APOv. 4. LX. Carissa. 
Edible-berried Carissa. Shrub. 
14 C.? XvróricRowN (Pet. Th. obs. pl. isl. austr. p. 24. and 
p. 80.) shrub, spiny; leaves ovate, acuminated, glabrous, 
3-5-nerved ; peduncles lateral, spiny, 1-2-flowered ; branches 
forming a pyramidal cyme. h. S. Native of the Island of 
Bourbon, about St. Denis. Branches bifurcate. Segments of 
corolla acute. Berry middle-sized, ovate-oblong, succulent, an 
inch long, attenuated at the apex, with a bipartite placenta, con- 
taining 12-15 seeds. 
Xylopicron or Bitter-mooded Carissa. 
1820. Tree 20 feet. 
15 C. coriacea (Wall. cat. no. 1681.) spiny; leaves elliptic, 
coriaceous, with revolute edges, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous, 
shining above. h.S. Native of the Mauritius. C. xylópicron, 
Telfair, but hardly of Pet. Th. Leaves 2 or 24 inches long. 
Coriaceous-leaved Carissa. Shrub. 
16 C. Mapacascanie'ssrs (Pet. Th. 1. c. p. 80.) shrub spiny; 
leaves ovate-roundish; flowers small; fruit round. h.S. Na- 
tive of Madagascar. Very like C. aylépicron, but smaller in 
all its parts; and the fruit round, not oblong. 
Madagascar Carissa. Tree small. 
17 C. Asyssinica (R. Br. in Salt. trav. append.) this species 
has not yet been described. kh. S. Native of Abyssinia. 
Abyssinian Carissa. Shrub or tree. 
Cult. See Strophánthus, p. 85. for culture and propagation. 
Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 
LXI. HUNTERIA (named by Roxburgh after William 
Hunter, M. D., of the Bengal medical establishment; an emi- 
nent botanist, and author of various papers in the Asiatic Re- 
searches, of the History of Pegu, &c.). Roxb. fl. ind. 2. 
p. $31. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 
manent. Corolla funnel-shaped: having the tube gibbous at 
the base, and swelled a little at the mouth; segments oblique. 
Stamens 5, with very short filaments, and ovate, inclosed anthers. 
Ovarium girded by an annular fleshy ring, ovate, 2-lobed, 2- 
celled ; with 2 ovula in each, attached by their base to the bottom 
of the partition. Stigma ovate, 2-lobed, inclosed. Berries 
twin, distinct, roundish-ovate, pulpy, 2-seeded.—Trees with 
opposite, entire leaves ; and terminal, corymbose, small, white 
flowers.—This genus differs from Carissa in the species being 
unarmed, not thorny; and in the berries being twin, not solitary. 
1 H. corymposa (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 532.) leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, pointed, glabrous; corymbs terminal, decus- 
sate; lobes of calyx ovate. h. S. Native of the Prince of 
Wales’s Island. Leaves 3-4 inches long, and 1-2 broad. 
Flowers numerous, small, white. 
Corymbose-flowered Hunteria. Tree. 
2 H. rvcENuEróLiA (Wall. cat. no. 1615.) downy in every 
part; leaves elliptic or obovate-oblong, acuminated; panicles 
terminal, trichotomous ; lobes of calyx rounded. kh. S. Na- 
tive of Penang. Neérium coràca, Herb. Ham. Leaves purplish 
beneath. Flowers rather large. 
Eugenia-leaved Hunteria. Tree. ? 
3 H. corta‘cea (Wall. cat. no. 1610.) leaves coriaceous, gla- 
brous, shining above and pale beneath, obtuse; racemes short, 
axillary, and lateral. b. S. Native of Singapore. Flowers 
small. 
Coriaceous-leaved Hunteria. "Tree or shrub. 
4 H.? rascicuLA'RIs (Wall. cat. no. 1612.) leaves opposite 
or 8 in a whorl, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, 
pale beneath; peduncles short, many-flowered, panicled, axil- 
lary. &%.S. Native of the Pundua mountains. 
Fascicled-flowered Hunteria. Shrub or tree. 
5 H.? atrovirens (Wall. cat. no. 1614.) leaves elliptic, 
VOL. IV. 
