■5-30 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA» CelaStTUS. 



which are very distinct from all the other species. The petals are 

 opposite aud inserted oh the branch by means of a joint.— -N. W. 



I' 6. C. lueida, Wall, 



Unarmed, smooth, scandent ? Leaves ovate, acute, serrate, g'ossy 

 aiid shining. Capsules triquetrous, tri-valved, disposed in axillary 

 racemes, many- seeded? 



M'y knowledge of this species is derived from a single fruit-bear- 

 asg specimen; gathesed at Pinang by Mr. Jack, in I8l9. The leaves 

 t*re remaikably tough and leathery, of an elegant oval foini, a'>out 

 f ':;ee niches long, dark-green above, pallid and reticulate underneath; 

 pitial half an iv.ch wag.— -Capsules disposed in axillary, solitary, or 

 gemmate short tacemes, sharply three-cornered, with divaricate valves* 

 i have not seen the seeds. — N. W. 



17. C paucifiora, Wall. 



Unarmed, eiect, smooth, shrubby. Leaves lanceolate, acumi*. 

 ■ , serrulate. Peduncles axillary, from six to eight- rlovvered. Pistil 

 villous. Nedary five-lobed. Capsule triangularly g obose, tri-vaivcd. 



A native of Pinarig where it is called Boonga Lauwng. 



A bhrub vti'ui smooth branches. Leaves alternate, very short- 

 gfetioled- lanceolate, acuminate, slightly serrated, very smooth. Siti- 

 I - lanceolate, acute, very deciduous, Peduncles short, axillary, 

 solitary; from six to eight-flowered. They are frequently from the 

 axils of the fallen leaves. Flowers yellowish green, fascicled, short- 

 pecUeelled Bractes small, acute. Calyx inferior, ovate, five-leaved, 

 leaflets ovate, acute, conniving at their apices. — Corolla yellowish, 

 five-parted, petals inserted on the receptacle, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 a little longer than the calyx, and alternating with its leaflets. Nec- 

 tary short, five-lobed, surrounding the getm. Stamina five, insert- 

 ed into the lobes of the nectary, erect, included ; anthers sagittate, 

 acute, conniving into a ring round the style. Ovarium, superior, 

 ovate, one-ceiled, six-seeded.— Style a little longer than the stamina, 

 ibnieutose together with the ovary. Stigma §impie.—= Capsule sur« 



