728 MONOECiA GYNANDRiA. Andiachne, 



Male peduncles sub-axillary, solitary or with a female pedun- 

 cle, slender, rather shorter than the petioles, bearing at the 

 apex several sessile, small, yellow flowers. Calyx and corol 

 as in the genus. Filamejits three, very short, inserted into the 

 middle of the tube of the calyx. Anthers three, simple, obo- 

 vate, sub-sessile. Female peduncles sub-axillary, solitary, or 

 with a male peduncle, and about the same length, one-flow- 

 ered, slender, smooth. Calyx, corol and pistil as in the ge- 

 nus. Berry oblong, very smooth, slightly marked, while im- 

 mature, having ten longitudinal stripes ; when ripe of an uni- 

 form blackish olive colour, nearly an inch long, and about a 

 third thereof in diameter, three-celled, with several small red, 

 flat, ovate seeds in each. 



7. B. laciniosa. Willd. iv. 624. 



Leaves palmate. Petioles muricate. Male flowers fas- 

 cicled ; the female solitary in the same axill. Berries sphe- 

 rical, smooth, three-celled. Seeds many, with a pulpy aril, 

 callous margins, and gibbous, callous sides. 



Nehoemeka. Rheed. Mai. viii. t. 19. 



Hind. Gargoo naroo. 



Common in hedges, and among bushes in the warmer parts 

 of India, and in blossom the greatest part of the year. 



MONOECIA GYNANDRIA. 



ANDRACHNE. Schreh. gen. N. 1483. 



Male calyx five-leaved. Corol five-petalled, or none. 

 Stamina five, inserted on the abortive style. Female calyx 

 five-leaved. Corol none. Germ superior, three-celled ; cells 

 two-seeded ; attachment superior. Styles three. Capsule 

 berried, three-celled ; cells from one to two-seeded. Em- 

 bryo inverse, and furnished with a perisperm. 



1. A. trijhliata. Roxb. 



Arboreous. Leaves tcrnate. Floioers panicled. 



