Berberis. hexandria monogynia. 181 



penetrates to, or beyond the centre, and there enlarging, it 

 occupies a considerable space. Embryo lodged in a co- 

 nic pit, a little above the base on the inside. 



2. L. spino^a. Willd. 2. p. 201. 



Leaves digitate-palmate- Spadix shorter than the arm- 

 ed petioles. 



Licuala arbor. Rumph. Amb. 1. t. 9. 



Corypha licuala, frondibus palmatis foUolis linearibus 

 nervosis apice prcemorsis. Petiolis basi spinosis, spadice 

 erecio striclo. Lamarck. Eiicyclop. 2. 131. 



ACHRAS. Schreb. gen. n. 593. 

 Calyx six-leaved. Corol six-cleft, with scales on the 

 inside. Germ superior, from eight to ten celled ; cells one- 

 seeded ; attachment interior. Berry from eight to ten cel- 

 led. Seed solitary. Embryo erect, and furnished with a 

 perisperm. 



A. Sapota. Willd. 2. 224. 



F/oit;ers solitary. Leaves IsmceolsLT, lucid. 



A native of China, from thence introduced into the 

 Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where growing in the same 

 place with the West India tree they are not to be distin- 

 guished from it. The China trees have not yet blossom- 

 ed, but those from the West Indies flower in the hot sea- 

 son, and the fruit ripens in the rains. 



BERBERIS Shreh. gen. n. 595. 

 Calyx six or more, leaved. Coro/ six-petalled ; at the 

 base are two glands. Germ superior, one-celled two or 

 more-seeded ; attachment sub-inferior. Berry from two to 

 three-seeded. Embryo erect and iuraished with a peris- 

 perm. 



