166 NATURAL IIISTORY OF PLANTS. 



88. Ccelostegia Bextii. 1 — Flowers small lierra aphrodite ; recep- 

 tacle concave obconical,apex expanded 5-saccate ring; calyx inserted at 

 the margin of receptacle (afterwards perigynous 2 ), lobes 5, short erect 

 valvate. Petals 5, perigynous, inserted with calyx. Stamens oo (of 

 Boscliia) ; anthers small globose, sometimes solitary or 2-6 congested. 

 Germen large, partly inferior, immersed in receptacle, 5-locular; ovules 

 2 or few in each cell, ascending ; micropyle extrorse inferior ; style 

 filiform, apex peltate, 3-lobed stigmatiferous. Fruit. . . ? — A lofty 

 tree ; habit and leaves (of Boschia) integerrimus, coriaceous, minutely 

 squamose-lepidote beneath, petiolate ; flowers close to branches 

 cymose-fasciculate ; each surrounded by short involucre lepidote 

 (together with calyx and pedicels) {Malay <f). See p. 105. 



1 Gen., 213, n. 59. 2 Receptacle regarded as base of calyx cf. Bentiiam. 



3 Spec. 1. C. Oriffllhii Benth., loc.cit. 



