CAl.YCIFLOn^E. 
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flowers. Calyx externally puberulous, 5-fid for half the length ; 
divisions ovate, acute, with a ridge running on the inner sur- 
face of each from the apex nearly to the base; after flowering 
circumscised at the base. Petals alternating with the divisions 
of the calyx, and rather shorter spathulate, oblong, con- 
cave. Stamens 5, concealed in the petals, of the same length 
as the divisions of the calyx ; filaments subulate, received at the 
base into indentations on the disk: anthers oval. Disk penta- 
gonal. Styles 3 : stigmata simple. Fruit placed on the per- 
sistent base of the calyx, size of an English pea, spherical, 3- 
sulcate at the apex, 3- celled : seeds solitary, oval, compresso- 
3-gonal, of a shining brown colour. 
4. Ceanotlius colubrinus. TVest- India Snake-wood. 
Leaves ovate subacuminate entire ferrugineo-villous 
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beneath, as also the branchlets and flowers, flowers 
axillary corymboso-aggregated, style 3-gonal. 
Rhamnus arboreus, Browne, 176. — R. colubrinus, Jacq. Amer. 
1 A. No. 2 . — Roemer et Schultes, V. 284 — Ceanothus reclinatus, 
De Cand. Prod. II. 31. 
HAB. Near Half-way Tree. 
FL. End and middle of the year. 
An erect tree: branches horizontally spreading; when young 
ferrugineo-subtomentose. Leaves glabrous above, 2-6 inches 
long. Peduncles axillary, ferrugineo-tomentose, about 7-flow- 
ered. Style triquetrous, 3-fid at the apex. Berry subrotund, 
3-celled, 3-valved : seeds solitary, ovate, black, shining. 
This tree is distinguished from the preceding species, by the 
different parts being ferrugineo-villous, and the style simple 
and 3-fid at the apex. 
ORDER L VIII. SAMYDE JE. 
Calyx persistent : sepals 3, 5, or 7> more or less 
cohering at the base. Petals O. Stamens adnate to 
the tube of the calyx, in number double triple or quad- 
ruple that of the sepals : filaments monadelphous, 
either all of them anther-bearing, or each alternate 
one sterile, villous or ciliated : anthers 2-celled. Ovary 
superior, 1 -celled : style 1 : stigma capitate or sub- 
lobate. Capsule coriaceous, 1-celled, 3-5-valved, 
