160 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Sanseviera. 
when it is about the size, and appearance ofa fine red 
cherry. Seed solitary, conform to the berry, perisperm 
conform to the seed, horny, as in the palms. Embryo sim- 
ple, lodged in the base of the perisperm on the outside. 
9. D. atropurpurea. R. 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves lanceolar, acuminate, (highly 
coloured.) Panicles terminal ; branches few, long, simple, 
and diverging ; flowers solitary. 
Lall Bun-amtol, the vernacular name in Silhet, where 
it is found wild in the forests, growing to be a tall, scan- 
tily branched, caulescent species, with dark purple leaves 
and inflorescence of from six to eight feet in height ; flow- 
ering in March and April, and the berries ripening the 
January following. 
Leaves about the ends of the branchlets, short-petioled, 
lanceolar, acuminate, polished, striated lengthways with 
innumerable, fine, parallel veins, colour an enchanting, 
rather dark ferruginous purple ; from six to eight inches. 
long, by one to two broad. _Panicles terminal, solitary, 
composed of a few, long, diverging branches toward the 
base, length of the leaves, colour purple, and particular- 
ly dark when young. Flowers solitary, on jointed pedi- 
cels ; the part below the joint permanent, and shorter 
thin the bractes. Bractes two to each pedicel ; one ex- 
terior and larger than the other, inserted on the base of 
the pedicel laterally, and smaller. Corol, stamina, pistil- 
lum, and berries, as in the genus. 
SANSEVIERA. Thunb. prod. 
Calyx none. Corol six-parted, with the stamina insert- 
ed on their base. Germ superior, three-celled. Cells one~_ 
seeded ; attachment interior, Berries from one. to three, 
united, one-seeded, # 
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