692 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Cerbera. 
of the tube lively red, the rest a bright lively pink,somewhat | 
fragrant, and highly ornamental. Bractes opposite, triangu- 
lar, acute. Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets oblong, smooth, per- 
manent, a smooth eland on the apex of each. _Corol infun-. 
dibuliform. Tube nearly two inches long, and equally slen- 
der, except near the apex, where it swells considerably, 
mouth highly coloured and hairy. Border of five, obovate- 
. oblong, equal segments. Filaments five, short, inserted 
round the bottom of the swelled top of the tube, .nthers 
Sagittate, entirely hid’ within the mouth of the tube. Germ 
two, villous, on the sides where they meet, a small subulate 
seale covering the fissure on each side, singly two-celled, 
with one ovulum in each, attached to the middle of the par- 
tition, Style nearly as long as the tube, Stigma large, 
with a two-lobed apex, which is lodged in the dome formed 
by the converging of the sagittate anthers. _Drupe (in this 
rather capsule) generally solitary, obliquely urn-shaped, size 
of the first joint of the little finger, villous and veined, dark 
greenish purple, apex truncate, sloping much to the inner 
side, with a slit down the middle, semi-two-valved, opening 
up the inside and along the apex, one-celled. Pulp scarce- 
ly any, the whole substance being thin and somewhat fibrous, 
Seeds solitary, ovate-oblong. Jntegument single, white, pret- 
ty thick, and soft, Perisperm none. Embryo erect. Cotyle- 
dons conform to the seed, of a pale: yeliovrish colour, Ra- 
fick, orals, ER PTION- : 
2.6. idole. Gert. Carp. ii. 193.1 t 124. piso 8 
Leaves alternate, lanceolate, with transverse nerves, 
smooth, : 
p Corymbs terminal, divisions of the calyx linea and 5 reyo- 
ute. : 
_Odallam. Rheed, ‘Mali i. 71. t. 39... But chat 5 ae 
america 150. 1. 70. 6 he ig without. doubt a different 