LXI. Hunters.’ LXII. Monet. 
LXIII. Araria. LXIV. Lrzucowors. 105 
acuminated, deep green above and pale beneath; peduncles 
axillary, trichotomous. h.S. Native of Tavoy. 
Dark-green-leaved Hunteria. Shrub or tree. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Strophánthus, p. 85. 
T Genera hardly known. 
LXII. MONETIA (so named by L'Heritier in honour of 
his friend Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Knight of 
Lamarck, of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, author of Flora 
Gallica, and of the Encyclopédie Méthodique Botanique, &c.). 
L'Her. stirp. nov. t. 1. Azima, Lam. ex Juss. gen. 425. Lam. 
dict. 1. p. 343. 
Lin. syst.  Tetrándria, Monogy'nia. Calyx ventricose, cam- 
panulate, 3-4-cleft. Petals 4, linear, alternating with the seg- 
ments of the calyx, somewhat reflexed at the apex. Stamens 
4, inserted in the receptacle, alternating with the petals ; fila- 
ments thickened; anthers sagittate, incumbent. Style short; 
stigma acute. Fruit rather fleshy, pea-formed, 2-celled; cells 
l-seeded. Seeds orbicular, compressed, or peltate.— Evergreen 
spiny shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, coriaceous. Flowers 
axillary, solitary, sessile, small. According to Lamarck, Azima 
is nearly allied to Carissa, but differs in the corolla being poly- 
petalous, and in the stamens being hypogynous. 
1 M. rETRACA'NTHA ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, pun- 
gent at apex ; spines stipular, 4 in a whorl. h. S. Native of 
the East Indies. M. barlerioides, Lher. stirp. t. 1. Azima 
tetracántha, Lam. dict. 1. p. 339.— Seb. thes. 1. t. 13. f. 1. 
Branches slightly 4-cornered. Flowers axillary, few, in clusters, 
of threes at the top, green. 
Four-thorned Monetia. Fl. July. Clt. 1758. Sh. 3to 6 ft. 
2 M. piacA/wTHA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 670.) spines opposite ; 
leaves downy beneath, ovate, petiolate. b. S. Native of the 
East Indies. Azima diacántha, Lam. dict. 1. p. 340.—Pluk. 
alm. 27. t. 133. f. 3.—-Rheed. mal. 5. p. 73. t. 37. 
Two-thorned Monetia. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Strophánthus, p. 85. 
LXIII. ALA'FIA (meaning unknown to us). 
mad. no. 34. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monoginia. Calyx small, 5-lobed. 
Corolla tubular, ventricose ; with a 5-parted twisted limb; seg- 
ments plicately sinuated on one side. Anthers acute, distinct, 
connivent ; filaments bound by the pistil. Style filiform, with 5 
appendages. Stigma capitate, acuminated, enclosed by the 
anthers.—4A weak, climbing, lactescent shrub, clothed with 
numerous, terminal, purplish flowers. Leaves opposite. 
1 A. Tuova’rsi (Roem. coll. 1. p. 203. Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 436.). bh. J. S. Native of Madagascar. 
Petit Thouars’s Alafia. Shrub cl. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Echites, p. 76. 
Pet. Th. gen. 
LXIV. LEUCONO'TIS (from Xevkoc, leucos, white, and ove 
wroc, ous otos, an ear). Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 121. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogijnia. Calyx 4-parted. Co- 
rolla tubular; limb 4-lobed. Stamens 4, inclosed. Ovarium 
simple, 2-celled; cells 2-seeded. Style short. Stigma annular 
below and conical above. Berry 1-3-seeded. Seeds exalbu- 
minous. Embryo inverted.—A lactescent shrub, with opposite 
leaves and axillary dichotomous corymbs of yellow flowers. 
1 L.4'wcErs (Jack, 1. c.). h. S. Native of Sumatra, where 
it is called Akar-Morai by the Malays. Branches 4-sided. 
Leaves oblong-acuminated, smooth, having the nerves connected 
by marginal arches. 
Two-edged Leuconotis. 
Cult. 
P 
Shrub large. 
For culture and propagation see Strophánthus, p. 85. 
