Descriptions of Malayan plants. No. II. / [William Jack].

  • William Jack
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[1820]
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Credit: Descriptions of Malayan plants. No. II. / [William Jack]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    composed of a whitish farinacedtus pulp, and contain¬ ing five seeds, each enveloped in a tough fibrous aril- lus, and in structure the same as thepreceding. CELASTRUS ? BIVALVIS. (TV. J.J Pentandria Monogynia. Foliis lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis, pedum culis laleralibus paucifloris, corollis nullis, capsulis bi* valshbus monospermis. ^4 A shrub with smooth branches, Leazes opposite, petiolate, lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the base* very entire, very smooth. Stipules none Peduncles lateral, divaricately dichotomous, few flowered) • 10 dowered). Bracts small. Calyx five parted, bibracte- ate at the base, laciniae roundish,’imbricated. Corolla none. Stamina five, erect, united beneath into a five toothed ring or urceolus ; filaments flat ; anthers ob¬ long. Style erect, as long as the stamina. Stigma trun¬ cate. Capsule ovate, green, smooth, crowned with the style, two valved, one celled, one seeded ; valves o- pening from the base, and falling off from the seed, which is more persistent and remains on the peduncle. Seed ovate, contained in a beautiful crimson arillus which is delicately veined. Albumen cartilaginous j conform to the seed. Embyo erect, central, as long