704 DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. Monetltt. 



of the Ganges, in blossom about the beg inning of the hot sea- 



ts 

 sou. 



Brandies numerous, woody, opposite and dichotomous, 

 jointed, round and smooth. Leaves opposite, sub-sessile, 

 lauceolar, somewhat pointed, entire, fleshy, from three to five- 

 nerved ; they are often a little falcate ; about two inches long. 

 Flowers axillary, and at the divisions of the branchlets, in 

 sessile fascicles of generally three, the centre one is generally 

 male, and the lateral two female. Bractes, a transversely 

 oblong, two-pointed, permanent, cup or common calyx in 

 which the flowers sit. Berry long. 



2. V. verticiltatum. Willd. iv. 741. 



Shrubby, with sub-verticelled branches. Leaves oblong, 

 three-nerved. Flowers axillary, from three to seven toge- 

 ther, sessile. 



Teling. Suudra-woodiniki. 



On trees on the coast of Coromandel. It flowers in the hot 

 season. 



3. V. opuniioides. Willd. 740. 



A very ramous, parastical shrub. Branches proliferous, 

 compressed, leafless. 



A native of Coromandel. 



4. V. corifertum. R. 



Monoicous, parasitic, very ramous, smooth. Leaves oppo- 

 site, sub-sessile, lauceolar, from three to five-nerved. Flow- 

 ers sessile, crowded into little axillary heaps. Berries oblong. 



Grows on mango trees in the Silhet district. 



MONETIA. 

 Male calyx four-toothed. Corol four-petalled. Female 

 calyx and corol as in the male. Style none. Stigma glan- 

 dular. Berry one or two-seeded. 



