JJinla. rniANDRiA monooynsa, ?17S 



half as much broad. — Stipules minute, caducous Pedur<des 



axillary, se\eral, longer than the petioles, one-llowered. — Flowers 

 small, deep greenish orange colour. — Cali/x of five round, villous 

 margined, minute leaflets. — Petals round, sessile, with the margins 

 recurved. — Filatmnts no other than Ujr three, short, trian^-ular seo-. 

 ments of the iitshy urceolate nectary, elevating the three, large, twin 

 anthers even with the stigma.— Germ above, conical; three-celled, 

 with two oiula in each, attached to the axis. — Sti/le scarcely any; 

 stigma zcwte, —Berry %\ze of a crab-apple, round, smooth, dull-red. 

 Fulp in considerable quantity, white, of a soft, tough, gelatinous 

 consistence, and eaten by the natives. — Seeds two, or three, separa- 

 ted by a thick partition of pulp ; transversely oblong ; fiat on the in- 

 side, convex on the exterior. — Integuments, single, spongy, brown. — 

 Perisperm none. Fmbryo consisting of two equal cotyledons^ con. 

 form to the seed, and until vegetation begins, so fxrraly, and closely 

 united, that ihey seem to be of one entire piece. — Radicle small, 

 lodged at the umbilicus, relative, centripetal. 



2. J. coromandeliana. R. 



Leaves opposite, serrulate, polished. Calj/x five 'toothed. Petals 

 unguicuiate. 



A small, straggling tree, or rather a large climbing shrub, a native 

 of forests and mountains of Coromandel. 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oval, smooth, shming, some- 

 times most slightly serrulate ; about three inches long, and one and 

 a half broad. — Peduncles axillary, several, bowing, one- flowered. — 

 Calj/r hiferior, one-leaved, five-cleft. — Petals five, clawed, round, or 

 oval, spreading. — 'Nectary a large globular, fleshy receptacle, elevat- 

 mg the stamens and insixX.—Filaments three, spreading, shorter thaa 

 the petals, inserted into the top of the nectary round the germ. Ati' 

 f/iers small, twin. — Germ half immersed in the nectary, three-celled, 

 with one or two ovula in each, attached to the axis. Style very short. 

 Stigma simple. — Berry superior, globular, upon the remaining nec- 

 tary, or receptacle, size and colour of a small red cherry ; one-celled, 

 one-seeded. 



