428 FENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Agfaiat 



seldom terminating abruptly. Common petiol two or three inches long, 

 swelled at the base, obscurely angular above, as well as the thickisli, 

 rounded rachis clothed with copious, soft pubescence. Leaflets mem- 

 branous, opposite, from four to six pairs, oblong, attenuato-acuminate, 

 unequal at the base, one side being shorter and acute, the other round- 

 ed and broader, on very short villous petiols ; entire, slightly waved, 

 pubesceut on both sides, with a few transparent dots, shining above, 

 pallid underneath ; nerves alternate, sub-transversal, arcuate towards 

 the margin and slightly reticulate ; the outermost pair from six to 

 eight inches long, the rest gradually decreasing, the lowermost ovate, 

 scarcely above two inches long — Stipules none. — Panicles axillary 

 towards the ends of the branchlets, oblong, equalling the leaves 

 in length, naked, pubescent, consisting of numerous, simple, alter- 

 nate, slender, cylindric racemes, about six inches long, of numerous, 

 globular, yellow, fragrant, perfectly smooth flowers, which scarcely 

 exceed a pepper-corn in size. Peduncle round, as long as thepe- 

 tiol ; rachis slender ; pedicels halt an inch long, clavate, supported 

 by a small, fleshy, subulate bractlet, and bearing one or two others 

 about their middle. — Calyx flat, very small, deeply divided into five 

 obtuse, gland-ciliate, ovate segments, — Petals five, much larger 

 than the calyx, imbricate, conniving over the nectary, round, obtuse, 

 fleshy, concave, sessile, their sides a little unequal, becoming some- 

 what spreadiug after impregnation has taken place. Nectary fleshy, 

 yellow, globular, a little shorter than the corolla, antheriferous 

 within, its base almost entire under the ovary, the mouth contracted 

 but pervious, obtusely five-toothed. Anthers ten, sessile, concealed 

 within the nectary, fleshy, ovate, longitudinally two-ceiled, erect, ob- 

 tuse ; five ot them more elevated, inserted into the base of the crena- 

 tures ; the other five attached to five small tubercles in the lower part 

 of the nectary, alternating with the upper row. — Ovary fleshy, small, 

 supported by the nectary, roundish, from three- to five-celled, cell* 

 one-seeded ; ovulum attached to the axis. Style none. Stigma fleshy, 

 a little below the mouth of the nectary, four or five-cornered. — I have 

 only seen the unripe fruit, which is disposed in pendulous racemes^ and 



