488 -PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA, Lettsomia. 
2. L. aggregata. Ro :. 
Perennial, twining. Leaves echt saatlty: aniderseth. 
Peduncles axillary, supporting four sessile heads of invo- 
lucred flowers. Stigma and style much longer than the 
corol. Berry four-seeded. : 
~ Teling. Yerra-kutha. 
A native of various parts of the coast of Coromandel, 
Flowering time the cool season; seed ripe in March and 
April. 
Stems ligneous, twining to a great extent; young shoots 
round, clothed with soft, white pubescence; and discharg- 
inga milky juice when wounded. Leaves petioled, round: 
cordate, entire, smooth above, woolly underneath ; from three 
to six inches long, and from two to five broad. Peduncles 
axillary, generally solitary, longer than the petioles, round, 
woolly ; each supporting an umbellet of four, cruciform, ses- 
sile heads of small, pink-coloured, sessile flowers with a sin- 
gle sessile one in the centre; surrounded with several, round- 
ish woolly bractes, (involucres,) with incurved margins, 
Calyx ; leaflets unequal, cuneiform, woolly on the outside. 
Corel campanulate. Border deeply cut into five, emargi- 
nate lobes, Stamina much longer than the corol, and of the 
same colour, Germ surrounded with a particularly large, 
‘yellow, nectarial ring. Style as long as the stamina. Stig- 
ma of two, large, round lobes. Berry round, covered with 
a soft, tough, smooth, fleshy, bright red envelope, about 
the size of a marrow-fat pea, two-celled, with two seeds in 
each, when all come to maturity. ~The remaining calyx is 
now enlarged, and clothed on the outside with sericeous 
down, while the smooth bright red, inner surface thereof 
adds much to the beauty of this elegant species when in 
fruit, Seeds smooth, pale ash-coloured. Embryo asin the 
