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acuminated, deep green above and pale beneath ; peduncles 

 axillary, trichotomous. Jj . S. Native of Tavoy. 



Dark-green-leaved Hunteria. Shrub or tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Strophdnthus, p. 85. 



f Genera hardly known. 



LXII. MONETIA (so named by L'Heritier in honour of 

 his friend Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Knight of 

 Lamarck, of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, author of Flora 

 Gallica, and of the Encyclopedic Methodique Botanique, &c.). 

 L'Her. stirp. nov. t. 1. Azima, Lam. ex Juss. gen. 425. Lam. 

 diet. 1 . p. 343. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx ventricose, cam- 

 panulate, 3-4-cleft. Petals 4, linear, alternating with the seg- 

 ments of the calyx, somewhat reflexed at the apex. Stamens 

 4, inserted in the receptacle, alternating with the petals ; fila- 

 ments thickened ; anthers sagittate, incumbent. Style short ; 

 stigma acute. Fruit rather fleshy, pea-formed, 2-celled ; cells 

 1 -seeded. Seeds orbicular, compressed, or peltate. Evergreen 

 spiny shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, coriaceous. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, sessile, small. According to Lamarck, Azima 

 is nearly allied to Carissa, but differs in the corolla being poly- 

 petalous, and in the stamens being hypogynous. 



1 M. TETRACA'NTHA ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, pun- 

 gent at apex ; spines stipular, 4 in a whorl. Ij . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. M. barlerioides, Lher. stirp. t. 1. Azima 

 tetracantha, Lam. diet. 1. p. 339. Seb. thes. 1. t. 13. f. 1. 

 Branches slightly 4-cornered. Flowers axillary, few, in clusters, 

 of threes at the top, green. 



Four-thorned Monetia. Fl. July. Clt. 1758. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



2 M. DIACA'NTHA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 670.) spines opposite ; 

 leaves downy beneath, ovate, petiolate. ^ . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Azima diacantha, Lam. diet. 1. p. 340. Pluk. 

 aim. 27. t, 133. f. 3. Rheed. mal. 5. p. 73. t. 37. 



Tmo-thorned Monetia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Strophdnthus, p. 85. 



LXIII. ALA'FIA (meaning unknown to us). Pet. Th. gen. 

 mad. no. 34. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-lobed. 

 Corolla tubular, ventricose ; with a 5-parted twisted limb ; seg- 

 ments plicately sinuated on one side. Anthers acute, distinct, 

 connivent ; filaments bound by the pistil. Style filiform, with 5 

 appendages. Stigma capitate, acuminated, enclosed by the 

 anthers. A weak, climbing, lactescent shrub, clothed with 

 numerous, terminal, purplish flowers. Leaves opposite. 



1 A. THOUA'RSII (Roam. coll. 1. p. 203. Roem. et Schuhes, 

 syst. 4. p. 436.). ^ . ^,. S. Native of Madagascar. 



Petit Thouart's Alafia. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Echltes, p. 76. 



LXIV. LEUCONOTIS (from Xewoc, leucot, white, and ovt 

 uros, ous otos, an ear). Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 121. 



LIN. STST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted. Co- 

 rolla tubular; limb 4-lobed. Stamens 4, inclosed. Ovarium 

 simple, 2-celled ; cells 2-seeded. Style short. Stigma annular 

 below and conical above. Berry 1-3-seeded. Seeds exalbu- 

 minous. Embryo inverted. A lactescent shrub, with opposite 

 leaves and axillary dichotomous corymbs of yellow flowers. 



1 L. A'NCEPS (Jack, 1. c.). J? . S. Native of Sumatra, where 

 it is called Akar-Morai by the Malays. Branches 4-sided. 

 Leaves oblong-acuminated, smooth, having the nerves connected 

 by marginal arches. 



Two-edged Leuconotis. Shrub large. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Strophdnthus, p. 85. 



Edible-berried Carissa. Shrub. 



