 Randia, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 525. 
1. M. stipulaceum. R. ifs 
Leaves sub-sessile, lanceolate, smooth, Stipules otal very 
large. Corymbs terminal, supra-decompound. 
A native of the Moluccas. The mouth of the bell of the 
short corol is uncommonly woolly, nearly hiding the stamina. 
- 2. M. parvijlorum, R. 
Shrubby. Leaves short-petioled, lanceolate, entire, smooth. 
Stipules annular, truncate. Peduneles axillary, many-flow- 
- ered. Corol acetabuliform. 
A native of the Moluccas. 
Obs. I have seen only dried specimens of these two species. 
RANDIA. Schreb. gen. N. 275. 
Calyx four or five-parted. Corol one-petalled, fone: or 
five-parted. Germ inferior, two-celled ; cell many-seeded, 
imbricated, attachment inferior, Beley: two-celled, Seeds 
several, sub-imbrienteth 2 Embryo i inverse, furnished sae: a 
perisperm, 
1. R. racemosa. R. - 
‘Shrubby, erect. Branches decussate. Leaves oblong, 
smooth, Racemes axillary. Flowers totmapdenny. 
Beng. Peetunga. . 
This plant was first discovered “a Dr. Fr. Bachan grow: 
ing about Lukshmee-poora ; from thence he sent the seeds to 
the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where the plant is now com- 
mon, and blossoms about the close of the rainy season, 
Stem straight. Bark smooth. Branches opposite, expand- 
ing, indeed almost horizontal. Bark of the woody parts 
dark-brown, of the young shoots green, and smooth, Leaves 
opposite, drooping, short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, entire, 
smooth on both sides, from three to four inches long, and 
about one broad, Stipules within the leaves, large, tapering, 
eaducous, Spikes axillary, for the most part solitary, sub- 
