56 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. MelodinUS. 



1. M. monogynus. R. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, glanc- 

 ing^, acuminate. Panicles axillary, and terminal, sub- 

 globular, crowded, brachiate. Nectarial scales five, un- 

 divided. 



Sadiil kou is the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is 

 found indigenous in the forests, climbing over trees, &c. 

 Flowering time the month of April. Seed ripe in October 

 and November. It is eaten by the natives ; the taste of the 

 firm pulp in which the seeds are immersed is sweet and a- 

 greeable to the taste. 



Young shoots round, and smooth, lactescent. Leaves 

 opposite, short-petioled, lanceolate, shining, entire, acu- 

 minate, from three to six inches long and one or two broad. 

 Stipules none. Panicles terminal, and from the exterior 

 axils, subglobular, brachiate ; extreme divisions three- 

 flowered. Bractes oblong, acuminate. Flowers pretty 

 large, white and fragrant. Calyx of five, smooth, oval, per- 

 manent leaflets. Corol infundibuliform ; segments of the 

 border five, subfalcate. Mouth of the tube crowned with 

 five, undivided, wooly, ensiform scales. Filaments ^ve, 

 short, inserted into the tube of the corol near the base. 

 Anthers sagittate, lodged rather below the middle of the 

 tube, opening on the sides below the apex. Germ superi- 

 or, two-celled, with many ovula in each, attached to ele- 

 vated receptacles on the middle of the partition. Style 

 short, and undivided. Stigma clammy, subovate, em- 

 braced by the anthers, apex slender, and bifid. Berries 

 of a round, somewhat four-cornered shape, size and 

 appearance of a small, deep- coloured, very smooth o- 

 range ; two celled. The whole very inviting to the eye, 

 the firm pulp in which the seeds are immersed is palat- 

 able, and is eaten by the natives where the plants grow. 

 Seeds numerous, long, ovate, considerably compressed, 

 size of a cucumber seed. Integument besides the pulp of 

 the berry two ; exterior rugose, thick, dark brown ; inte- 



