580 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ardisid. 



1. A. solanacea. Willd. sp. i. 1063. Roxb. Corom. 1. 27. 



Shrubby. Leaves alternate, oblong', entire, glossy. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, corymbiform. Segments of the corol ovate. 



Beng. Bun jam. 



Teling. Conda-mayoor. 



A small tree, or large shrub, a native of moist places in the 

 vallies amono-st the Circar mountains. In flower and seed 

 nearly the whole year. 



Trunk one or more from the same root, erect. Bark ash- 

 coloured. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong, and cu- 

 neate-oblong, pointed, entire, smooth, glossy, somewhat suc- 

 culent; from four to six inches long, by two or three broad. 

 Racemes corymbiform, axillary, shorter then the leaves. Pe- 

 duncles round, smooth. Pedicels clubbed, round, smooth. 

 Bractes a concave one below each pedicel. Flowers pretty 

 large, rose-coloured. Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets imbricat- 

 ed, concave, roundish ; permanent. Corol one-petalled. Tube 

 exceedingly short. Border five- cleft; divisions spreading, 

 cordate. Filaments five, exceedingly short, from the bottom 

 of the tube. Anthers oblong, acute. Germ superior, oblong. 

 Style awled. Stigma acute. Berry size of a small cherry, 

 round, juicy, black, one-seeded. 



The juice of the berries is of a very beautiful bright red 

 colour; upon paper it changes to a durable brown. 



2. A. paniculata. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves cuneate-oblong, sub-sessile, entire, 

 smooth, reflex. Panicles terminal, oval, composed of many 

 alternate, compound branches. 



A laro-e shrub, or small tree, a native of the hilly parts of 

 Chittagong, and particularly conspicuous on account of its 

 laro-e retlexed leaves, (from six to twelve inches long ;) and 

 very large, elegant panicles of innumerable, lively rose-co- 

 loured flowers. Like most of the other species, it continues 

 to blossom and ripen its seed most part of the year. 



Young shoots thick, somewhat succulent, with smooth, 



