458 DECANDRIA DECAGYNIA. Phytolacca. 
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CERASTI UM. Schreb. gen. n. 797. 
Calyx five-leaved. Petals two-cleft. Capsule one-cell- 
ed, gaping at top. : 
C. cordifolium. R. 
Annual, flaccid, ramous. Leaves opposite, the lower 
ones petioled, the superior ones stem-clasping. Peduncles 
solitary, one-flowered, hairy. 
A native of Bengal, where it appears as a weed in our 
gardens and cultivated fields during the cool season. 
DECANDRIA DECAGYNIA. 
PHYTOLACCA. Schreb. gen. n. 800. 
Calyx none. Petals calycine. Berry superior, ten-cell- 
ed ten-seeded (or compound,) with a seed in each acinus. 
P. acinosa, R. 
Herbaceous, erect, ramous. Leaves oblong. Flowers 
decandrous. Berries composed of from six - eight 
distinct acini, 
A native of Nepal. It flowers about the end of the cool 
and the beginning of the hot season in the Botanic garden 
at Calcutta. The leaves are used by the natives of Na- 
pal in their diet. 
