56 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA., Melodinus. 
1; M. monogynus. R. 
Shrubby, scandent. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, glanc- 
ing, acuminate. Panicles axillary, and terminal, sub- 
globular, crowded, brachiate. Nectarial scales five, un- 
divided, 
Sadul kou is the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is 
found indigenous in the forests, climbing over trees, &c. 
Flowering time the month of April. Seed ripe in October 
and November. It is eaten by the natives ; the taste of the 
firm pulp in which the seeds are immersed is sweet and a- 
greeable to the taste. | 
Young shoots round, and smooth, lactescent. Leaves 
opposite, short-petioled, lanceolate, shining, entire, acu- 
minate, from three to six inches long and one or two broad. 
Stipules none. Panicles terminal, and from:the exterior 
axils, subglobular, brachiate ; extreme divisions three- 
flowered. Bractes oblong, acuminate. Flowers pretty 
- large, white and fragrant. Calyx of five, smooth, oval, per- 
manent leaflets. Corol infundibuliform ; segments of the 
border five, subfalcate, Mouth of the dab crowned with 
five, undivided, wooly, ensiform scales. Filaments five, 
short, inserted Hi the tube of the corol near. the base, . 
Anthers sagittate, lodged rather below the middle of the 
tube, opening on the sides below the apex. Germ superi« 
or, two-celled, with many ovula in each, attached to ele- 
vated receptacles on the middle of the partition. Style 
short, and undivided. Stigma clammy, subovate, em- 
braced by the anthers, apex slender, and bifid. Berries 
of a round, somewhat four-cornered shape, size and 
appearance of a small, deep-coloured, very smooth o- 
range ; two celled. |The whole very inviting to the eye, 
the firm pulp in which the seeds are immersed is palat-. 
able, and is eaten by the natives where the plants grow. 
Seeds numerous, long, ovate, considerably compressed, 
size of a cucumber seed. -Integument besides the pulp. of 
the berry two ; exterior rugose, thick, dark brown 5 inte- 
