Guettarda. pentandhia monqgynia. 521 



eel, having a pair of opposite, linear, ciliate bractlets above i(s middle ; 

 they are said to be flagrant \\hile quite fresh, but they emit a very 

 offensive smell ou being steeped in water after they have been dried. 

 /Estivation valvae. — Ca yr sub-comparmlate, wider than the tube 



of ihe corolla, with five, small, remote teeth Corolla fleshy, half 



an inch l">ig, with a five- rarely four-cleft spreading border; lobes 

 lanceolate, ac t.te. Throat open, toge'her with the inside of the tube 

 and the base of the lariniae bearded with short, fleshy hairs, which 

 c nceal ihe I near sub-sessile, enclosed anthers. — Ovary underneath, 

 small, two-celled, two-seeded; uvula erect. Stigma linear, two- 

 lobed. 



Obs. I have not seen the fruit, and am therefore unable to de- 

 cide with any certainty on its true genus. It may perhaps belong 

 villi the two last described species to a new genus, approaching to 

 Aubiet'-s liuuabea. — N. VV. 



GUETTARDA, Schreb. gen. N. 1437. 



Calyx sub.entire. Carol infuudibnliform, with the border from 

 five- to eight-parted. Stamina from five to eight. Drupe dryj nut 

 from five- to ci°ht-celled. Seed so.itarv. 



]. G. 'peciosa, JVitld. spec. iv. 398. 



Arboreous, unarmed. Leaves obovate. Cymes axillary, dicho- 

 tom mis. F'owers sessile, from seven, to eight-cleft. Drupes with 

 as manv see Is as divisions in the border of the corol. 



Ja miunm hirsutum, Itilld. i. p. 3 1. 



C i^umb-d jasmiinflora, v. Fleur. de St. Thome. Sonnerat. t. 2. p. 

 228. t. 128. 



Kava pu. Rheed. mat. iv. 99. t. 47 and 48. 



On the coast of Coromandel, it is onlj to be found in gardens, 

 Mhere it is laised from the seed. It is in flower all the year round. 



Nam 



