148 
PACHYSANDRIA ? cortacza. 
Nepaul Pachysandra. 
MONECIA TETRANDRIA.—Nar. Onv. EUPHORBIACES. 
Gen. Cuar.—Masc. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor.0. Fam. Cal. 4-phyllus (vel @ 
squamis imbricatis). Cor. 0. Styli (2 vel) tres. Caps. (bi-) trilocula« 
ris. Sem. 2.—Willd. 
Pachysandra? coriacea; arborescens glabra, foliis ovato-lanceolatis longe 
acuminatis subcoriaceis integerrimis floribus foemineis digynis. 
A tall ?) shrub, with the stems and branches rounded, smooth, glabrous, 
somewhat shining. Leaves alternate, distant, placed upon a petiole, 
which is grooved above; and about an inch long ; ovato-lanceolate, much 
acuminated, glabrous, somewhat shining, quite entire, dark green above; 
scarcely nerved, beneath paler, rather more pride nerved, faintly 
3-nerved at the base. 
Flowers, from the younger branches, — in short, scarcely pedunculated, 
solitary spikes, in the axils of the leaves: at the base of the came are 
two or thre female flowers ; the rest are male. . r§ 
Male flower: Perianth 4-partite, segments ovate, Sein ee green ; ; 
surrounded at the base with 3-5 imbricated, ovate, pale green scales. 
_ Stamens 4, hypogynous, opposite to the segments of the Perianth. Fis 
laments, when arrived at their full growth, twice as long as the perianth, 
broad, flat, whitish, erecto-patent, at length patent. Anthers oblong, at 
first yellow ; cells almost opposite, much grooved.at the suture: after 
the discharge of the yellow pollen, they become brown and recurved. 
Pistil none, only a truncated gland. 
Female Flower: asmall, ovate, green, scaly bud or catkin ; the scales ovate, 
slightly acuminated, and ciliated at the margin. True perianth none. 
_ Stamens none, not even the rudiments of them existing. Pustil solitary. 
Germen oblongo-ovate, green, 2-celled, cells each with a single ovule; 
terminating in two recurved sessile, whitish stigmas, which are papil- 
lose in the upper surface. 
A native of Nepaul, whence I have received fine dried spes 
cimens from my inestimable friend Dr Watuicu. The oppor- 
tunity of figuring this species from a living individual, I owe 
VOL. II. 
i) 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
er 
