382 niRwiiRn M<»\iH.wM. (nana. 



Trunk erect Bnmtket opposn^ spreading — eh, but they 

 arc net m numerous a- in L pmvij lora. Bar it browa, and 

 pretrj imooth. Lanuei oppoma^ahctt-neckdedjlanceolexja^ 

 taue, emooth, vA 'a bard t< store, front four to bis incbee long, 

 l.\ leas than two broad. Stipml i triangular, a< ate. Paatelai 

 terminal, brat Ittate ; ravtt/fcorioM feu . n mote «>n loag, round, 

 amootfa |x (IuikIcs. J'lmms sumerous, minute, much amall- 

 er thaa in L a a urt^ to ro . Calyx small, deeply four-toothed, 

 coloured. (Wo/ with a filiform tabe; $egmmrt$ of die bordat 

 obovate, etnaigmate. Filament* none. Anther* linear, «aV 

 Inched l>\ thaw backe t<> the bottom ofthe fiasurcsofthe bor- 

 der of the coroL Germ turbinate, two-celled, with one aeed 

 in each, attached to the partition. Sty < acarcelj longer thaa 

 the tube. Stigma large, two-lobed. Berry the site of a 1 | 

 pea, smooth, succulent, dark broa a purple, two-o tied, Sei di 

 solitary, round, convex, on the outside concave, a itli a pit on 

 the inner. Integument* ru o, <■.» h nior a bite, bard, thin, and 

 elastic; inner tender and thin. Peritperm acataniilBTann, 

 ainvucLline. Embryo erect, curved. Cutijbtl<>n* re s da ta . 

 Radicle cylindric, curved, ulterior. 



Obs. A handsome shrub, and nearly allied to VahTa 1. 

 puni flora, though rery different from the plant so labeUed 

 in the Bau&Moa herbarium, which grows in abundance iu 

 this gardea. 



Laf. In tin- shape of the leaves, which in that speciea arc 

 sub sessile, and generally have ■ broad stem-cl aspin g b 

 in this the petiole i> about half an inch long, and the leaves 



t.iper more toward- the l>a^« than at the exterior end. 



-2d. In the lliinanm of the panicle, (though of the aaaae con- 

 fonnation). and the size of the flowers, which in this species 

 are much -mailer, and ererj way more d el icate, and also in 

 their shape, which in that species is obloagvbeaore expan- 

 sion, but in thai round. 



\UL In this the anther- an PCSmIOj in that they have aVort 

 filaments. 



