Celastrus. pentandria monogynia. 3t)i 



dons oblorg. Radicle cylindric, inferior, with its apex pointing to the 

 umbilicus. 



Obs. There are five or six !arge plants of this in the botanic gar- 

 den, of these one only is hermaplnodite and fertile, all the rest are 

 male, or male-hermaphrodite, and barren. 



Obs by N. W, 

 I have found this elegant species on the hills at Rajmahul, ia 

 fruit in August. Specimens have also been communicated to me 

 by my valued friend Capt. W. S. Webb, gathered about Siriuagur. 

 — N. W. 



6. C. trigyna, R* 



Unarmed. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong, entire. Flowers 

 on small, axillary, dichotomous, round heads. Nectary of five scales, 

 alternate in the stamen. Styles three. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



7. C. verticillata, R. 



Arboreous, unarmed. Leaves scattered, broad-lanceolate, waved, 

 entire, smooth. Panicles terminal, umbelliferous. Capsules one- 

 celled, two-valved, few-seeded. 



Reared in the botanic garden at Calcutta from seeds sent from 

 Nipal by Dr. Buchanan in 1802, under the vernacular name Ti- 

 bils'ti. The young trees flowered for the first time, in the rainy 

 season of 1805, when they were from twelve to fifteen feet high. The 

 seeds ripen in January. 



Trunk straight ; the branches and branchlets have a strong tendency 

 to be verticil late. Bark of the trunk, and larger branches greenish ash- 

 coloured, dotted with some small, elevated, lighter-coloured specks, 

 *— Leaves numerous, drooping, scattered, more crowded towards the 



* Tbis name must be altered, theretoing another plant 80 called by Lamarck. See C,oh 

 tusifofa, Roth. p. 394.-N. W. 



