Sesuvium. icosandria digynia. 509 



ICOSANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



CRATEGUS. Schreb. ge7i. n. 854. 

 Calyx five-cleft. Carol five-petalled. Berry inferior, 

 two seeded. 



1. C. crenulata. R. 



Shrubby, spinous. Leaves narrow elliptic, crenulate, 

 polished. F/oM?ers terminal, sub-racemed, pentagynous. 

 Berries oblate, open at top, exposing the five seeds. 



A native of iXepal ; in the Botanic garden at Calcutta 

 in eight years it has grown to the height of six or eight 

 feet, very ramous. It flowers during the hot season,- 

 and the berries ripen in August. 



2. C. integrifolia. R. 



Procumbent, subspinous. Leaves obovate cuneate, en- 

 tire, coriaceous, hairy underneath. F/oif;er^ axillary, so- 

 litary. Calycine segments obtusely triangular and en- 

 tire. 



Found by Colonel Hardwicke on the hills between 

 Hurdwar and Sirinagur. See Asiat. Res. 6. p. 362 — 3. 



SESUVIUM. Schreb. gen. n. 856. 

 Calyx or corol five-parted. Capsule superior, three- 

 celled, circumcised, many-seeded. 



S- pcrtulacasfrum. Willd. 2. 1009. 

 Cnthmus Indicus. Runiph. Amb. t. 7'2.f. 1. 

 Teling. Wangaredookooroo. 



A native of the sand hills near the shores of India. 

 In flo\\er and seed the whole year. 



