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of the branch and are closely appressed to it so as to resem- 

 ble stipules. Flowers axillary, generally solitary, subsessile. 

 Calyx four-leaved, persistent. Petals four, shorter than the 

 calyx, trifid. Stamina eight, as long as the petals ; anthers 

 two-celled. Ovary inferior, four-sided, ferruginous, four- 

 celled, tetrasporous. Styles four, equal to the stamina. 

 Stigmas simple. Drupe oblong-ovate, red, containing a nut 

 with eight longitudinal furrows, and containing a single seed. 

 Seed oblong-oval ; embryo central in an ample albumen. 



Obs. — The general habit of this species is very peculiar, 

 and has much the character of Australasian vegetation, to 

 which country the genus principally belongs. 



XLVII. COMBRETACEiE. 



PYRRHANTHUS. (W, J.)^ 



Decandria Monogynia. N, O. Combretacece, Br. 



Calyx 5-fidus, superus, persistens. Corolla 5-petala calyce 

 longior. Stamina 5 — 10, erecta, corolla duplo longiora. 

 Ovarium uniloculare, ovulis 3 — 5 pendulis. Drupa cary- 

 ophylliformis, calyce coronata ; nuce oblonga monosperma. 



Arbor littorea inter Rhi^ophoras crescens : foliis crassis 

 ad apices ramorum confertis^Jloribus subcorymbosis, 



PYRRHANTHUS LITTOREUS. 



Miri batu. Malay, and in Sumatra Kayu Api-api. 

 Native of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, growing 

 among Mangroves in salt swamps and near the mouths of 



* Petaloma Roxb. Fl. Ind. Lumnitzera Willd. Wight and Arnott. 

 Bruguiera. Petit Thouars. 



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