Willughbeia. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 57 
terior membranaceous, Perisperm conform with the seed. 
Embryo straight. Cotyledons oval. Radicles cylindric, 
centripetal. 
WILLUGHBEIA. Schreb. pen. n. 417. 
- Calyx five-toothed. Corol hypocrateriform. Stigma 
capitate. Germ superior, one-celled ; ovula many, attach- 
ed to two opposite parietal receptacles. Berry one-cell- 
ed. Seeds few, nidulent. Embryo without perisperm. 
W. edulis. R.- 
Shrabby, scandent. Leaves opposite, oblong; acumi- 
nate, Flowers in small axillary fascicles. Berries very 
large, spherical. 
Luti-am, is the vernacular name in Chittagong, Silhet, 
&c. where it grows to an immense size, running over the 
largest trees. It is in flower and fruit nearly the whole year. 
Bark of the trunk and large branches of large, old plants, 
above half an inch thick, inwardly dark brown; surface 
tubercled ; taste somewhat astringent. Leaves opposite, 
short-petioled, oblong, acuminate, entire, polished, veins 
simple, and parallel; length from three to five inches, and 
the breadth one ortwo, Peduncles axillary and terminal 
solitary, short, each supporting a few middling sized, pale 
pink-coloured, short-pedicelled flowers, forming small fas- 
cicles. oe ceo al at the base of each siege she 
ate. Corol one-petalled, ‘infin bolifrh's tibe § gibbous 
near the middle where the stamina are aged, a little 
hairy on the inside ; border of five, sublanceolate, smooth, 
expanding segments which are imbricated in the bud. Fi- 
laments short, inserted into the tube of the corol, a little 
above its base. Anthers subsagittate, but do not adhere to 
each other, on each side a polliniferous groove. Germ su- 
perior, ovate, smooth, one-celled ; ovula many, attached to 
— —_— pamonge. Style abort. © : 
