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No. 663. 
CARISSA CARANDAS. 
rnd . Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Seeds of this plant were kindly commu- 
nicated to us by Mrs. Hutton, of Calcutta, 
in 1819, with information that they were 
collected by a gentleman on his journey 
from Benares to that city. It seems to 
differ a little from Roxburgh’s figure in the 
Coromandel plants, the divisions of the 
Corolla being more acute in our igus “a 
there represented, where they 
to proceed from a common peduncle bear- 
ing three blossoms, whereas in our plant 
they come immediately out of the ends of 
the branches: they are delightfully fragrant. 
The whole plant contains a milky juice: 
it is used in Bengal for hedges. The fruit, 
which is oval, and about the size of a small 
cherry, is eaten. 
It may be propagated by cuttings, and 
should be potted in loam and peat, and 
have the constant protection of a stove. 
