Carissa. rENTAxmuA monogykia. 525 



rymbs terminal, rarely axillary, many-flowered. Flowers pure white. 

 — Calyx rive-toothed, small. — Corol funnel-shaped ; the upper half of 

 the tube a tiitle swelled. Border of five, obliquely. lanceolate divisi- 

 ons. — Filaments five, inserted rather below the middle of ihe tube of 

 the corol; anthers oblong. — Germ ovate, two-cellarl, with two ovula 

 in each, attached to the middle of the partition. Styleha f the length 

 of the tube of the corol. Stigma double, the lower half nearly 

 round, the upper half more slender, and tapering. — Berries oval, 

 pulpv, when ripe smooth, shining black, siz-e of a French bean, two- 

 celtea, with two seeds in each. — Seeds, Perisperm and Embryo as 

 in C. Caiandas. 



3. C. villosa, R* 



Shrubby, tender parts villous. Leaves from broad-lanceolate 

 to oblong-ncu'e. Flowers terminal, subtern, or seven. Germ four- 

 seeded, (two in each cell.) 



Several pants of this shrub have been long cultivated in the bo- 

 tanic garden at Calcutta, but from whence, or how they got into 

 the garden, has never been ascertained. Flowering time the same 

 as the other species, viz during the wannest time of the year, March, 

 .April, and May. This species seems perfectly distinct, and has 

 much less to recommend it than either Caiandas, ov diffusa. — in most 

 respects it agrees pretty well with Vahl's description of C. edulif, 

 Tlie following description will, however, point out some difference. 



Stern lather weak, and leaning considerably, soon dividing into se- 

 veral, rather slender, dichotomous, flexuose branches. Bark of the 

 ligneous parts spongy, and deeply cracked ; that of tire young shoots 

 Villous* — Thorns opposite, at the forks of the branches, and in all 

 other parts at every second, straight, strong, very sharp, and less 

 frequently compound than in the other two species just mention- 

 ed. — Leaves opposite, slmrt-petioled, oblong, and broad-lanceo- 

 lar, acuminate, soft with down, particularly while young, from 

 one to two inches long, and rarely more than one broad. — Stipulei 

 * C. hirsuta, Heyne — Rotli, nov. spec. 123.— Svst Veg. iv. 522. N, W. 



