Celaslrus. pentandria monogynia. S'JO 



and smooth ; reticulate when dry. — Stipules none. — Peduncles fili- 

 form, axi.lary, opposite, twice as ;ong as the petiols, three-flowered. 

 Bractes minute, triangular; two at the base of the common pedicel, 

 and tour verticilled surround the insertion of the short pedicels. — 

 Flowers small — Laciiri<z of the calyx short, rounded. Vetals ovate, 

 obtuse. — Anthers large, ovate. — Style columnar; stigma obscurely 

 two-lobed. 



Obs. In general appearance and in the varying figure of the leaves 

 it is much like C trigyaa, Lam., but it is sufficiently distinct by its 

 opposite bianches aud leaves and the entire margins of the latter.— 



N. W. 



15. C. bivahis, JV, Jack, in Mai. Misc. i. 



Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, entire. Peduncles lateral, few-flow* 

 ered. Corolla wanting. Capsule two-valved, one-seeded. 



A shrub with smooth branches. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 lanceoia'e, acuminate, acute at the base, very smooth. Stipules 

 none. — Peduncles lateral, divaricately dichotoinous, few-flowered, 

 (five- to ten-Hoc. ei cd). Bractes small. Calyx tive-pai ted, bibrac- 

 teate at the base ; lacinia roundish, imbricated. Corolla none. 

 Stamina five, erect, united beneath into a five-toothed ring or ur- 

 ceolus ; filaments flat; anthers oblong. — Style erect, as long as the 

 stamina. Stigma tiuncate. — Capsule ovate, green, smooth, crown- 

 ed with the style, two-valved, one-celled, one- seeded; valves open- 

 ing from the base, aud falling off from the seed, which is more 

 persistent and remains on the peduncle. Seed ovate, contained in 

 a beautiful crimson arillus, which is delicately veined. Albumen 

 cartilaginous, conform to the seed. Embryo erect, central, as long 

 as the albumen. Cotyledons Hat, foliaceous, ovate, obtuse. Ra- 

 dicle inferior, obverse to the umbilicus, round, much shorter than 

 the cotyledons. — W. Jack, 1. cit. 



Obs. by N. TV. 

 1 have specimens with fruit collected at Pinang by my late friend, 



