24 CALYCIFLORyE, 



Trees or shrubs— Name of Indian derivation, given 

 by Aubiet. 



1. Cassipourea elliptica. 



Leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends shortly 

 petiolated very entire, flowers distinctly pecii- 

 ceiled. petals suhpalmato-fimbriated. 



Legnotis elliptica, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ II. 969. t. 17. 

 — Cassipourea elliptica, DC Prod. III. 31. 



HAB. The lofty mountains. 



F L. May and June. 



This must be a rare tree, as it has been described by 

 no Botanist, with the exception of Swartz— The follow- 

 ing is a brief description : 



A tree 10-30 feet in height. Leaves opposite, petiolafe, 

 scarcely nerved, very glabrous, somewhat stiff. Stipules 

 small, ovate, membranaceous, deciduous. Flowers axil- 

 lary, peduncled, 3-5 together ; peduncles 1-flowered, 

 generally shorter than the petiole, furnished at the inser- 

 tion with minute imbricating squamules. Calyx inter- 

 nally cano-tomentose ; divisions ovate, acute. Petals 

 longer than the calyx, deciduous : claw linear ; border 

 with the divisions linear, incarnate, with a white villosity, 

 Ovary subrotund pubescent, encircled with a fleshy annu- 

 lar disk. Capsule large, 3-gonal : seed solitary. 



ORDER LXXI. ONAGRARLE. 



Tube of the Calyx adnate partially or entirely 

 to tho ovary 5 limb 2-5 lob ed, frequently 4-lobed 5 

 aestivation valvular. Petals of the same number 

 as the calycine lobes and alternating with them ; 

 rarely none. Stamens of the same number as 

 the petals, or double. Ovary 2-4-celled, crowned 

 with a disk: style filiform : stigma capitate or 

 lobed. Fruit capsular, berried, or a drupe, 2-4- 

 celled. Seeds numerous in each cell : albumen 



