S8STA.NDMA woxogynxaI TsycTiottia, 



1. P. asiatica, Willd. Spec. i. 961. 



Shrubby. Branches opposite, smooth. Leaves ovate=lanceolate, 

 entire, acute, smooth. Stipules semilunate.- Panicles terminal, 

 bractiate, crowded. Anthers linear. Berries oval, ten-ribbed. 



A native of the Molucca Islands* 



Addition ty N. W. 



I received specimens of this species from Sj'Ihet in 1815. It- 

 grows on hills ; blossoms during the rains, and ripens its fruit in the 

 cold season. In Nipal I have only found it once on my way from 

 Hetounra to Bheempedi, growing among rocks, in fruit in December* 



Beng. Maisa-aladfl ; and Alada choonan.* 



Shrubby. Branches smooth, round ; upper ends pubescent, com- 

 planate. — Leaves opposite, spreading, rather thin aud membranous,. 

 elliptic, tapering at both ends, acuminate, margius slightly .crenulate 

 outwardly, from eight to ten inches long, smooth and shining; 

 above, with copious, elevated, pubescent, parallel nerves underneath; 

 the latter uniting on sub-marginal arches as in Eugenia; while young 

 the} are of a reddish tint, at least they appear so when dried. — Peti- 

 ols round, about an inch long. — Stipules large, ovate, almost equal- 

 ling the petiols, with a broad concave bark ; apex somewhat recurved, 

 and divided into two-lanceolate, acute lobes; within the base they 

 are hoary. — Panicle terminal, roundish, rather small, short-pedun- 

 cled ; peduncles pubescent, flattish ; common umbellate. Brae* 

 les small, lanceolate, under each division. — Flowers very small, sub- 

 sessile, ternate, greenish. — Calycine lacinicR linear, ciliate, half the 

 length of the infundibuliform corolla, the inside of which is villous, 

 and the border five-parted, acute. — Stamina concealed within the 

 ^villous throat and scarcely elevated above it. — Ovarium oblong, 

 pubescent. Style short. Stigma linear, two-lobed. — Berry oblong, 

 dark red, shining, with a few short hairs, crowned, ten-ribbed. — 

 Perisperm divided by a longitudinal fissure which penetrates to its 

 middle and there widens a little. In other respect Gasrtner's des- 



» Clieonari is also the name ef Ixora villosa.— N. W, 



