386 ; TÉTRANDRIA MONGGYNIAS rora: 
Leates opposite, sessile, approximated, decussate, oblong, pointed, 
entire, smooth, shining, from three to four inches long, and one - 
and a half broad.— Stipules within the leaves with an awled process 
on each side.—Corymb terminal, three-forked.— Bractes small, rigid; 
— Peduncles and pedicels short, coloured.— Flowers numerous, pretty 
large, bright scarlet, inodorous.—Calyr four-toothed ; divisions 
acute.—Corol, stamens and pistil as in the genus.— Berry size of a 
small cherry, red, juicy, two-celled — Seed solitary, convex on one 
side, and flat on the other. : 
‘Obs. Flamma sylvarum. Rumph. amb. iv. p. 105, t. 46. n dell 
bad representation of this species, and much more like my Irora 
fulgens. I have therefore doubtfully quoted it for that plant. 
2. I. Bandhuca. B. i * 
_ "Shrubby, spreading. Leaves oval, stem-clasping. Corymbs. crowd 
ed ; segments of the corol ovate, obtuse. Berri crowned with the 
open calyx. - 
Asiat. Res. iv. p. 950. 
- Sans. cea, Ruktuka, SIR Bundhooka, or duds , Bundhoo- 
ka, a pras Bundhoojeevuka. 
Beng. Rungun, Rujuna, 
A very elegant, uncommonly ramous, bushy shrub, 2 native of 
Hindoostan. Sir William Jones observes that the flower is often 
mentioned by. the best Indian Poets. It is in flower the whele yeat 
but chiefly during the rains, when it is highly ornamental. 
` Stem none, but ‘branches innumerable, which divide much and 
spread.close on the ground, forming a large hemispherical bush.— 
Bark ofthe large branches dark brow n, and rather scabrous; that: of . 
the young shoots, smooth, and green.— Leaves opposite, stem-clasp- 
ing, oblong, obtuse, with a small point, entire, firm, smooth « on both 
sides.— Stipules interfoliaceous, annular, with a subulate process 08 
each side —Corymbs terminal, crowded, divisions many, but T 
—'lowers numerous, when they first open scarlet, changing # 
derwards to ‘crimson.— Bractes opposite, conic, acute. —Calys su 
