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172 pENTANEKiA monogvsia. Vangueria* 



site, short petioledj oval, firm, smooth, of a shining deep green, about 

 six inches long; on the under side in the axils of the principal 

 veins are to be found the characteristic glands of the Gardenias, they 

 are smooth and hollow ; in the Gardenias they are generally surround- 

 ed with a hairy margin. — Stipules within the leaves. — Cymes axillary, 

 short-peduncled, simple, or compound, bearing many small, white, 

 very fragrant Mowers.- — Calyx and coroi as in the family. — Filaments 

 five, short, somewhat crooked, inserted into the downy throat of the 

 tube of the corolla. — Anthers incumbent, oblong.— Germ inferior, 

 globula'. Style nearly twice the length of the tube. Stigma large, 

 mitre-shaped. — Pericarp a top-shaped berry, the size of a small cher- 

 ry, when ripe black and shining, crowned with the calyx.— Seeds two. 



5. C. moluccanum, R. 



Pentandrous, unarmed. Leaves oblong. Style length of the short 

 gibbous tube of the coro! ; stigma turbinate. 

 A native of the Molucca Islands, 



VANGUERIA.Juss. 



Calyx five-toothed. Corol one-petalled; tube gibbous ; mouth 

 shut with hairs. Germ five-celled; cells one-seeded; attachment 

 interior. Berry infeiior, five-seeded. Embryo inverse, and fur- 

 nished with a perisperm. 



1. V. spinosa, R. 



Shrubby, armed with decussate spines. 



Sung ftjuftcT^J, Pindeetuka, fq^C1^> Pindeerama, ftl?5t 

 ^T^XRor:, Pindeedharaphwla, JT^^fj, MaroovMka^-^r.r;, Shww- 

 swna, <RTn^TC:> Kurahato, ^jf \ZWi> Ktirahataka, TOp, Shw- 

 ly«, ■s^fft, Shulyukfl, j^:, Mttdwna, ^n^fl^j, Karikara, ^., 

 Toorya, cJ7R;:> Tiigwra, q&t&> Kantala, fV^rfev B * snMmO0s - 



