3&1 FENTANDRIA MOMOGYNIA, Cdidi&t 



Trunk iu our young trees, from eight to ten feet high, and about 

 as thick as a man's thigh. Branches very numerous, spreading in 

 every direction. Bark of the old woody parts smooth, olive-colour^ 

 ed, that of the young shoots green, and hairy- Leaves alternate, rather* 

 long-petioled, ovate-cordate, serrate, acuminate, a little harsh, with 

 few hairs, from four to six inches long, and from two to four-broad. — - 

 Stipules none. — Corymbs lateral, and about the forks of the branch* 

 lets, long-peduncled, dichotomous. — flowers white, of a middling 

 size. — Calyx sub-cylindric 5 mouth from three- to five-toothed, with 

 the inside hairy. — Corol with a cylindric tube, the length of the ca- 

 lyx, border about eight-cleft ; segments oblong, recurved. — Filaments 

 about eight, hairy, inserted on the tube of the corol below its middle. 

 Anthers ovate, small. — Germ superior, conical, four-celled, with 

 one ovulum in each, attached to the axis. Style two-parted, as are 

 also the segments. 



4. C. monoica, Willd. i. 1072. R. Corom. 1. 58. 



Leaves ovate, three-nerved, scabrous. Corymbs axillary and 

 terminal, with many male flowers. Nut foul-ceiled. 



Teling. Panttgen. 



Bind. Pida. 



A small, irregular, poor looking tree, with grey bark, chiefly a 

 native of the Circaf forests, where barren land predominates. Leaves 

 deciduous during the cold season. The Jiouers are produced dur- 

 ing the rainy season. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, ovate, three-nerved, very scabrous; 

 about three inches long, and two broad. — Petioles round, scabrous, 

 about an inch and a hail" long.— Panicles from the divisions of the 

 branchlets, or terminal, small, two-forked, composed of short, re- 

 curved, one-ranked spikes.— Flowers white. There is a very large 

 share of male or barren flowers which generally occupy distinct parts 

 of the corymbs, and frequently the vxhole, Hermaphrodite Jlowers 

 as in the family: Drupe the size of a cherry, pointed, yellow, pulpy J 



