154 HEXANDRiA MONOGYNIA. Flagellavia. 



Petals six, distinct at the base, oblong, first expanding, 

 afterwards reflexed. Germ turbinate, three-lobed, three- 

 celled, with about six seeds in each, in two vertical rows. 

 Style three-grooved. Stigma three-cleft. Berry pendulous, 

 size of a pea, three-lobed ; and as I have constantly remark- 

 ed that two of the lobes are abortive, its shape is oblique- 

 ly obovate, smooth, when ripe red, and succulent. Seed 

 single, round, attached to the axis, which is now much 

 to one side, by the abortion of two of the lobes of the 

 germ. Integument single, lucid, black, Perisperm con- 

 form to the seed, pure white, cartilaginous. Embryo ser- 

 pentine, lateral. 



FLAGELLARIA. Sckreb. gen. n. 614. 

 Calyx three-leaved. Corol three-petalled. Germ su- 

 perior, three-celled. Cells one-seeded, attachment su- 

 perior. Berry superior, one-seeded. Embryo in the 

 base of the perisperm. 



F. indica. Willd. 2. 263. 



Teling. Poindee-pootee. 



Beng. Bun-chunda. 



Hind. Harcharrul. 



Panambu-valli. Rheed. Mai. 7. t. 53. 



Sirioides. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 29./. 1. 



A long, straggling, scandent, perennial plant ; a na- 

 tive of forests. Flowers during the beginning of the rains 

 in June. 



Calyx three-leaved ; leaflets unequal, one or two be- 

 ing broader, and emarginate. Petals three, oblong, al- 

 ternate with the leaflets of the calyx, and of nearly the 

 same size. Anthers linear, cleft at each end. Germ su- 

 perior, three-celled, one ovula in each, attached to the 

 top of the axis. Styles three, shorter than the stamens. 

 Stigma simple. Berry globular, size of a large pea. 



