Dalzelliane. | N. O. Ehretiace. 
TAB. DCCCXXIIL. 
Ruaspra viminea, Vail. 
Foliis glabris oblongo-cuneatis basi in petiolum perbrevem attenu- 
atis, floribus pancis in ramos parvos proprios terminalibus. 
Rhabdia viminea, Dalze//, MSS. in Herb. Nostr. 
-Ehretia viminea, Wail. Cat.n.906. De Cand. Prodr. p. 509.* 
Khretia cuneata, Wight, Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. v. 4. ¢. 1385. 
Has. East Indies; Attran, a river of Martaban, Dr. Wadllich. 
b ri 
Frutex twumilis, facie Lycit, 1-2-pedalis et ultra, valde ramosa, 
ramis seepe elongatis vimineis, cortice fusco tectis. olia co- 
corymbosi, ad apicem ramorum brevium propriorum. Calyx 
5-sepalus, sepalis lanceolatis pubescentibus corolle duplo bre- 
vioribus. Corolla subrotata, tubo brevi, limbo patente 5-lobo, 
lobis ovalibus, ore nudo. Staminum filamenta corolle versus 
edium affixa, exserta, nuda. Anthere ovate, introrse. Ovarium. 
ovato-subglobosum, biloculare, 4-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis, 
omnino simplex. Stigma obscure bilobum. Fructus: bacea 
subsicca 4-pyrena. Semina suspensa, albuminosa. Lmbryonis 
radicula sapera. : Se 
My valued correspondent N. A. Dalzell, Esq., has, in my opinion, 
Fig. 1. Flower. (f. 2. The same more expanded. /- 3. Corolla 
laid open. 4. Pistil. 5. Transverse section of ovary. f 6. 
Fruit. £8. Seed. 9. Embryo :—maguified. 
* De Candolle considers this a doubtful Fhretia, and constitutes for it a section 
(Xeroderma) which in fact corresponds with Von Martius’s Rhabdia. 
