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CERBERA fruticosa. 

 Rosy -flowered Cerhera* 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIst. 



Nat. ord. A pocyne^, Jussieu gen, 148. Dm III* Gerraen simplex, 

 fructus baccatu$ aut raritis capsular is. 



CERBERA. (Contorta). Cab 5-partitus, patens. Cor. infundibuli- 

 fbrmis, tubo clavato, fauce 5-angulari 5-dentata, limbo magno 5-partito 

 obliquo. A nth, conniventes. Stylus 1 ; stig. 2-Iobum. Drupa magna, 

 latere sulcata ac 2-punctata, fceta nuce ossea 4-vaIyi 2 loc. 2-spermS. Ar~ 

 bores ; Job alter tin; Jiores sape terminates, subcorymbosi. Juss. loc. cit. 149, 



C.Jrutieasa, dichotoma; foliis oppositis, kto-lanceolatis; corymbis terrat- 



nalibus; drupis obliquS urceolatis, hiantibus. Roxb* MSS; (ex anglico 



verso J* 

 Cerbera fruticosa- Carey hort. beng. 19. 



Frutex speciosissimits. Caults brevis* non tongi sttpra basin se dhiden$ f 

 indet/ue in ramos ramvlosque multiplices teretes glabros dickotomos atque rectos 

 sultdividendtts* FoL opposita* scep$ ab invicim remota* breve petiolata, 

 obtonga ad lanceolata, Integra* glabra* acuminata* 5-6-uncialia tatitudine 

 H-3-uncialb Stipulas inter Joliacem* acuta* Cory mbi primo terminates, dein 

 dichotomiarurn intermedii evadentes: partiales subtrichotomi breves. Flores 

 ampli, roseo-rubenles ore tubi saturaitus colorato* subodorati. Bracteae oppo- 

 site* triangulares* acuta. Cal. 5~pkyUus 9 foliola oblonga, glabra* persis- 

 teniia, glandula glabra prcejixa. Cor. tubo fere biunciali* gractli* Jauce 

 tumida, ore piloso: limbi laciniis obovato+oblongis* aqualibus* Fil- brevia, 

 /undo Janets inserta .• anth. sagitiata inclusce. Germ. 2, unumve bilobum, 

 superiora* hinc ubi invicem contingant villosa* Jissura utrinque squamuld subu- 

 late operta : iobi germinave sitnplicia bilocularia* singulum ovulo unico disse- 

 pimenii medio annexo. Stylus iubumjere aquans: stig* majusculum, apice 

 bilobo* 



The drawing was taken in May, at the nursery of 

 Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, Fulham, where the 

 plant is cultivated in the hothouse. It has been only re- 

 cently introduced by Captain Craigie. The species was first 

 observed by Dr. Roxburgh, whose account of it we subjoin 

 from his manuscript in the Banksian Library. 



This elegant shrub was brought from Pegu (its native 

 country) to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where it is in 

 constant blossom. The flowers are like those of Vinca 

 rosea, but larger and faintly fragrant. Altogether it is one 

 of the most ornamental shrubs in the garden. 



Stem short, soon dividing and subdividing into many 

 straight round smooth dlchotomous branches and branch- 



