j&aMa. FENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Sll 



somewhat unequal. Anthers oblong, erect ; the dehiscence takes 

 pace towards iheir back, in consequence of which they appear as if 

 they were posterior Ovarium and discus as in the preceding. Styles 

 two, | aralel and contiguous. Stigma single, obtuse. — Fruit smaller 

 than that of the preceding species. — N. VV. 



3. S. campanulata, Wall. 



Leaves oblong, membrane- margined. Flowers solitary, axillary, 

 cup-formed, with large, round, concave petals. 



I have only found it on Sheopore iu Nipal, blossoming in April 

 and May. 



Habit and general appearance exactly the same as those of the 

 preceding two species. Branches with many callous dots, very 

 long and ligneous. — Leaves approximate, oblong-lanceolate, finely 

 acuminate, from three to four iuches long, membrane-margined, ci- 

 liate, acute at the base, and sub-decuri tnt on the short ciliate 

 pe/io/s ; when young sub-fascicled. Buds scattered, ovate, with lan- 

 ceolate, purple-dotted scales. — PedMnc/esaxillary,solitaiy,sub-clavate, 

 an inch and half or two inches long, naked, smooth, one-flowered, 

 dotted. — Flowers green, large, cup-formed, iuodorous — Calyx ex- 

 tremely small, flat, with five ovate, most spreading, obtuse, sometimes 

 crenulate, purplish lobes.— Petals membranous, ovate, sub-rotund, 

 concave, obtuse, nearly half an inch long, parallel-veined, dotted, 

 opposite to the calyciue divisions, unequa, both in size and insertion, 

 two or three being exterior; before expansion they are loosely imbri- 

 cated, venlricose. Filaments erect, conniving, subulate, inserted be- 

 tween the lobes of the yellowish disc, shorter than the petals, and 

 opposite to them. A nthers erect, two-celled ; dehiscence posterior.— 

 Ovary ovate, smooth, rising from the centre of the hvpogvnous disc, 

 maiktd with a vertical furrow, two-ceiled: cells two-seeded ! Ovula 

 inserted on the chorda pistillaris, one above the other, ascending. 

 Style one, furrowed on both sides. Stigma single. — Drupes deeply 

 two-lobed, flat, rugose, as large as a pea, the siuus very deep and nar- 



