253 ' "PF.NTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Solaniim t 



veins underneath ; pubescent on both sides; one of the pair generally 

 smaller than the other. — Petiol slender, an inch long, a Imle margin- 

 ed at top from the decurreut base of the leaf. — Hewers large, white, 

 sweetly fragrant* a litile nodding. — Peduncles solitary between the 

 bases of the geminate petiols, shorter than they are, clavate, angular, 

 a little hairy.— Calyx spindle-shaped, somewhat hairy, eight- or ten- 

 ribbed; eight- or ttn-toothed ; teeth long, subulate, somewhat une- 

 qual. —^-Corolla 'wice as large as the calyx, neaily an inch in diameter, 

 sub-caisicse, white, rotate, with a very short, purplish tube ; deeply 

 divided into five lanceolate, acute laciniae, which have a few bans on 

 the outsi.ie, their base widened and obscurely aunculate or hasiatp, 

 the margins slightly inverted. — Anthers laige, erect, \eilow, con- 

 niving, biporous, on subulate, purple filaments. — Style capillary, 

 considerably longer than the stamina. — Slignta minute, round. 

 Berry scarlet, fleshy and soft, round, almost as large as a goose* 

 berry; its top pointed with the remainder of the style, its base 

 supported by the persistent calyx, apparently one. celled. — Seeds nu- 

 meious, v\hite, smooth, dotted, compressed, sub-orbicular, with one 

 side nearly straight. Perisperm fleshy. Embryo cylindiic, arcuate- 

 convolute. — N. VV. 



20. S. ? callicarpoides, Wall. 



Arboreous, unarmed, densely hoary with stellate tomentum. 

 Leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, entire, becoming smoother above; 

 sometimes opposite. Corymbs axillary, spreading. Calyx almost 

 entire. Berry five-celled ? ten-seeded I 



Malay, Katipong b'mee. 



A native of Bencoolen, and found there by the late Mr. Jack who 

 communicated the following desciiptiou to me. 



A tree. Branches hoary,, with stellate tomentum.— Leaves alter- 

 nate, sometimes opposite, petiolate, large, broad-ovate, acuminate, 

 entire, the adult rather smooth above (die tomentum being decidu- 

 ous), villous and hoary beneath.- Peduncles axillary, bearing large, 



