DESCRIPTION 
ovules. „Style a little longer than the sta- 
mens. Stigma capitate. Capsule ovate, 
pointed, smooth, five to six-celled, five to 
six-valved, margins of the valves intro- 
flexed. Seeds two in each cell, attached 
by their middle to the inner ridge of the 
valvular partitions, oblong, membranace- 
ous at both ends, bifid at the lower. 
CHIONOTRIA. W. J. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Calyx 5-partitus inferus. Corolla 5-pe- 
tala. Stamina 10, erecta. Ovarium 2-lo- 
culare 2-sporum, ovulis pendulis. Stylus 
1. Siigma capitatum. Bacca monosper- 
ma, Semen exalbuminosum apice umbili- 
catum; cotyledonibus maximis convexo- 
planis, radiculà superá minimâ.—Frutex, 
foliis simplicibus oppositis pellucido-punc- 
tatis, racemis azillaribus.—Genus Auran- 
tiis affine 
CHIONOTRIA RIGIDA. W.J. 
Native of Pulo Pinang. 
A Shrub, with corrugated grey bark. 
Leaves opposite, very short petioled, ovato- 
lanceolate, acuminate, narrow at the base, 
very entire, very smooth, pellucidly punc- 
tate. Stipules subulate, acute. Racemes 
axillary, erect, rigid, branched, strict, 
shorter than the leaves; pedicels short, 
ngid, many-flowered ers greenish, 
Mconspicuous. Bracts very small. Calyx 
very small, five-parted. Corolla little longer s 
than the calyx, five-petaled. Stamens ten, 
exsert, erect; anthers incumbent. Ova- 
rium superior, two - celled, two - seeded, 
seeds pendulous. Style thick, as long as 
the stamens. Stigma capitate, obtuse. Ber- 
ry of the size of a cherry, snow-white, 
globular and somewhat flattened, umbili- 
cate, consisting of a spongy, farinaceous 
pulp, and containing a single large, round 
seed. Seed globose, attached superiorly 
and there umbilicate. Integument coria- 
: with veins which diverge f 
r TS conform to the seed. Cofy- | 
s Tree ufa deep green co- 
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tate on the inner surface. Radicle supe- 
rior, obverse to the umbilicus, short, 
straight, cylindrical, obtuse, covered with 
ferruginous down. It is elongated into a 
short, conical plumule. 
PLANTS. 
SPHALANTHUS. W. J. 
DecanpriA Monocynia.—Nat. Ord. 
CoMBRETACE. Br. 
Calyx tubulosus, hinc gibbus, deciduus, 
limbo 5-partito. Corolla 5-petala, sum- 
mo tubo calycis inserta et ejusdem laciniis 
alterna. Stamina 10, corolla breviora. 
Stylus tubo calycis hinc accretus. Ova- 
rium uniloculare, ovulis paucis ab apice 
loculi pendulis. Capsu a 5-alata, mono- 
sperma, semine bsp Semen exal- 
buminosum, videres convexo-planis, 
radicula minima conicá 
SPHALANTHUS CONFERTUS. W. J. 
Kayu Sumang, Malay. 
A Shrub, with round nearly smooth 
branches. Leaves generally alternate, large 
and reflexedly bifarious, short petioled, 
ovato-oblong, acuminate, subcordate at the 
base, entire, very smooth. — Petioles short, 
somewhat recurved. Stipules none. Spikes 
one to three, terminal, bending in an op- 
posite direction from the leaves. Flowers 
crowded, sessile. Bracts lanceolate, pend 
much shorter than the flowers. Cal 
perior, very long, tubular, gibbous 
side below, reddish and somewhat : E 
tose without, limb five-parted, somewhat 
reflex, lacinie acute, broader at the base. 
Corolla five-petaled, white at first, becom- 
ing red after expansion, a little rungen — 
the calyx, petals ovato- oblong, acute. 
Stamens ten, inserted in a double series 
on the calyx, erect, shorter than the co- 
rs oblong, yellow. Ovary 
