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sequentes subfeminei, virescentes, diametro 4 mm., in fructu 6 mm. Calyx sub anthesi pa- 

 tens, corollae aequilongus, fructifer reflexus, corollâ 2— 3-love brevior, Petala e basi atte- 

 nuata obovata, intus valde cristata, libéra, in fructu accreta, carnosa, nigra, discreta, Sta- 

 mina corollam paulo, antherae filamenta superantes, priores laeves, anguste oblongae. Styli 

 lineares Ovaria triplo superantes. Carpella exserta apice subcompressa, concentrice 5- 

 costata, versus latus ventrale venosa, 4 mm. loDga; parietes carpellorum crustacei atri, intus 

 ochroleuci. Seminis testa tenuis, cinnamomea, raphe basi ramosa, apice versus hilum sim- 

 plici. Albumen nullum. Radicula cotyledonibus crassis virentialbidis 4-lo brevior. 



2. C. nepalensis Wall. Pl. As. rar. t. 289. Griffith, Itin. notes, 124. n. 428. 

 Notulae IV, pag. XL Paxton, Fl. Gard. II, 86. n. 359. c. fig. 180. Clarke in Ann. and 

 mag. of nat. hist. 2 ser. XI. tab. 2. fig. 1. (ovarium cum ovulis). Hook, fil., Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 II, 44. Brandis, For. fl. 128. Kurz, For. fl. Brit. Burma, II, 281. 



Hab. in Himalaya, fere ab Indo ad Bhutan (Griffith), inter 2500 et 7500 ped. alti- 

 tudinem, in Sikkim ad 11 mill. ped. ascendens; in Ava (fide Kurz); in Chinae prov. Yun- 

 nan, ex Hooker filio. In Britannia culta frigori fréquenter succubuit, rediviva tarnen 

 e radice. 



Rami ab ovibus depasti, fructus edulis quidem (Royle, III. 166), sed sitim vel coli- 

 cam producens (Brandis). 



Frutex vel arbuscula 1 2-1 6-pedalis, fide Royle polygama vel dioica, fide Kurz (Report 

 on Pegu, n. 737) sempervirens, ex Lindleyo (inPaxt. 1. c.) Müs deciduis, ramis arcuatis 

 elongatis. Cortex cinnamomeo-fuscus. Pubes, racemis scabropuberulis exceptis, nulla. Folia 

 ramorum inferiora multo minora, rotundata v. late elliptica, obtusa cum mucrone v. abortu 

 hujus emarginata, reliqua cordatoelliptica v. cordatoovata, subito brève cuspidata, summa 

 ellipticolanceolata, acuta cum mucrone, omnia brevissime petiolata (vix 2 mill.), 3 — 5-ner- 

 via, majora 80 : 50 mill., minima simulque infima 15 : 15 mm. magna. Racemi aphylli, 

 nutantes, primum densi, 25 mm., tum laxi, 40 mm. longi. Flores S 10-andri, carpellis 

 5 rudimentariis, $ staminibus alternis 5 imperfectis, fide Royle; sub anthesi diametro 

 2 mill., in fructu 3 mm., ex brunneo rufescentes. Calyx sub anthesi patulus corolla major, 

 in fructu reflexus, petalis valde accretis pluries brevior. Petala primum libéra, in fructu 

 basi gamopetala, late deltoideoovata, intus valide cristata. Filamenta sub anthesi stylos 

 lineares non attingentia, petala superantia. Antherae oblongae, filamento demum duplo 

 breviores, sanguineae, minute verruculosae. Styli ovario duplo longiores, sanguinei. Car- 

 pella ultra 2 mill. longa, apice compressiuscula, dorso carinata et secus carinam utrinque 



1) Tab. 575 Griffithii Icon. pl. asiat. IV. Coriaria 

 nepalensis siguata , minime hue pertinet ob racemos 

 erectos ebracteatos laxos , e foliis amplis 3-nerviis axil- 

 lares singulos v. binos, perulas ad bases racemorum nul- 



las, pedicellos patulos et floris delineationem, quae caly- 

 cem, ut videtur, 5-lobum et ovarium (?) duplo longius fere 

 globosum monstrat. 



