Canthium. pentandria monogynia, 633 



PSYCHOTRIA. Schreb. gen. N. 313. 



Calyx five-toothed. Carol tubular. Berry inferior, two- 

 celled. Seeds solitary, grooved on the interior side. 



1. P. asialica. Willd. spec. i. 901, 



Shrubby. Branches oppo*ite, smooth. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, entire, acute, smooth. Stipules semi-lunate. Pa- 

 nicles terminal, brachiate, crowded. Anthers linear. Berries 

 oval, ten-ribbed. 



A native of the Molucca Islands. 



2. P. herbacea. Willd. spec. i. 967. J acq. Amer. 66. t. 46. 

 Herbaceous, creeping". Leaves round-cordate. Stipules 



semi-lunar. Flowers few, terminal on the little erect branch- 

 lets. 



Karinta kali. Rheed. Mai. x. 41. t. 21. 



Koodi mwnkoom, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it 

 grows in moist places under the shade of trees, &c. Flower- 

 ing time the months of May and June. 



CANTHIUM. Lamarck. 

 Calyx four or five-toothed. Corol one-petalled, tubular. 

 Germ two-celled, one-seeded; attachment sub-superior. 

 * Drupe inferior, two-seeded. Embryo inverse, and furnished 

 with a perisperm. 



1. C. angustijblium. R. 



Shrubby, armed. Leaves lanceolate, lucid. Flowers axil- 

 lary, pentandrous. Style length of the corol. 



Beng. Kota-mwll/. 



A well armed, shrubby, very ramous species, a native of 



the hills in the vicinity of Chittagong, Silhet, and the whole 



eastern frontier of Bengal. Flowers from March till July, 



and probably the greater part of the year. 



Trunk obscure. Branches numerous ; young shoots straight, 



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