692 pentandria monogvnia. 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 gland on the apex of each. Coro/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. Anthers 

 sagittate, entirely hid within the mouth of the tube. Germ 

 two, villous, on the sides where they meet, a small subulate 

 scale 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. Integument single, white, pret- 

 ty thick, and soft. Perisperm none. Embryo erect. Cotyle- 

 dons conform to the seed, of a pale yellowish colour. Ra- 

 dicle ovate, superior. 



2. C. Odollam. Ga>rt. Carp. ii. 193. t. 124. 



Leaves alternate, lanceolate, with transverse nerves, 

 smooth. 



Corymbs terminal, divisions of the calyx linear, and revo- 

 lute. 



Odallam. Rheed. Mai. i. 71. t. 39. But Manghas lactes- 

 cens, Burm.Zeyl. 150. t. 70. f. 1. is without doubt a different 

 species, which Goertner has considered to be C. Manghas. 

 Linn. 



