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(8) P. rsvraspermum. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 154. 
Engrav. Wight’s Spicil. I. t. 43. 
Srrc. Cuar. Large shrub: leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, corias 
ceous, margins slightly recurved: peduncles aggregated into a 
terminal sessile umbel, pubescent: sepals lanceolate, much shorter 
than the corolla, pubescent: petals linear: ovary hairy: stigmas 
4-lobed: ovules 2 in each cell: capsule neatly globose, somewhat 
compressed, 4-seeded: valves thick: flowers yellow. 
Ootacamund, flowering in February and March: 
ORDER XLVIII. CELASTRACEZ. 
Trees or shrubs with alternate, seldom opposite leaves: se- 
pals 4-5, united at the base, imbricated: petals as many as the 
sepals and alternating with them, inserted under the margin of 
the disk, sometimes wanting, imbricated: stamens as many as 
the petals, inserted into the disk, either at the margin or with- 
in it: anthers 2-celled, innate: disk large, flat, fleshy, closely 
surrounding the ovary, and covering the bottom of the calyx : 
ovary 2-5-celled: cells with 2 ovules, sometimes only one or 
several: styles 2-5, usually combined, sometimes distinct : fruit 
2-5-celled, drupaceous or capsular, 3-4-valved: seeds with or 
without an aril: albumen usually fleshy: embryo straight. 
GENUS I. TURPINIA. 
Polygamia Dicecia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. In honor of M, Turpin, a distinguished French Botani- 
eal Artist and Naturalist. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees or shrubs: calyx 5-partite, persistent: pe- 
tals 5: stamens 5, inserted under the margin of the disk: anthers 
ovate, dehiscing lengthwise: carpels 3, follicular, afterwards com- 
bined: ovules: 2-8 in each carpel: styles 3: stigmas flat, wedge- 
shaped: berry 3-celled: seeds 1-3 in each cell, truncated at the 
hilum. j 
(1) T. Nepautensis. (Wall. ) 
ident. W. &, A. prods I. p. 156. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 972,.—Spicil. t. 44, 
