk crooked. Branches very irregular. Thorns very 

 strong, straight, sharp, scattered over every part of the tree, 

 often leaf and flower-bearing. Leaves scattered, very short- 

 petioled, oblong, pointed, with the outer half grossly serrate, 

 waved, smooth, two and a half inches long by one broad. Sti- 

 pules ncute. Male, Aments, &c. as in the former species, ex- 

 cepting an imbricated involucre. Female. Peduncles axilla- 

 ry, single, short, one-flowered, erect. Calyx four; leaflets ?ii 

 the base cordate, from thence tapering to a long narrow point, 

 ■waved, large, permanent, increasing with the fruit. Germ 

 superior, resting in an obliquely cup, or helmet-like recepta- 

 cle, the upper and black part of which has a perforation for 

 the passage of the style, which is two-cleft, &c. as in T. aspe- 

 ra. Berry obliquely oval, size of a cherry, half immersed in 

 the increased receptacle, pulpy, one-seeded. The female 

 flowers are eaten in curries by the natives. 



BATIS. Schreb. gen. N. 1503. 



Male. ./3mew< roundish. Ca/i/a; none, Coro/ none. Ber- 

 ry compound. 



I. B. spinosa. R. 



Sub-arboreous, with long scandent thorny branches. 

 Leaves oblong, entire, smooth. 



Trophis spinosa. Willd. iv. p. 735. 



Cudranus. Rumph. Amb. v. t, 15, y. 1. or 2. seems the 

 female plant of this. 



