568 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Cappai'lS. 



one-flowered. Petals ciliate, shorter than the stamina; 

 berries obovate obtusely four-sided. 



Teling. Adonda. 



This species is readily known, by the tender shoots> 

 leaves, and calyces being: covered with much rust-colour- 

 ed pubescence, by there being often three flowers in the 

 axill, and by the petals being much shorter than the sta- 

 mina, and ciliate, and lastly by the germ being nearly 

 round. 



3. C. subspinosa. R. 



Scandcnt, armed with minute, stipulary thorns. Leaves 

 linear-oblong, acute. Racemes corymluform, axillary, and 

 terminal ; the whole forming a leafy panicle. Carols al- 

 most regular. 

 A native of the Moluccas. 



4. C. sepiaria. Willd. 2. 1132. 



Shrubby ; stipules thorny. Leaves oval. Umbels ter- 

 minal. Carols irregular. Berries one-seeded. 



Beng. Kanta-goor-kamaee. 



Teling. Nella puee. 



A middle sized very ramons, strong shrub, common in 

 hedges, for which it is a most excellent plant. 



Trunk scarcely any. Branches numerous, winding, very 

 stifl". Prickles stipulary, recurved, very strong and sharp. 

 Leaves alternate, short-petioled, ovaI,emarginate, smooth'; 

 about one inch and a quarter long and three quarters 

 of an inch broad. Umbellets simple, terminal, globular, 

 many-, and one-flowered. Flowers small white. Calyx 

 unequal. Pe^iofe unequal, ascending on one side. Fila- 

 ments ascending on the other. Berry the size of a small 

 cherry, smooth, black, one-seeded. 



5. C. bisperma. R. 



Arboreous; stipules thorny, recurved. Leaves oval. 



