55$ pentandria MONOGYNTA. Baeobotrys* 



It appears to differ from Vahl's B. lanceolala. Symb. i. 

 p. 19. /. 6. in the leaves being- shorter-petioled, and more 

 grossly serrate ; as well as in the in florescence. 



Trunk erect, in plants eight or ten years old as thick as a 

 man's leg. Branches numerous, extending- down to the 

 ground, straight and nearly erect. Bark smooth, dark brown, 

 general height of the whole plant from eight to twelve feet. 

 Leaves alternate, rather short-petioled, veutricose-oblong, ta- 

 pering to an acute point, remotely and deeply repand, ser- 

 rate, pretty smooth on both sides, and glossy on the upper 

 surface, veins large and parallel, from three to six inches long-, 

 and from one to two and a half broad. Stipules uone. Racemes 

 axillary, and terminal, often several together, some of them 

 ramous, much shorter than the leaves ; the terminal one gene- 

 rally panicled. Flowers numerous, diverging, short-pedicel- 

 led, small, pure white. Bractes one at the base of each pedicel, 

 and two pressing on the calyx. Calyx single, semi-supera, 

 permanent, five-parted, divisions obtuse. Corol one-petalled. 

 Tube short, somewhat gibbous. Border of five equal, round- 

 ish, expanded segments. Filaments short, inserted into the 

 tube of the corol, immediately below the middle of the seg- 

 ments of the border, incurved, smooth. Anthers cordate, 

 converging in form of a dome over the apex of the pistillum. 

 Germ semi-inferior, broad-ovate, one-celled, containing nu- 

 merous ovula from the bottom of the cell. Style short. Stigma 

 tending to be lobate. Berry inferior, crowned with the per- 

 manent calyx, round, smooth, dry, size of a grain of black 

 pepper, one celled, e valvular. Receptacle round-cordate, free, 

 attached to the bottom of the cell, as in Primula, &c. Ga?rt. 

 sem. i. 233. t. 50. Seeds numerous, angular. 



2. B. ramentacea. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 

 smooth. Panicles terminal, axillary, and lateral, ramentace- 

 ous. Berries minute, white, succulent. 



Mulinoor/ya is the vernacular name at Sillier, where it is in- 



