698 pentandria monogynia. Webera. 



villous segments. Corol ; fufcecylindric, long, slender and vil- 

 lous ; segments of the border five, obliquely linear-lanceolate, 

 shorter than the tube. Filaments short, rising above the mouth 

 of the tube. Jlnthers filiform, nearly as long as the segments 

 of the corol. Germ oval, two-celled, with many ovula in each, 

 attached to an elevated receptacle on the centre of the parti- 

 tion. Style longer than the tube of the corol, villous. Stigma 

 clavate. Berry the size of a pea, two-celled. Seeds many in 

 each cell, from six to twelve, angular, &c. as in W. corym- 

 bosa, Gcert. carp. 3. t. 192. 



3. W. scandens. R. 



Shrubby, scandent, glossy. Leaves oblong, cymes axillary. 

 Stigma of two oval plates. 



Gwjer-kota, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indi- 

 genous. It flowers in April. 



Stem and branches ligneous, scandent ; young shoots polish- 

 ed, as is every tender part of the plant. Leaves opposite, 

 short-petioled, long, entire, acuminate, glossy, about six 

 inches long, and from two to three broad. Stipules as in the 

 rest of the Rubiacea. Cymes axillary, and in the forks of the 

 branchlets, solitary, divisions generally bi-ternate. Flowers 

 large, infundibuliform, fragrant, when they first open white, 

 but like the Gardenias become yellow by the second day. 

 Calyx sub campanulate, five-toothed. Corol with a long, slen- 

 der tube ; segments of the border five, obliquely oblong. An- 

 thers linear, sessile on the mouth of the tube. Germ inferior, 

 oval, two-celled, with many ovula in each, attached to an ele- 

 vated receptacle on the centre of the partition. Style the 

 length of the tube of the corol. Stigma of two, thin, oval la- 



mina. 



4. W. oppositifolia. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves lauceolar-oblong, firm and glossy. Pa- 

 nicles opposite to a leaf, composed of a few rigid, jointed, sub- 



