THE 



Calcutta Journal 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. By George 

 Gardner, F.L.S., Superintendent of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kandy. 



DYSODIDENDRON, Genus novum. 



(Ord. Nat. Rubiace;E, Trib. Anthosperme^e.) 



Char. Gen. — Calyx tubo obovato, cum ovario connato, 

 limbo supero, quadrifido vel rarius quinquefido, lobis brevibus. 

 Corolla supera, infundibuliformis, tubo basi intus vel ad 

 faucem hirsuto, limbo 4-5 lobo, lobis aestivatione induplicatis, 

 integris. Stamina 4-5, corollae fauci inserta : filament a bre- 

 vissima vel subnulla : antherce oblongse, inclusae. Ovarium 

 inferum, biloculare : Ovula in loculis solitaria, erecta. Stylus 

 filiformis, inclusus : Stigma bifidum, lobis oblongis, obtusis. 

 Bacca obovata, calycis limbo coronata, 1-2 pyrena : Nuclea 

 crustaceae, 1-loculares, l-spermse. Semina erecta : Testa mem- 

 branacea. Embryo in axi albuminis dense carnosi orthotropus : 

 Cotyledonibus foliaceis : Radicula elongata, infera. Frutices 

 in India orientali crescentes ; ramis dichotomis, teretibus ; 



VOL. VII. NO. XXV. APRIL, 1846. B 



