COLUBRIN A. 
(Richard.) 
Natural Order , Rhamne^e. Linnsean Classification , 
Pentandria, Monogynia. 
Calyx spreading, 5-cleft; the tube hemispherical. Petals 5, 
obovate, convolute. Stamens 5, with ovate, 2-celled anthers. 
Disk fleshy, rather flat, slightly 5-angled. Ovary immersed 
in and adhering to the disk, 3-celled. Style trifid. Stigmas 3. 
Fruit capsular, dehiscent, tricoccous, girt at the base by the 
adnate, permanent, entire tube of the calyx. Seeds furnished 
with a short stalk, the testa coriaceous, very smooth. 
Trees or shrubs of tropical America and Asia. Leaves alter- 
nate, with pinnate nerves and reticulated with transverse veins. 
Flowers in short axillary cymes. 
SNAKE-WOOD. 
COLUBRIN A Americana, foliis ovatis subacuminatis inte- 
gris , subtus ramulis floribusque ferrugineo-villosis , flori- 
bus axillaribus corymboso adgregatis . 
Ceanothus colubrinus . Lamarck. Decand. Prod., vol. 2. p. 
31. Persoon. Synops., vol. 1. p. 244. 
Rhamntjs colubrinus . Jacqtjin, Amer. 74. No. 2. Hort. Vindo- 
bon., vol. 3. tab. 50. Vogel, icon. rar. tab. 105. Linn. Syst. 
Yol. 1. p. 195. 
Rhamnus arboreus , foliis obovatis venosis , capsulis sphxricis y 
inferne ad medietatem calyptratis . Browne, Jamaic. p. 
172. No. 2. 
