Ml 
stipitatum ; stigmata 4 bifida. Coronula e processibus 3-4 subulatis brevibus luteis, 
fundo perianthii in ambitu podogynii insertis (staminibus imperfectis). Capsula siliqui- 
formis, longe stipitata, tetragona, quadrivalvis ; valvis basi apiceque cohaerentibus. 
Semina valvarum medio inserta, subcylindrica, truncata, arillo integro testae inflatae 
adhaerente. Flores racemosi, racemis geminis faemineo flore solitario longe pedunculato 
interjecto.— C. Ecklonii, C. B. Sp. Herba annua. (?) N. ab Esenbeck in litteris. 
13. Anisotes. 
Lythrum anomalum. Aug. de St. H. in Ann. des Sc. 2. ser. 1. 6. 
14. Phaleria. Jack. 
In many respects this seems to agree with Rhamnaceae ; but the stamens are 8, petals 0, 
and albumen 0. 
15. Olinia. Thunberg. 
Referred here upon Mr. Arnott’s authority. 
16. Plottzia. Arnott. 
Calyx fere ad basin 5-fidus ; tubus brevis cupulatus intus membrana tenui albida tectus ; 
segmentis conniventibus linearibus 3-nerviis dorso sub apice cucullato in cornu spinescens 
desinente. Petala nulla. Stamina 5 ; filamenta subulata summo calycis tubo inserta. 
Stylus filiformis unicus et stigma simplex. Capsula evalvis 1-sperma ovata calyce indu- 
rate tecta glabra. Caules simplices e basi decumbente suffruticosa erecti, ex eadem 
radice lignosa plures, alii annotini floriferi, alii hornotini dimidio breviores, floribus 
carentes. Folia opposita subulata rigidiuscula mucronata utrinque bistriata erecta, 
internodiis longiora. Stipulge membranaceae lanceolatae plus minusve fissae vel acerge 
foliis dimidio breviores. Cymae terminales dichotomae. Calyces flavidi. — Paronychia 
dichotoma. Nuttall. — Arnott in litt. 
17. Schizonotus. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. — Spiraea sorbifolia, &c. 
18. Lupinus, L. 
Referred hither upon the authority of Mr. Agardh, Jun. 
19. Synaedrys. 
Arbor, folia, flores, et cupula, plane ignota ; in foro Cantonensi vulgo venditatur fructus, 
qui glans est depressa, maxima pro parte cupula immersa, ossea, apice depresso medio 
subtomentoso ; intus semiquinquelocularis. Semen abortu solitarium cotyledonibus in 
tot lobos divisis quot loculi, more Juglandis. — Sp. 1. Syncedrys ossea. 
20. Scepa. 
<?Stam. 2. $ Sepala 4-6 serie duplici. Stigmata 4, fimbriata. Ovula apice villis immersa. 
Tot laminae arillaceae quot ovula. — Sp. 1. S. m^Zosa =Lepidostachys villosa. Wall. Cat. 
7298. — Sp. 2, S. stipulacea ; sepalis faemineis interioribus trilobis, foliis petiolatis oblongo- 
lanceolatis acuminatis glabris, stipulis oblongis acutis membranaceis petioli longitudine. 
In regno Burmano, Griffith. 
21. Lepidostachys. Wall. Cat. No. 6816. 
(? Stamina .5. ? Sepala 4-6 serie duplici. Stigmata 2, emarginata, integerrima. Ovula 
apice nuda. Lamina arillacea una ovulorum pari cuique. — Sp. 1. L. Roxburghii, Wall. 
1. c.=Alnus dioica, Roxb. FI. Ind. 3. 580=:Commia? arillata, Hamilt. MSS. 
22. Hymenocardia. Wall. Cat. No. 3549. 
Floras dioici ? monoid ? o Amenta sessilia. Calyx 2-sepalus. Stamina 5, monadelpha, 
antheris oblongis basi acutis. 9 Flores fasciculati, gemmacei, Coryli modo. Calyx 5- 
partitus. Ovarium superum biloculare, stigmatibus 2 setaceis sessilibus. Ovula 
gemina, collateralia, appensa, basi attenuata et dilatata post faecundationem. Fructus 
juvenis membranaceus, compressus, 2-locularis, bialatus — Folia oblonga, integerrima ; 
juniora villosa, adulta glabriuscula. — Sp. 1. Hymenocardia punctata. Wall. 1. c. I 
have not seen the ripe fruit of this, and am therefore doubtful as to its true station. No 
satisfactory trace of aril is visible in the young ovules, nor does the fruit look as if it 
