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lorum tcnui fusca; altera extremitate exsculptum cavitate minuta, embryonifera, super- 
ficiei apicis proximo. Embryo mmutissimus, subglobosus, albus. Hadicula centrifugal 
ObSISK V ATION*. 
This is a very handsome, fragrant plant. The natives cat the fruit. I he embryo is 
so minute, that I have not been able as yet to dissect it properly •, but I trust, that the 
plants, which 1 brought with me from Nipal to the lion. Company's botanic garden and 
which are at present thriving’ very well, will enable me to determine its structure at some 
future period. 
KADSU11A PROPINQU A, Wall TAB. 15. 
Ilioica, polyandra ; Jloribvs subfasciculatis, erectiuscnlis; pedunevlis petiolum vix 
oeqiiantibus, medio bracteatis ; antheris sessilibus, immersis ; baccis dispermis, spieatis ; 
radii tuberculosa. 
Observavi in monte Sheopore, rariusque in collibus ad Sankoo, Napalite. Floret 
Majo et Junio ; fructus maturescunt Octobre. 
Frutex ramosissiina, valubilis, glaberrima, ramis, gemmisqlie ut in priore specie. Fo¬ 
lia interstitiis duplo vel triplo longiora, ovato-lanceolata, in acumen desinentia longum et 
gracile, remote denticulata, interque dentes obsolete sinuata, nunc fere integerrima, basi 
rot undata vel acutiuscula, carnosa, firraa et fragilia, 5-0-pollicaria, lucida, subtus pallida, 
nervis capillaceis versus marginem anastomosantibus, siccitate reticulata, ad lucem visa 
minutim puuctulata; in plantis novellis luxuriantibus maculis pallide viridibus subalbi- 
cantibus variegata .—Petiolus crassiusculus, brevis, semipollicaris, coeterum ut in antece- 
dente. Stipulm nulla ?.—Flores axi 1 lares, solitarii vel geminati, illis dimidio minores, fere 
inodori, leviter nutantes, patentissimi, initio pallide flavi, dein aurantiaci, dioici, a?stiva- 
tione in globulum pisi magnitudinis imbricati. Peduncuius teres, petiolum subtequans, 
nunc tertia parte brevior, basi squamulis duabus lanceolatis, emarcidis, deciduis, versus- 
que medium instructus brat teobi, cuvoosa, semiamplectente, ovatfi, obtusa patulA, dorso 
convex^, persistente. Musculorum (fig. 1,2.) sepala novem, ternario ordine alternatim 
disposita, patentia; exterior a tria valde parva, ovata, inaequalia; reliqua subrotunda, 
crassa et coriacea, membranaceo-marginulata, sub lento punctnlata, prioris speeiei dimi¬ 
dio minora .—Antherce (fig. 3, 4, 5.) parvae, lanceolatse, sessiles, duodcciin ad quinde- 
eim, tessellatirn imraersa? reeeptaculo caruoso, subgloboso, demum valvuhirnm trian- 
gularium adinstar liiantes leviterque reflex*, biloculares, dorso carnosa?, apiee liberie, 
loculis, parallelis, distinctis lateraliter dehiscentibus .—Foeminci (fig. 0,7.) quoad sepala 
masculis simillima .—Ocuria (fig. 8.) minima, valde numcrosa, carnosa, ovate, supra et 
intus marginuhi parum elevata notata, imbricata in acervulum subglobosum. Stylus nul- 
lus. Stigma prioris .—llucccc (fig. 9, 10.) globosse, carnosa?, numerosa’, laeves, eocci- 
Tieie, parum minores quam in antecedente, fabric^, vero intern;! omnino similes, disposita? 
in spicam breve peduncnlatani, sexpollicarem, eylindricam, radii parum incrassata, valde 
aspera propter tubercula numerosa baccas adligentibus. 
Observation. 
This is altogether a smaller species than K. grandifiora; particular!}* the flowers. It 
approaches to Schisandra coccinea , Mich. Flor. boreal.amer. 2. p. 219. t. 47. and Curt, 
bot. mag. 34. n. 1413. The flowers are at first pale yellow, but become afterwards deep 
orange-colored, especially the inner leaflets. The male receptacle is globular, fleshy. 
