390 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. CelastrUS* 



place in Nipal wliere I have m^t with this species is at Blieempa* 

 di and on the mountains of C undmghi with fruit in December — 

 Capsule straw-coloured, crowned with the short columnar style. — 

 N. W. 



5. C. nutans, R. 



Shrubby, scandent, unarmed. Leaves alternate, petioled, broad- 

 cbovate, obtusely serrate, smooth. Panicles racemose, terminal. Seeds 

 invested in a complete aril. 



A native of Mysore, from thence introduced by Dr. Buchanan, 

 into the botanic garden at Calcutta, where it flowers in April. Seeds 

 ripe in August. 



Stem short, round, woody, scandent. Bark a little scabrous, light 

 brown. Branches climbing and twining over the tops of large trees r 

 &c; young shoots round, drooping, marked with white, rough dots. 

 Leaves alternate, short petioled, drooping, broad, obovate, cuneate, 

 seriate, smooth on both sides ; length from two to three inches, and 

 from one to three broad. — Petioles about half an inch long, slightly 

 channelled. — Stipules minute, deciduous. — Racemes or panicles ter- 

 minal drooping, sub-cylindrical, a little downy. — Bractes a single^, 

 acute, very small, caducous one at the base of each pedicel. — Calyx 

 deeply five- parted, divisions roundish, slightly pubescent, several 

 times shorter than the petals. — Petals five, alternate with the divisi- 

 ons of the calyx, spreading ; margins becoming recurved. — Nectary 'a 

 concave, five-sided receptacle, on which the germ rests. — Filaments 

 five, very short, inserted on the five angels of the nectary, alternate 

 with the petals. Anthers sub-sagittate. — Germ ovate, three-lobed, 

 three-celled, with two ovula in each, attached to the base of the axisv 

 Style scarcely any. Stigma three-lobed, lobes spreading, with notched 

 margins. — Capsule round, size of a pea, one-celled, three-valved. — 

 Seeds from three to six ; three or four is the most common number ; 

 shape conform to the number, each invested in a thick, complete, 

 fleshy, orange-coloured aril. Integument single. — Perisperm conform 

 to the seed, white and hard. — Embryo straight, erect, green. Cotyle- 



