578 CAPARIDACEJE. 
Rovpsia. 
l. Roydsia parviflora, Gr. Pl. DCVII. Fig. 1. 
Cortex cinereus maculis parvis albis. 
Foliorum intervenia majora subtus concava, supra luteo- 
viridia subtus pallida, venatione saturatius colorata. 
Racemi viridescentes uti bractee. 
Sepala fusco-viridescentia intus stamina aurea. Anthere 
plumbea, 
Ovarium rubescens. 
Planta scandens fruticosa. 
Has. In sylvis collinis versus Serpentine mines, Hookum 
valley between Assam and Burmah, April 3rd, 1837. 
Referred to Caparidez in Lindl. Nat. Orders, 2nd edit. 
With this order it agrees in habit and gynophore, but in es 
want of petals and especially in the structure of the seed, 
is widely different. It is the type of a distinct order. 
2. Roydsia suaveolens, Pl. DCVI. 
Fructus racemosi, pedicelli basi articulati, stipiti proprio 
fructus paullo breviores, utrinque dilatati, stipites basin ver- 
sus obsolete annulati, annulo situs staminum ostendente, 
exacte ovales, interdum rotundata magnitudine Grossularize 
magne, virides, verrucis furfuraceis copiose tectis, apice foveo- 
latis, demum baccatis l-loculares. Epicarp. viride. Mesocarp- 
crassum albido-ochroleucum. Endocarp. levis tenuis fibrose, 
densa. 
Semen unicum maximum exalbuminosum erectam. 
_ Tegument ener, luteum crassius. carnosum tune mar- 
factum, spongioso-cellulos. 
Vigiocatpin arcte adnatum, potius tegument exterius endo- 
carpio adnat. tenug, ruptum, spongioso-céllulosum, cotyledon 
plicaturum opposit. vasculoso-reticulat. 
Tnterius ‘Semi-completam luteum crassius carnosum, mar- 
rin "eU 
, cotyledon i 
terum subito tenuissimum embryoni adhaerens. E 
Ziwok opposit no 
