488 pentandria monogynia. Lettsomia. 



2. L. aggregata. R. 



Perennial, twining. Leaves cordate, woolly underneath. 

 Peduncles axillary, supporting four sessile heads of invo- 

 lucred flowers. Stigma and style much longer than the 

 corol. Berry four-seeded. 



Teling. YcvYA-kiitha. 



A native of various parts of the coast of Coromandel. 

 Flowering time the cool season; seed ripe in March and 

 April. 



Stems ligneous, twining to a great extent ; young shoots 

 round, clothed with soft, white pubescence; and discharg- 

 ing a milky juice when wounded. Leaves petioled, round- 

 cordate, entire, smooth above, woolly underneath ; from three 

 to six inches long, and from two to five broad. Peduncles 

 axillary, generally solitary, longer than the petioles, round, 

 woolly ; each supporting an umbellet of four, cruciform, ses- 

 sile heads of small, pink-coloured, sessile flowers with a sin- 

 gle sessile one in the centre; surrounded with several, round- 

 ish woolly bractes, (involucres,) with incurved margins. 

 Calyx ; leaflets unequal, cuneiform, woolly on the outside. 

 Corol campanulate. Border deeply cut into five, emargi- 

 nate lobes. Stamina much longer than the corol, and of the 

 same colour. Germ surrounded with a particularly large, 

 yellow, nectarial ring*. Style as long as the stamina. Stig- 

 ma of two, large, round lobes. Berry round, covered with 

 a soft, tough, smooth, fleshy, bright red envelope, about 

 the size of a marrow-fat pea, two-celled, with two seeds in 

 each, when all come to maturity. The remaining calyx is 

 now enlarged, and clothed on the outside with sericeous 

 down, while the smooth bright red, inner surface thereof 

 adds much to the beauty of this elegant species when in 

 fruit. Seeds smooth, pale ash-coloured. Embryo as in the 

 genus. 



3. L. nervosa. R. 



Shrubby, twining to a great extent. Leaves broad-cor- 



