620 PENTANDRIA M0N0GYNIA. Pacderi*. 



■mall, numerous, white, inodorous. — Ca/i/x superior, short, siighly 

 five-toothed. — Coral w ltli a short tube w licit is woody on the inside ; 

 segments of the bolder o'blojig. — Filaments short, inserted on the 

 tube of the c<>rol. Anthers (rva!, scarcely exsert. — Germ turbinate, 

 two-celled, with one ovulum in each, altael ed to the inner, and lower 

 angle of its ceil. Sty e the length of the tube of the co; ol. Stigma two- 

 lobed. — Btrru inferior, the size of a pea, when ripe smooth, shining, 

 highly polished, b ack, two-celled ; one of .he cells frequently abor- 

 tive. — Seeds solitary, with a very deep concavity on tlie inner or 

 flat side. Integument single. — Perisperm conform to the seed, ra- 

 ther hard. — Embryo lodged in the middle of the perisperm. Cotyr 

 ledons round, reniform. Radicle inferior. 



4. P. ternata, Wall. 



Trichotomous, erect ; smooth, with triangular branchlets. Leaves 

 ternate, oblong-lanceolate. Corymbs axillary, trichotomous, erect, 

 shorter than the leaves. Calyx companuiate, obscurely five-toothed* 



Found in flower in April, on the J uyunu'yapoora mountains, border- 

 ing on Sg.hel ; communicated by Mr. De Silva. 



JNative name Teoomere (csrttarfir) ; Acheh'a Pata (^itfrfipsrl Htn). 



A small tree. Branches trichotomous, round, covered with ash. 

 coloured bark Branchlets triangular, glaucous, smooth as well as 

 all the other parts — Leaves coriaceous, spreading, ternate, some* 

 times opposite, oblong-lanceolate, finely acuminate, entire, acute at 

 the base, shining above, with elevated rib and nerves underneath, the 

 latter oblique, communicating near the margin, especially towards the, 

 apex of the leaf, by means of arched anastomoses, veins sub-trans- 

 versal; length five or six inches, — Petiol very short, si late.— 

 Stipules erect, lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat keeled, deciduous, 

 equalling the petiols in length. — Corymbs axillary, five-flowered, one®. 

 or twice trichotomous, about four times shorter than the leaves, sup- 

 ported by slender, triangular, sparingly pubescent peduncles, with lan- 

 ceolate, ternate biactes under each sub-division. — flowers ternate, ra- 

 ther large, infundibuliform, white, suppoited by along, filiform pedU 



