lihamnus. pentaxdria monogyniaI 349 



tapei :ng downwards from the outer third part, where they are as broad 

 as a lad ; a< ute and sub-decurrent at the base ; from six to ten or 

 twelve inches iung ; rib prominent undwneath, and the oblique re- 

 mote nerves running out to the very margin, where they unite by 

 manv capillary, sub-transversal, reticulate veins. — Petiols slender, an 

 inch or an inch and a hall long, Hat above, the apex somewhat mar- 

 gined. Stipu/cs none. — Flowers small, round, pea-green, eight or ten 

 crowded together in very numerous fascicles; they are axillary, or 

 lateral, small, rounded, covering almost entirely the branches under 

 the leaves. — Peduncles four lines long, clavate, slightly pubescent- 

 th^ir bases surrounded by a number of ovate, minute, withering 

 scales. — Leaflets of the calyx round, a little concave, membrane- 

 margined and slightly ciliate, somewhat unequal in size, imbricating. 

 — Corolla smooth, whitish, nearly globular, scarcely longer than the 

 calyx, divided into five ovate, obtuse, crenulate lacinits. Stamina 

 shorter than the corolla. — Filaments ten, erect, inserted in a double 

 row in the inside of the corolla; the lower five fertile, subulate, op- 

 posite to the laciniae, with ovate, two-celled anihers ; the uppermost 

 rive linear, whitish, sterile, inserted just below the fissures between 

 the laciniae. — Ovary flattish-ovate, densely bearded with short, erect, 

 rather stiff hairs, without any surrounding disc, five-celled, five-seed- 

 ed ; ovula inserted on the axis. Style tiuck, columnar, as long as 

 the corolla. Stigma truncate. — Fruit not seen. 



Obs. The anatomy of its tiowers agrees so well in the essential 

 parts with that of S. inerme, L. t introduced by my excellent friend 

 Dugald Carmichael, Esq. (late Capi. H. M. 7£d Regiment) into 

 the botanic garden at Calcutta, that I prefer placing it here instead 

 of referring it to Bumelia, S-w. or Sersalisia, Br. until an examina* 

 Jion of the fruit shail enable me to decide the point, — N. W. 



RHAMNUS, Schreb. gen. N. 35$. 



Calyx five-parted. Corol five-petalled. Germ sunk m the saucer- 

 pliapid nectary j from two to three-celled j cells one-seeded ; attach- 



