350 *ENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. MhamnUS, 



ment inferior. Berry superior, from one to three-seeded. Embryo 

 erect; perisperm scanty. 



1. R. zncanus, R. 



Unarmed, odorous, Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, smooth above, 

 hoary underneath. Stipules filiform. Corymbs on small axillary 

 branchlets. Style three-cleft. 



Reared in the botanic garden at Calcutta from seed received from 

 the Moluccas. Flowering time the cold season. 



Trunk straight. Branches numerous, nearly horizontal. Branchlets 

 alternate, bifarious. Bark smooth; that of the woody parts ash-colour- 

 ed, that of the young shoots green. — ^Leaves alternate, bifarious, peti- 

 oled, ovate-lanceolate, entire, smooth above, very white underneath ; 

 length from two to twelve inches, and from one to five broad. — Sti- 

 pules filiform. — Corymbs alternate, on small, sub-erect, axillary 

 branchlets. — Flowers very numerous, small, greenish yellow. — Calyx 

 villous on the outside, and keeled on the inside. — Qorol petals (sea- 

 lets, Linn.) cuueate, concave. — Style three-cleft. — Berries round, 

 smooth, united to, and resting on the remaining calyx, the size of a 

 small cherry, when ripe black, and filled round the seeds with a dry 

 mealy substance. — Seeds three when all come to perfection, which 

 |s seldom the case, slightly united. 



2. R. circumscissus, Willd. sp. \. 1001.* 



Shrubby, armed with sub-opposite recurved prickles. Leaves 

 sub-opposite, round-obcordate, dentate, polished. Umbellets axil- 

 lary. 



Sung. I?^'^, Bhoovwdwree, fsjffT^^ft", Kshilwuduree, ^"^ft 

 K^Cfs VttlleevMduree, 3^^ft 5 Vwdaravwllee, 4f3PM|ftri4t Btf* 

 hoophulika, qiW^TTj Lughoovwdttree, ^^TTRsit, Vadttrtiphttlee, 

 ^^I^g-^T, Sookshnmvwdwree. 



A native of the forests of India, where its long straggling branches 



* Ceacothus, Gaertn. carp, i. 110. 1. 106. 



