680 . PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA, Ardisia, 
1. A. solanacea. Willd. sp. i. 1063. Roxb, Corom. 1, 27. 
Shrubby. Leaves alternate, oblong, entire, glossy. Ra- 
_cemes axillary, corymbiform, Segments of the corol ovate. 
Beng. Bun-jam. z 
- Teling. Conda-mayoor. ‘ : 
_A small tree, or large shrub, a native ®f moist places in the 
_vallies amongst the Circar mountains. In flower and seed 
-nearly the whole year. 
Trunk one or more from the same root, erect. Bork ail 
coloured, Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong, and cu- 
eate-oblong, pointed, entire, smoeth, glossy, somewhat suc- 
-eulent; from four to six inches long, by two or three broad, 
-Racemes corymbiform, axillary, shorter then the leaves. -Pe- 
duncles round, smooth. Pedicels clubbed, round, smooth, 
Bractes a concave one below each pedicel. Flowers pretty 
large, rose-coloured. Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets imbricat- 
ed, concave, roundish ; permanent. Corol one-petalled. Tube 
exceedingly short. Border five-cleft; divisions spreading, 
cordate, Filaments five, exceedingly short, from the bottom 
of the tube. Anthers oblong, acute. Germ superior, oblong. 
Style awled. Stigma acute. Berry size of a small — 
round, juicy, black, one-seeded. 
The juice of the berries is of a very beautiful bright red 
colour; upon paper it aig to adurable brown, 
‘ 2A. paniculata, Re beeke a7 iii: WON A 
smo bachte Pence teria sialy claipoced' ef oF ed 
alternate, compound branches. 
A large shrub, or small tree, a native of the hilly aca 
Chittagong, and particularly conspicuous on account of its 
large reflexed leaves, (from six to twelve inches long ;) and 
very large, elegant panicles of innumerable, lively rose-co- 
Tour flowers. Like most of the other species, it nice 
0 blossom | nd ripen its seed most. part of the year, | 
eage shoots thick, pemew hat succulent, with sooth 
