386 PENTANDRIA "MONOGYNIA. CelastlltS. 



4. B. Jackiana, Wall. 



Shrubby, unarmed, rough with stellate hairs. Leaves oblong, acu- 

 minate, entire, on very short petiols. Flowers axillary, corymbose, 

 long-peduncled. Capsules echinate, with sottish thorns. 



A native of the hills at Pinang where it was discovered in 1819 

 by the late Mr. Jack. 1 have since had abundance of specimens 

 collected by Mr. Porter. It blossoms during the last and first months 

 of the year, and ripens its seeds in April. 



A iarge, climbing, unaimed shrub, \\ ith round, lengthened, ferrugin- 

 ous branches, which, as wed as the leaves are, rough with copious, 

 stellate brownish hairs ; while young deusely villous. — Leaves scatter- 

 ed, rather approximate, oblong, or ovate-oblong, tapering into a fine 

 acumen, perfectly entire, with a rounded base, from three to five 

 inches long, scabrous on both sides in consequence of the hairs being 

 shorter md rising from elevated points, densely villous underneath, 

 .fi\e-nerved, the outer two nerves very short; reticulate ; the middle rib 

 with an oblong gland above the base, and two or three smaller ones 

 along its course.— Petiol round, short, thickened at both ends, dense- 

 ly villous. — Stipules subulate, deciduous, hairy.— Corymbs branchy, 

 axillary, about the length of the leaves. Peduncles hairy, filiform. 

 Bractes linear, short. Flower & longer than those of the preceding spe- 

 cies, disposed in spreading umbels, supported on capillary, very long 

 peduncles.— Calyx hairy, decidedly five-leaved; leaves lanceolate, long 

 acuminate and almost caudate, about five lines long, equalling the 

 filiform processes of the petals.— Capsule globular, five-furrowed, light 

 brown, almost smooth, an inch in diameter, densely beset with slen- 

 der, subulate, softish thorns, minutely dotted, separating into five, 

 smaller, one-celled, two-valved, one-seeded capsules, agreeing in 

 every respect with those of the preceding species. — N. W. 



CELASTRUS, Schreb. gen. N. 372. 



Calyx five-cleft. Corol fivepetalled. Germ three-celled, with two 

 or more ovula in each cell ', attachment inferior. Capsule superior; 



