J] 2 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Vetiana. 



row, with contiguous sides, between which is the slender style, spik- 

 ing at length from the base upwards. 



Obs. This species is very distinct on account of its large, sub-glo- 

 bular, ventricose, solitary flowers, and broad petals. — Like the se- 

 cond species it produces in most instances its flowers when the buds 

 begin to shoot forth their young leaves and the stem is nearly naked. 

 ~N. W. 



VEX AN A, Lam. Iliustr. ii. 99. N. 365. tab. 131. et Poiret in 

 Encycl. Bot. viii. 450. 



Brexia, Tet.-Thouars, gen. Madagasc. N. 69. 



Calyx inferior, monophyl us, five-toothed. Corolla five-petalled, 

 alternating with the stamina, and together with them inserted on a 

 narrow dentate discus. Drupe five-cornered, many-seeded, beaked. 



The affinity of this shrub is doubtful to me. It seems to be inter« 

 mediate between Jussieu's Terebinthucecz and Rhamnea. 



1. V. madagascar iensis, Lam. h cit. 



Leaves obovate or obi ng, entire; while young minutely gland- 

 dentate. 



A native of Madagascar. I met with the tree in flower in No- 

 vember 1812, in the Governor's garden at Reduite, at the Mauri- 

 tius, from whence 1 brought the seeds with me to Bengal. In the 

 Company's botanic garden at Calcutta it blossoms in the hot weather 

 and ripens its fruits during the rainy season. 



A small, sparingly ramous, slender tree, with pretty even brown- 

 ish bark. Branches elongated, ascending, round, smooth, glaucous, 

 as are ail the other parts ; young shoots somewhat angular, sub- 

 scandent. — Leaves scattered, approximate, mostly ascending or bent 

 in one direction, coriaceous, firm, obovate or cuneate-oblong, with 

 a very blunt rounded end, entire, tapering downwards, from three to 

 five inches long ; those of the young shoots are oblong, with parallel 

 margins, measuring often a span in length ; glaucous and opaque oil 



