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trifid: stigmas 3: capsule dehiscing, tricoccous, surrounded at the 
base by the permanent tube of the calyx: seeds furnished with a 
short stalk: testa coriaceous, very smooth. 
(1) C. Asrarica. (Brongn.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod.I. p. 166. 
Syn. Ceanothus Asiaticus, Linn. Dec. prod. IT. p. 30.—C, cape 
sularis, Forst. Dec. prod. IL. p. 32. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ill. I. t. 74.—Burm. Zeyl. t. 48. 
Spec. CHar. Erect shrub: leaves alternate, ovate, acuminated, 
3-nerved at the base, crenate-serrated, shining: cymes axillary, 
about the length of the petioles: petals convolute, emarginate, 
rather longer than the stamens: flowers few, pale-greenish. 
Peninsula, Western Ghauts, flowering in April and May. 
GENUS VIL. VITMANNITA. 
Pentandria Monogynia. Sev: Syst: 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx 5-cleft: petals 5: stamens at first inclosed 
within the petals: anthers ovate, 2-celled: ovary half inferior, 
8-celled: style simple, 3-angled, 3-furrowed: stigma 3-lobed. 
(1) V. Arricana,. (FW. § A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 166. 
Syn. Willemetia Africana, Brongn.—Ceanothus Africana, Linn, 
Dee. prod. II. p. 32. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 490.—Pluk. t. 126. f, 1. 
Srrc. Cuar. Glabrous shrub: branches erect: petals hooded : 
leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, serrated : stipules broad 
and short, recurved: cymes few-flowered, axillary or terminal: 
flowers small, white. 
Peninsula, 
GENUS VII. GOUANTA. 
Pentandria Monogynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv, In honor of Anthony Gouan, Professor of Botany at 
Montpelier, 
Gen. Cuan, Usually climbing shrubs, occasionally tendrilled 
by abortion of the branches: calyx 5+cleft: segments spreading : 
petals 5, convolute or hooded: stamens enclosed within the petals: 
anthers ovate, 2-celled : ovary covered by the disk, 3-celled : style 
8-cleft : fruit inferior, with 3 angles or wings, consisting of 3 come 
pressed indehiscent carpels, 
