Randia. pentandria monogynia. 525 



1. M. stipulacenm. R. 



Leaves sub-sessile, lanceolate, smooth. Stipules oval, very 

 large. Corymbs terminal, supra-decompound. 



A native of the Moluccas. The mouth of the bell of the 

 short corol is uncommonly woolly, nearly hiding the stamina. 



2. M. parvijlorum. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves short-petioled, lanceolate, entire, smooth. 

 Stipules annular, truncate. Peduncles axillary, many-flow- 

 ered. Corol acetabuliform. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



Obs. I have seen only dried specimens of these two species. 



RANDIA. Sckreb. gen. N. 275. 

 Calyx four or five-parted. Corol one-petalled, four or 

 five-parted. Germ inferior, two-celled ; cell many-seeded, 

 imbricated, attachment inferior. Berry two-celled. Seeds 

 several, sub-imbricated. Embryo inverse, furnished with a 

 perisperm. 



1. R. raeemosa. R. 



Shrubby, erect. Branches decussate. Leaves oblong, 

 smooth. Racemes axillary. Flowers tetrandrous. 



Beny. Peetwnga. 



This plant was first discovered by Dr. F. Buchanan, grow- 

 ing about Lwkshmee-poora ; from thence he sent the seeds to 

 the Botanic garden at Calcutta, M'here the plant is now com- 

 mon, and blossoms about the close of the rainy season. 



Stem straight. Bark smooth. Branches opposite, expand- 

 ing, indeed almost horizontal. Bark of the woody parts 

 dark-brown, of the young shoots green, and smooth. Leaves 

 opposite, drooping, short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, entire, 

 smooth on both sides, from three to four inches long, and 

 about one broad. Stipules within the leaves, large, tapering, 

 caducous. Spikes axillary, for the most part solitary, sub- 



