458 DECANDRiA DECAGYNiA. Phytolacca. 



CERASTIUM. Schreb. gen. n. 797- 

 Calyx five-leaved. Petals two cleft. Capsule one-cell- 

 ed, gaping at top. 



C. cordifolium. li. 



Annual, flaccid, ramous. Leaves opposite, the lower 

 ones petiolcd, the superior ones stem-clasping-. Peduncles 

 solitary, one-flowered, hairy. 



A native of Bengal, where it appears as a weed in our 

 gardens and cultivated fields during the cool season. 



DECANDRIA DECAGYNIA. 



PHYTOLACCA. Schreb. gen. n. 800. 



Calyx none. Petals calycine. Berry superior, ten-cell- 

 ed ten-seeded (or compound,) with a seed in each acinus. 



P. acinosa. R. 



Herbaceous, erect, ramous. Leaves oblong. Flowers 

 decandrous. Berries composed of Irom six to eight 

 distinct acini. 



A native of Nepal. It flowers about the end of the cool 

 and the beginning of the hot season in the Botanic garden 

 at Calcutta. The leaves are used by the natives of Na- 

 pal in their diet. 



