72 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMT A. ViteX. 



]y as long as tlie corol. Slhjma bifid. Drvpe round, of the 

 size of a |3ea, smooth, succulent, l)h\ck. Nut round, hard, 

 four-celled. ^Seet/* solitary. Periqiermnowe. Embryo erect. 



5. V. a lata. R. 



Arboreous, ieafes ternate ; /e<//?e«s lanceolate. Petioles 

 winged. Panicles axillary. 



Mail eloa. Rheed. Mai. v.t. I. 



A native of Chittagong, where it grows to be a large tree. 

 From thence it was introduced by Dr. Buchanan into the Bo- 

 tanic oaiden at Culcutta, where it blossoms in the month of 

 April. 



Trmik straight, decorated with numerous, spreading and 

 ascending branches, whole height of trees ten years old, about 

 thirty feet. Bark smooth, of a dark, brownish, ash-colour. 

 Leaves opposite, teriiate. Leaflets lanceolate, smooth, entire, 

 about six inches long. Petioles winged, particularly while 

 the trees are young, about three or four iuches long. Paiii- 

 cles axillary, solitary, erect, braehiate, \uth ramifications 

 dichotomous, and a sessile flower in each division. L'^fowers 

 numerous, pale yellow, tinged with very little blue. Calyx 

 campanulate. Border unequally five-toothed. Corol, the 

 Uiiddle lobe of the i/pper lip large, in proportion to its lateral 

 lobes ; the under lip two-parted, and small. Anthers twin, 

 and of a bluish colour. Berrjj round, smooth, pul|)y, when 

 ripe purple, and the size of a marrow-fat pea. A^«i turbi- 

 nate, furrowed, four-celled, with a single seed in each. 



(). V. incisa. Willd. iii. 392. 



Shrubby. Leaves ternate and rjuinate ; leaflets broad- 

 lanceolate, gashed, of a soft fine texture, all are more or less 

 petioled. Panicles terminal. 



V. Meepindo. Curt. Mafj. 364. 



V. Chinensis of the Banksian Herbarium, seems to be the 

 same. 



