The tree is of a coniiderable height, upright, much 
branched, and ' of a beautiful appearance when the 
flowers are come to maturity, or rather about perfecting 
their feed, as in the fpecimen here figured. Every part 
is quite fmooth. Branches oppofite, round, llightly 
angular at the top.' Leaves oppofite, on footftalks,. 
ternate. Leaflets feflile, nearly equal, lanceolate, obtufe, 
ferrated, veiny, fliining, paler beneath. Stipula none. 
Panicles terminal, firfl: oppofitely, and then alternately 
branched, with a fmall pointed glutinous braCtea at the 
bafe of each partial flower-ftalk. Flowers at firfl ex- 
panding fmall, but the calyx afterwards becomes much 
enlarged, whitifli, tinged with red, and all their j:)arts 
continue permanent till the fruit is ripe. The Calyx 
is inferior, five-cleft ; its fegments lanceolate, acute, 
flightly ribbed ; its margin at the bafe of the fegments 
furrounded with a ring bearing the petals and flamina, 
as in icofandrous plants. Petals alternate with its feg- 
ments, at firfl equal to them in length, then much 
fhorter, irregularly and unequally pinnatifid ; their di- 
vifions linear and acute. Stamina fhorter than the 
petals, awl-fliaped. Antherce roundifli, of two oval cells^ 
and with a fpur at their bafe. Germen in the bottom 
of the calyx, globular, ten-ribbed. ' Style awl-fliaped, 
fhort. Stigma cloven, acute. Capfule in form like the 
germen, fmall, with a coriaceous covering, originally 
two-celled, but one fide feems always abortive, and the 
feed in the other pulhes the partition from the centre. 
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