410 PJENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA^ Euonymm, 



Branches opposite, round, smooth ; the upper ones slender, slightly 

 quadrangular, heaves from lanceolate to ovate lanceolate, obtusely 

 acuminate, a'ienuato acute at the base, perfectly entire, leathery, three 

 inches long, shining above, with a prominent riband capillary nerves 

 underneath. Petiol very short. Peduncles opposite, axillary, solitary, 

 about twice as" long as the petiols, bearing one or two flowers. — 

 Bract es minute, lanceolate, opposite, below the middle of the one- 

 flowered peduncle, or under "the pedicels. — Flowers pentandrous. — 

 Petals oval, ciliate. Capsule obovate-clavate, surrounded at the ta- 

 pering base by the persistent calyx ; retuse at the apex and furnish- 

 ed with, five short, rounded, projecting wings. — 'N.'W. 



1 1 . E. dichotoma, Herb. Heyn. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, perfectly entire. 

 Peduncles dichotomous -at the apex. Capsule lengthened, clavate, 

 five-lobed. 



Specimens are preserved in Dr. Heyne's herbarium. 



Branches very slender, opposite or dichotomous, the outermost 

 Hightly quadi angular.— Leaves narrow, sometimes linear-lanceolar, 

 most entire, tapering and acuminate at both ends, smooth, two inches 

 long, on short, channelled .petio s. — Peduncles fascicled, filiform, 

 one-third, shorter than the leaves, two or three times dichotomous at 

 the apex, bearing a number of small pentandrous flowers. — Capsule 

 clavate, lengthened, tapering downwards, nearly an inch long; its 

 vertex five-lobed, retuse 5 lobes short, rounded. 



Obs. These two interesting species are much alike in foliage; the 

 last described differs in having much narrower leaves, more numerous, 

 dichotomous peduncles, but smaller flowers, and lengthened, five-lob- 

 ed, but not five-winged capsules. In none of the specimens are the 

 fruits ripe ; 1 am therefore doubtful if they .are genuine Euonymi, or 

 ought to constitute -a new genus.— N. W. 



12. E. echinata, Wall 



Scandent and radicant. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrate. Pe~ 



