412 DECANDRiA MONOGYNIA. Cerafostema, 



A large tree, yielding very hard, durable timber, found 

 in most parts of India. Flowering time the beginning 

 of the hot season. The germ is one-celled, containing 

 numerous ovula attached to five parietal receptacles. 

 The fruit edible, and much esteemed by many. 



ARBUTUS. Schreb. gen. n. 750. 



Calyx five-parted. Corol ovate, diaphanous at the base. 

 Berry superior, five-celled. 



A. herpetica. C. 



Arboreous. Leaves ovate, entire, pointed. Racemes 

 terminal, drooping. Berries many-seeded. 



Found by Colonel Hardwicke, amongst the mountains 

 on bis tour to Sirinagur. See Asiat. Res. vol. 6. p. 360. 



CERATOSTEMA. Juss. 

 Calyx five-parted. Ccrol tubular, subcylindric ; mouth 

 five-cleft. ilw^Aer* long-horned. Germ inferior, five-cell- 

 ed ; cells many-seeded j attachment central. Berry five- 

 celled, many seeded. Embryo centripetal, and furnish- 

 ed with a perisperm. 



1. C. vaccinacea. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves subverticelled, narrow-Ianceolar, ser- 

 rate. Racemes axillary, the length of the leaves. 



An elegant, very ramous shrub, a native of the Garrow 

 hills, where it is cal'ed Kesaproom, the flowers have an 

 acid taste, and are eaten by the natives in their curries. 

 Flowering time April ; the seed ripens in J uly. 



Branches and branchlets numerous, and very erect ; 

 the young twigs rough with the withered permanent sti- 

 pule, lilie ensiforra scales ; general height of the shrub 

 about six ft^t. Leaves tending to be verticelled, subses- 



