Hnnteria. pentandria monogynia. 



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Obs. The want of the nuciform, bony, exterior integument 

 of the seed in Gartner's O. trifoliatum, ii. 129, induces me 

 to think his cannot be the same, yet I know of no other to 

 compare his with. 



1 lie root of this plant is employed for the cure of various 

 disorders by the Telinga physicians. First, m substance, in- 

 wardly, as a febrifuge. Secondly, in the same manner, after 

 the bite of poisonous animals. The juice is also expressed, 

 and dropt into the eye, for the same purpose. And thirdly, it 

 is administered, in substance, to promote delivery in tedious 

 cases. 



HUNTERIA. R. 

 Calyx five- parted. Corol infundibuliform. Germ two- 

 lobed ; lobes one-celled, two-seeded; attachment of the ovula 

 sub inferior. Berries two, pedicelled, one-celled, one or two- 

 seeded. 



]. II. corymbosa. R, 



A tree, a native of Prince of Wales' Island, where it blos- 

 soms in July ; in Bengal, in May ; but in the latter place it has 

 not ripened its seed. 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong' and lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, pointed, entire, smooth on both sides, from three to four 

 inches long, and one or two broad. Stipules none, but a 

 swelling- on the inside of the base of the petiole. Corymbs 

 terminal, decussate. Ftoicers numerous, small, white. Ca- 

 lyx one-leaved, five parted, permanent, segments ovate. Co- 

 rol one-petioled, funnel shaped. Tube two or three times 

 longer than the calyx, gibbous at the base, and swelled a lit- 

 tle at the mouth. Border contorted, five-parted, divisions 

 obliquely ovate oblong, in the bud spirally imbricated. Nec- 

 tary a fleshy ring round the base of the germ. . Filaments 

 five, very short. Jlnthers ovate, lodged in the swelled part 

 of the tube, just within its mouth. Germ superior, ovate, 



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