()0 DiDYNAMiA ANGiosPERMiA. Volkamena. 



2. V. Bnchnnmii. Roxh. 



Shrubby, ertcf. Leaves cordate, entire, downy. Corymbs 

 terminal. Calyx shorter than the succulent berries, and re- 

 flected back from tbem. 

 A i^lirub, received from Dr. Buchanan at Luckipore where 

 the plant is found wild. The same plant was afterwards re- 

 ceived from the Moluccas. Flowering- time the close of the 

 rains ; the seed ripens in January. 



*S'<^w erect, with few expanding", opposite branches. Young 

 shoots downy, and somewhat four-sided. Leaves opposite, pe- 

 tioled, cordate, entire, downy on both sides, from four to six 

 inches long, and from three to four broad. Corymbs terminal, 

 bearing many, pretty large, deep scarlet coloured flowers. 

 Peclnncles and pedicels villous and coloured. Bractes smuU, 

 coloured, and villous. Calyx five-cleft, small and pretty 

 smooth. Corol; tube slender, five or six times longer than 

 the calyx, (shis mark alone distinguishes it from Volkameria 

 itt/brtn»ata.) Border of five, equal, erect, unilateral divi- 

 sion>:. Berry four-lobed, four-seeded, sitting on the reflexed, 

 bright red coloured, permanent calyx ; when ripe of a dull 

 bluish purple colour. 



3. V. Kccmpferi. Willd. iii. 385. Banks's icon. KtempJ", 

 t. 50. 



Shrubby. Leaves long-petioled, round-cordate, sub-entire, 

 margins a little waved, scaly underneath. Panicles terminal, 

 brachiate, broad-ovate, coloured. Calyx globular. Berries 

 succulent. 



A large, ramous, erect shrub, now common in gardens 

 about Calcutta ; it was orgiually introduced from China. Is 

 in flower during the hot and rainy season. 



lioot branchy. Stem scarcely any, but many erect branches, 

 which are wootly, and cohunnar below, young parts obtusely 

 four sided, and a little scabrous. Leaves opposite, petioled, 

 round cordate ; lobes large nnd rounded ; maryins entire, alit- 

 tle downy, the under side is covered with small concave scales; 



