Celattrus. fentandria monogynia. 395 



axillary and terminal, linear, thin of branches, two, three, or even 

 four times longer than the leaves, smooth. — Flowers numerous, 

 small, pale greenish yellow. — Bractes subulate, small, smooth. — Ca- 

 lyx hve-parted, segments short and rounded. — Petals five, sub-orbi- 

 cular, inseited, alternate with the stamens under the margin of the 

 flat repand nectary, which embraces the base of the germ. — Filaments 

 five, shoit. Anthers oval. — Germ obovate, oblong, ihree-celled, with 

 two ovula in each attached to the bottom of the cell. Style short. 

 Stigma trigonal. — Capsule the size of a field bean, oblong, smooth, 

 tlnee-valved, but 1 never found more than one cell. — Seed solitary, 

 covered with an orange-coloured, pulpy tunic, under it a single, ten- 

 der integument, of a light brown colour. — Perisperm conform to the 

 seed, pure white. — Embryo erect, deep green. Cotyledons oblong. 

 Radicle oval, inferior. 



Obs. by N. W. 



I have had this species also under the native name of Lata K«- 

 miki. I add the following carpological details, supposing that they 

 may not prove altogether uninteresting. 



Capsule slight. y three-cornered, gieenisb, bursting into three re- 

 curved valves, each of which is keeied within, drillas scailet, 

 slightly pervious at the apex of the seed. Funic le consisting of a nar- 

 row linear fascicle of vessels, surrounding entirely the external cover- 

 ing of the seed, in a direction corresponding to the margins of the 

 embryo. Embryo most beautifully green. Cotyledons loliaceous, 

 contiguous, very large, slightly cordate, occupying nearly the whole 

 breadth of the perisperm, and the radicle reaching almost its base. 

 ~ N. W. 



11. C. robustus, R. 



Leaves alternate, lanceolar, entire, glossy. Racemes axillary,; 



length of the leaves, Capsule one-celled, two-seeded. 



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