*05 TETRAXDUiA MONCGYxiA. Callicarpui 



«d, lively purple, succulent, size of a small grain of black pepper, one- 

 celled. — Seeds four, convex on t'.ie outside, with two flat fi>ces on 

 the inner, rough ; interior integument hard like tiie shell Of a nut. — • 

 Teiispcrm oval, soft, amvgdaline. — Emhryo straight, erect, nearlv as 

 long as the perisperm. Colyhdons oblong. Radicle oblong, the 

 length of the cotyledons, inferior. 



' 2. C. Immfa. Linn. Sp. TJ. ed. IV Hid. i. 620. 



Arboreous, all the young parts mealy. Leaves opposite, oval, 

 ■entire, downy. Corymls axillary, dichotomous throughout. Curols 

 oblique. 



'J'oniex tomentosa. Flor. Zeyl. "N. bQ. 



A pretty lar^e tiee, a native of the Circar mountains, and of the 

 valhes between them. 



Trunk peifectly straight, and of a considerable height. — Liark 

 £uioo;li, ash-coloured. Branches fe"', and near the top, funning but 

 a small head for so larsje a trunk. Yonnz-shvots somewhat four-sid- 

 ed, and covered with grey farina. — Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate, 

 tapering to a point, entire, do\\n\, below uhitisli with much down ; 

 from nine to ten inches long, and five or six broad. — Peiiuls round, 

 two or three inches long, covered with down.— Cor i/ nibs axil- 

 lary, erect, two-forked throughout; every part covered with grey 

 iarina. — Bracles small. — Flowers very numerous, small, j)urple. — - 

 Calyx short; border four-sulcated, permanent, — Coral, tube bent 

 to one side. The other parts as in the genus.- — Style descending. 



Obs. The wood of this tree is white, spongy, and of course not 

 fit for much use. 



^. C. cana. Linn. Sp. PI ed. TV ill d. i. G20. 



Shrubby, downy. L^eaves ovate, glandular-dentate-serrate, dow- 

 ny underneath. Panicles axillary, sub-globular. Stigma bifid. Ber- 

 ries purple. 



CalUcarpa aniericana. Loureiro. Cochinch. ed- JVilld. i. p. 88. 



This shrub was introduced into tiie Botanic Garden from the 



