374 TETRANPRIA MONOQYTflA. Rubia. 



the nioutli of iis tube, opposite to its fissures. Anther* pur- 

 ple. Germ oblong*. Style length of the. corol. Stigma of two 



round lobes. Pericarp when ripe a dry berry, of'a lanceo- 

 late shape, crowned with the remaining calyx, two-celled, 

 with a single linear oblong seed in each, as detailed and 

 figured by that very eminent and most accurate botanist 

 Gaertner. 



RUB J A. Schreb. gen. N. 164. 

 Calyx scarcely any. Corol one-petalled, from four to five- 

 parted. Berries inferior, twin. Seeds solitary. Embryo 

 erect, and furnished with a perisperm. 



1 . R. Mwijista. R. 



Perennial, scandent. Leaves four-fold, long-petioled, cor- 

 date, acute, from five to seven-nerved, hispid. Corol flat, 

 five-parted, pentandrous. Fleming- in Asiat. Res. xi. 177. 



Sans. Mwnjistha, Vikj/sa, J/ngee, Swmwnja, Katmnesh/'ka, 

 bhmdooku wrnee, Blumdeeree or Bhwiidiree, Bhundee, Yo- 

 ztrauvullee. 



Beny. Mwnj/t or Mwnjistha. 



A native of Nepal, and other mountainous countries, north 

 and north-east of Bengal. It grows in the Botanic garden 

 at Calcutta, but requires uncommon care to keep it alive 

 during the rainy season, and has never blossomed there. 



Root perennial. Stems woody, scandent, climbing over 

 trees and bushes. Branches cross-armed, from the axill of 

 the large pair of leaves, jointed, swelling- at the joints, hairy 

 for a little distance below them, four-sided, angles sharp and 

 armed with small, recurved prickles ; the exterior cortex, 

 which forms these angles, drops off by age, leaving the long- 

 er branches and stems round, and covered with a soft reddish 

 somewhat downy bark. Leaves four-fold, petioled, one of 

 the pairs always much larger, viz. about double the size of 

 the other, and with longer petioles, all are beautifully cordate, 



