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PENTANBRIA MONOGYNIA. SaM<t. 



— Drupes two, sometimes only one, obovate-reniform, somewhat com- 

 pressed, moose, reticulate, smooth, obtuse and gibbous at the apex, 

 eight lines long, generally unequal in size; their inner sides parallel, 

 emarginate ; united near their insertion in the persistent calyx by the 

 permanent base of the style, which splits in two at the base as the 

 fruit attains its full size, the apex continuing entire for a considera- 

 ble time afterwards as iu Mitrasacme. — N. W. 



2. S. parviflora, Wall. 



Young parts slightly pubescent. J eaves ovate, with membranous, 

 •waved margins. Peduncles axillary, few-flowered. Petals lanceolate. 

 Styles two. 



A common shrub on a'l the mountains round the valley of Nipal ; 

 bl ssoming in March and April; the fruit ripening in June. 



An extensive climber, resembling the former in stature and general 

 appearance. Young branches and petioles slightly pubescent. — 

 Leaves ovate, or ovate-oblong, sometimes lanceolate, especially while 

 young, acuminate, ending in a small cuspis, base acute, margins 

 rounded, membranous, elegantly waved; scarcely more than ha.f the 

 length of those of the preceding species, not exceeding three inches, 

 but proportionally broader and the sides rounder in other respects 

 precisely like them; while young thin and membranous, with brown- 

 ish, sub-ciliate margins. — Peduncles axillary and terminal, loose, fili- 

 form, compressed, purplish, half as long as the leaves, or equal- 

 ling them, once or twice dichotomous, from rive- to seven-flowered. 

 Pedicels sub-clavate, half the length of a naii, with a few, minute, 

 scat tend, ciliale hractlets. —Flowers smaller than in the last spe- 

 cies, dark-purple, scentless. — Calyx deeply five-cleft, colou ed ; 

 division lanceolate or ovate, acute or obtuse, rather unequal iu 

 size. Petals lanceolate, acute, scarcely two lines long, dotted, 

 veined, two or three exterior, the rest interior, alternating with 

 or opposite to the calycine segments. — Filaments very short, 

 straight, inserted immediately opposite to the base of the petals ; 



