686 PENT \M)Ul \ MONOOVNIA. Cmllmihi. 



two-celled, with one ovulun in each, Attached to tli»- inm r, 

 and lower angle <>l its cell. Style the length of the tune of 

 the corol. Stigma two lobed. Berry inferior, the size of a 

 pea, wheu i*i [ »« • mnooth, ^ 1 1 i 1 1 i n i^ . bighl) polished, black, two- 

 celled ; one <>l the cells frequentlj abortive. Seed* solitary, 

 a ith a \ « iv deep concavit) on ili«' inner or flal >i<N'. Integu- 

 ment single. Peri8perm conform t<> the seed, ratlm- hard. 

 Embryo lodged in the middle of the perisperm. Cotyledons 

 round, reuiform. Radicle inferior. 



GUETTJEDA. SchreLgen. X. 1437- 

 Calyx sub-entire, Corol infundibulifonn, with t ho border 

 from \\\r to eight-parted. Stamina from five to ei*» lit. 

 Drupe dry; tmi from fire t<> eight-celled. Seed solitary. 



I. <i. speciosa, Willd. spec, iv. 898. 



Arboreous, unarmed. Leaves obovate. Cyiaei axillary, 

 dichototnoiM. Fkneers sessile, from seven to eight-cleft. 

 Drupes with as many seeds as divisions in the border of the 

 corol. 



Jasmin um hirsutttm, H t//</. i. />. 36. 



Cadamba jwinitfrif/r'ora, \. Fleur, deSt, Thome. Sonnerat, 

 t. 2. p. 228. /. I-Js. 



Htm pu. RAeerf. J/,//, iv. 99. f. 47. and 48. 



On the coast of Coromandel, it i- only to be found in gar- 

 dens, where ii is raised from the seed. It is in Rower nil the 

 \ ear round, and highly ornamental as u • II as fntgrant. I am 

 not aware that ii is used for any < ronomical purpose*. 



'I' n ill; erect, straight, covered n ith smootbish, dark colour- 

 ed bark. Branches numerous, opposite, decussated, spr< ad- 

 ing, horizontal, forming a large beautiful, shady, evergreen 

 head. U aves opposite, pet ioled, nearly decussate, obovate, 

 sometimes cordate at the base; rutin', smooth, from six to 

 nine inches long, and from four to six broad. Petioles round, 

 coloured, about an inch and a half long. Stipnk 1 1 ugt . with- 



