Bacobotrys. |§ PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIAS 557 
on the upper side convex, villous, of a deep’ but bright 
orange colour, and greenish underneath, Filaments five, 
short, inserted into the middle of the tube. _Anthers linear, 
hid in the tube. Germ inferior, two-celled; ovu/a numer- 
ous, on a pedicelled jugiform receptacle, projecting above 
the insertion and far below it. ‘Style half the length of the 
tube of the corol. Stigmas two. Capsule oval, oe 
two-valved. Seeds numerous, — 
Obs. In some parts of India the white floral tives are 
‘brought to table as an esculent herb. 
2. M. frondosa, Willd. sp. i. 997. 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves oblong, acuminate, villous.. Pa- 
nicles terminal, dichotomous, villous. i RS STHT 
- M. Zeylanica. Burm. Zeyl. 165. t. 76. 1 = oils 
’ Belilla. Rheed. Mal. ii. 27. tab. 17. fine | 
- A native of various parts of India; in stig Botanic Sault 
at Calcutta it grows to be a pretty large shrub, but with few 
branches, at least when compared to the preceding species, 
but the flowers, which appear about the end of the rains and _ 
= so = cool — are larger and of a brighter co- © 
Jour. 
fen Btts oe? e 
= 
BAEOBOTRYS. Schreb. gen. N. 318. 3 
pays five-parted, Corol tubular. Germ sink: infiniti, 
snivalled, many-seeded, attached to a free, inferior, central 
med meee ‘Berry — many-seeded, 
+ oye Pye ee’ - 
7: B. facia: Fe Peaghe migse? GA AE A PEO ES, 
Shrubby. Leaves ineebaata® Visits hoe, Cady’ ser- 
Tate. Racers ‘axillary, ant terminal ; the soem ones more 
A larg Shih a native dk Chitlaninig: ii ths Hotabe gar- 
a = at Calcutta it flowers in February, March and te hat 
rarely perfects its seeds there, 
