3£6 TETR\NDRIA MONOCVM \. IxOTd. 



A middle sized shrub, common on road sicL b, h. dges, im- 

 cultivattd land-, fee whore there i- a good soil. 



Branches ciosjft-arjned, ascending. Bark a«h-coloured. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled. oblong, entire, pointed, al- 

 smooth or both >id. -. which tonus the chief difference be- 

 tween this and the next species; from tour to >ix inches long, 

 and two, on two and a half broad. Stipules as in the former 

 species. Corymbs compound, terminal, large, nearly level- 

 topped, cross armed. Peduncles and pedicels round, and 

 smooth. Bractes as in the former species. Flowers white, 

 somewhat fragrant. Calyx, divisions obtuse. Style twice the 

 length of the tube. Stigma clubbed. Berry globular, size of 

 a pea, one or two-seeded. 



14. I. tomentosa. R. 



Shrubbv. Leaves oUong, ventricose. entire, tomeni m . 

 Panicles lax, sub-globular, tomentose ; style twice the length 

 ofihecorol. Stigma entire. Berries globular. 



Bemg. J 



Ttlincf. Nam-papoota. 



A large >hrub, native of the same places, but not so common 

 as the la>t described. Flowers the beginning of the hot season. 



Branch's cross-armed, ascending. Bar A- ash-coloured. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate, pointed, entire, both sides 

 very downy, from four to eight inches long, and from three 

 to live broad. Stipules as in the former species. Panicles ter- 

 minal, globular, cross-armed, divisions always three-forked. 

 Peduncles and pedicels round, downy. Bractes as in the fcr- 

 mer species. Fl< mefi numerous, while, faintly fragrant. S 

 twice the length of the tube. Stigma clubbed. Berry gener- 

 ally two seeded. 



Obs. In all the foregoing species the berries are two-seed- 

 ed, though it often happens thai but one comes to perfection. 

 I ihe\er met with auy that had three or four. 1 do not tind 

 that the inhabitants of these parts make use of the trees, ex- 

 cept for fuel. 



