belonging to the Natural Family of the Aurantia. 223 



tiales tot quot loculamenta axi fuberofo coalitac. 

 Semina in unoquoque loculamento plurima fimplici 

 feric difpofita, funiculo umbilicali re£to brevi chor- 

 dulis affixa. 

 Deiiisc. nulla. 



*** SEMEN LIBERUM. 



Forma. Semen fubovatum comprefTum, versus umbilicum an- 



guftatum, pilofum. 

 Integ. duplex ; exterius coriaceum pilis intertextls glutinofis 



vcftitum ; interius mcmbranaceum ad alteium latus 



funiculo adnato ftipatum in obtufiori parte chalaza 



lata ferruginea notatum. 

 Perisp: nullum. 

 Embr. femini conformis lutefcens, cotyledones duo plano-con- 



vexae carnofae, radicula minima. 



This defcription is made from fpecimens fent from India by 

 Dr. Roxburgh, Dr. RufTel, Dr. Koenig, and by the Moravian mif- 

 fionaries of Tranquebar. 



Two feemingly diftinft fpecies of this genus exifl; in the her- 

 barium of Sir Jofeph Banks, both arboreous, and both growing in 

 the Eafl Indies. To that which has been known under the name 

 of Crateva marmeloSy I continue the old trivial name, and call it 

 ^gle mannelos. 



The 