14 C.? XYLOPICRON (Pet. Th. obs. pi. isl. austr. p. 24. and 

 p. 80.) shrub, spiny ; leaves ovate, acuminated, glabrous, 

 S-5-nerved ; peduncles lateral, spiny, 1-2-flowered; branches 

 forming a pyramidal cyme, fj . S. Native of the Island of 

 Bourbon, about St. Denis. Branches bifurcate. Segments of 

 corolla acute. Berry middle-sized, ovate-oblong, succulent, an 

 inch long, attenuated at the apex, with a bipartite placenta, con- 

 taining 12-15 seeds. 



Xylopicron or Bitter-wooded Carissa. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 

 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



15 C. CORIA'CEA (Wall. cat. no. 1681.) spiny ; leaves elliptic, 

 coriaceous, with revolute edges, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous, 

 shining above. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. C. xylopicron, 

 Telfair, but hardly of Pet. Th. Leaves 2 or 2^ inches long. 



Coriaceous-leaved Carissa. Shrub. 



16 C. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Pet. Th. 1. c. p. 80.) shrub spiny; 

 leaves ovate-roundish ; flowers small ; fruit round. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of Madagascar. Very like C. xylopicron, but smaller in 

 all its parts ; and the fruit round, not oblong. 



Madagascar Carissa. Tree small. 



17 C. AsYssiMCA (R. Br. in Salt. trav. append.) this species 

 has not yet been described, fj . S. Native of Abyssinia. 



Abyssinian Carissa. Shrub or tree. 



Cult. See Strophdnthus, p. 85. for culture and propagation. 



LXI. HUNTE'RIA (named by Roxburgh after William 

 Hunter, M. D., of the Bengal medical establishment; an emi- 

 nent botanist, and author of various papers in the Asiatic Re- 

 searches, of the History of Pegu, &c.). Roxb. fl. ind. 2. 

 p. 531. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent. Corolla funnel-shaped : having the tube gibbous at 

 the base, and swelled a little at the mouth ; segments oblique. 

 Stamens 5, with very short filaments, and ovate, inclosed anthers. 

 Ovarium girded by an annular fleshy ring, ovate, 2-lobed, 2- 

 celled ; with 2 ovula in each, attached by their base to the bottom 

 of the partition. Stigma ovate, 2-lobed, inclosed. Berries 

 twin, distinct, roundish-ovate, pulpy, 2-seeded. Trees with 

 opposite, entire leaves ; and terminal, corymbose, small, white 

 flowers. This genus differs from Carissa in the species being 

 unarmed, not thorny ; and in the berries being twin, not solitary. 



1 H. CORYMBOSA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 532.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, pointed, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, decus- 

 sate ; lobes of calyx ovate. fj . S. Native of the Prince of 

 Wales's Island. Leaves 3-4 inches long, and 1-2 broad. 

 Flowers numerous, small, white. 



Corymoose-flowered Hunteria. Tree. 



2 H. EUGENISFOLIA (Wall. cat. no. 1615.) downy in every 

 part; leaves elliptic or obovate-oblong, acuminated; panicles 

 terminal, trichotomous ; lobes of calyx rounded. 1j . S. Na- 

 tive of Penang. Nerium coraca, Herb. Ham. Leaves purplish 

 beneath. Flowers rather large. 



Eugenia-leaved Hunteria. Tree. ? 



3 H. CORIA'CEA (Wall. cat. no. 1610.) leaves coriaceous, gla- 

 brous, shining above and pale beneath, obtuse ; racemes short, 

 axillary, and lateral. T? . S. Native of Singapore. Flowers 

 small. 



Coriaceous-leaved Hunteria. Tree or shrub. 



4 H.? FASCICCLA'RIS (Wall. cat. no. 1612.) leaves opposite 

 or 3 in a whorl, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, 

 pale beneath ; peduncles short, many-flowered, panicled, axil- 

 lary. ^ . S. Native of the Pundua mountains. 



Fasciclcd-fio'KeTed Hunteria. Shrub or tree. 



5 H. ? ATROVIRENS (Wall. cat. no. 1614.) leaves elliptic, 



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