Scopolla. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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at the base, coriaceous, smooth, pallid and almost silvery underneath 

 with capillary, obscure nerves, disposed as in the preceding species - 

 fiom three to five inches long — Petwl half an inch long, deeply chan- 

 nelled; its insertion on the branch jointed. Stipules none. Peduncle* 

 opposite, axillary, very short, sub-quadrangular, smooth, scarcely 

 equalling the petiol in length, twice dichotomous; ramifications joint. 

 ed, three rWeied, with a sessile flower m each bifurcation. Bractes 

 opposite, lanceolate, acute, very small. Flowers yellowish, rather 

 longer than in C. exceha, ternale, crowded, on very short fleshy 

 pedicels, each supported by I wo bractes. Calyx exceedingly small, 

 five-parted ; lacinia orbicular, sub-ciliate. Corol three times as 

 large as the calyx, divided almost to the base into five oblong, 

 obtuse, concave lobes, each having on the inner side a longitudinal, 

 elevated, membranous line. JEstivation imbricate. Stamina attach- 

 ed to the base of the corolla; the filaments , anthers, and pistillum a» 

 in the fiist species, except that there is no vestige of any style. 

 Stivna obscurely fuur-Iobed, fleshy, sessile. 



Ubs. This elegant tree has much the appearance of a Carallia ; but 

 the stiuctuie of the flower differs widely. — N. W. 



SCOPOL1A, Smith. 



Calyx five-toothed. Corol five-peta led. Germ superior, five- 

 Si-IJed ; cells two-setded, attachment interior. Berry five-celled, 

 wall generally one seed in each cell. 



J. S. aculeata, Smith, ic. ined. ii. 34 IYilld. sp. i, 1115, 

 Scandent, aimed. Leaves teruate ; leaflets crenulaie. 

 Paulliuia asiatica, Linn. sp. pi. 524. 

 Kaka-ioddali, liheed. vital, v. 8l. t. 42* 



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