412 _ » DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ceratostema, 
A large tree, yielding very hard, durable timber, found 
in most parts of India. | Flowering time the beginning 
of the hot season. The germ is one-celled, containing 
numerous ovula attached to five parietal receptacles, 
The fruit edible, and much esteemed by many. 
~ARBUTUS. Schreb. gen. n. 750. 
- Calyx five-parted. Corol ovate, diaphanous at the base. 
ob superior, five-celled. 
A. herpetica. C. ri 
Arboreous. Leaves ovate, entire, pointed.  Racemes 
terminal, drooping. Berries many-seeded. i 
’ Found by Colonel Hardwicke, amongst the mountains 
on his tour to Sirinagur. See Asiat. Res. vol. 6. p. 360- 
CERATOSTEMA. Juss... a 
33 Reign five-parted. Corol tubular, subcylindric ; mouth 
five-cleft... Anthers long-horned. Germ inferior, five-cell- 
ed; cells many-seeded ; attachment central. Berry five- 
celled, many-seeded. | Embryo ——— and a 
ed with a perisperm. 
1. C. vaccinacea. R. 
Shrabby. . Leaves subverticelled, narrow-lanceolar, $¢ 
rate. Racemes axillary, the length of the leaves. 
_ An elegant, very ramous shrub, a native of the Garrow 
hills, where it is called Kesaproom, the flowers have 4” 
acid taste, and are eaten by the natives in their curries. 
Hieeesing time April; the seed ripens in July. 
Branches and branchlets numerous, and very erect : 
; the young twigs rough with the withered permanent sti- a 
pule, like ensiform scales; general height of the shrub ae 
_ about six feet, Leaves tending tobe verticalled, s0b6° . 
