60 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, Volkameria, 
2, V. Buchanani, Roxb. 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves cordate, entire, downy. Corymbs 
terminal. Calyx shorter than the succulent berries, and re- 
flected back from them. 
-A shrub, received from Dr. Buchanan at Luckipore where 
_ the plant is found wild, The same plant was afterwards re~ 
ceived from the Moluccas, Flowering time the close of the 
rains ; the seed ripens in January. : 
Stem erect, with few expanding, opposite branches. Young 
shoots downy, and somewhat four-sided. Leaves opposite, pe- 
tioled, cordate, entire, downy on both sides, from four to six 
inches long, and from three to four broad. Corymbs terminal, 
bearing many, pretty large, deep scarlet coloured flowers. 
Peduncies and pedicels villous and. coloureds:: Bractes s : 
coloured, and villous. Calya five-cleft, small and pretty 
smooth. Corol; tube slender, five orisix tinies Eaaee than — 
the calyx, (this mark alone distinguishes it from Volkameria 
infortunata.) Border of five, equal, erect, unilateral divi- 
sions. Berry four-lobed, four-seeded, sitting on the reflexed, 
bright red coloured, permanent calyx ; when ripe of a dull 
Duis purple colour. 
3. V. oo Willd. ili, eee Banks's tcon, Ke ome: 
t. 50. 
Shrubby. Leaves long- emis, nadine cordate, sub-entire; 
margins a little waved, scaly underneath. Panicles terminal, 
brachiate, broad-ovate, coloured. Calyx globular. Berries — 4 
succulent. : 
A large, ramous, erect shrub, now common in gardens _ 
about Calcutta ; it was orginally introduced from China, Is 
in flower during the hot and rainy season. 
Root branchy, Stem scarcely any, but many erect branches, 
which are woody, and columnar below, young parts obtusely 
four-sided, and a little scabrous. Leaves opposite, petioled, 
round-cordate ; lobes large and rounded ; 3 margins entire, alit-_ 
tle downy, the ithidet bide covered with small concave scales; 
