G66 POLVANiJRIA POLYGYNIA. UvartCt. 



slightly villous. Stamina numerous, forming with the pis- 

 tils, a firm globe in the centre. Filaments cuneiform, in- 

 curved, rigid, crested. 



Anthers a groove on each side of the filaments. Germs 

 numerous, linear, one-celled, with rows of from ten to fif- 

 teen seeds attached to the inner side of the cell. Style 

 none. Stigmas a clammy gland with a notch on the inside. 

 Berries few, long-pedicelled, from oblong to cylindric, 

 smooth, yellow, from one to three inches long. Pulp sweet 

 and edible. Seeds from six to twenty, or more, crest com- 

 pressed, smooth, light brown. Perisperm and embryo as 

 in the genus. See Gcert. sem. 2. 155. t. 114. 



14. U. odorotissima. R. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves lanceolate, smooth. Ten- 

 drils bearing solitary ped uncled flowers. Petals equal, 

 lanceolate, gibbous at the base. Berries one-seeded. 



15. U. uncata. Lour. Cochin Ch. 4. 2G. 



A native of China. In the Botanic garden at Calcutta 

 it blossoms throughout the year. It is powerfully fra- 

 grant, the odour not unlike that of very ripe apples, when 

 laid to ripen in a garret. 



16. U. lutea. Willd. 2. 1262. 



Leaves oblong, smooth, shining. Flowers fascicled. 

 Calyx minute. Petals equal. Berries oval, about six- 

 seeded. 



Teling. Muoi. 



A native of the Circar mountains. Flowering time the 

 hot season. 



17. U. cerasoides. Willd. 2. 1261. 



Leaves broad lanceolate, downy underneath. Peduncles 

 lateral, solitary, one-flowered. Calyx and corol nearly 

 equal. Berries one-seeded. 



