582 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ardisitt. 



places penetrate a little. Embryo transverse, serpentine, &c. 

 as in Gaertner's Anguillaria, i. 372. t. 77. 



4. A. umbellala. R. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves short-petioled, oblong-, smooth, 

 veinless, entire. Umbels axillary, drooping. Calyx five- 

 parted. Berries vertically compressed. 



A native of Sumatra, from thence Dr. Charles Campbell 

 sent the seeds to this garden, where the plants thrive luxuri- 

 antly, and blossom most part of the year. 



Stem shrubby, erect, with alternate, ascending branches ; 

 all are covered with a smooth bark ; general height of the 

 full grown shrubs about eight feet. Leaves alternate, short- 

 petioled, oblong, entire, polished on both sides, deep green, 

 and almost destitute of veins ; length from three to four inches, 

 and about two broad. Peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter 

 than the leaves, bearing in a simple umbellet, many pretty 

 large, drooping, rose-coloured flowers. Calyx five-parted ; 

 divisions short, and rounded. Corol. Tube very short ; 

 divisions of the border lanceolate, first recurved, then revo- 

 lute. Filaments short, inserted on the mouth of the tube of 

 the corol. Anthers united by their heads into a cone. Germ 

 superior, round. Style tapering. Stigma simple, appearing 

 without the points of the anthers. Berry depressed, smooth, 

 shining' black, size of a large pea, succulent; the pulp being 

 in considerable proportion, and replete with purple juice. 

 Seed solitary, round. Perisperm and embryo as in the other 

 species. 



5. A. villosa. R. 



Shrubby, erect, with spreading, villous branchlets. Leaves 

 lanceolate, crenulate, villous underneath. Umbellets termi- 

 nal, compound, hairy. 



A native of the forests of Pulo Pinang, where Mr. R. found 

 it in blossom in July. Compare with Pyrgus racemosa, 

 Lourier. Cochin Ch. 149. 



