IPESfTAHDUlA MONOGYNIA. Ccrlcra. 



small, and only present where the spines are. — Florers terminal, 

 tern, or twice tern, small, white.—- Calyx ; segments lanceolate, acute, 

 villous. — Tube of the^corol a little curved, swelled near the mouth. 

 Jjcrder of five, linear-lanceolate, acute segments. — Stamina lodged 

 in the swelling of the tube — Germ conic, two-celled, with two ovula 

 in each, attached to the partition. Style shorter than the tube. Stig- 

 ma large, with a villous, bidentale apex.— Bern/ round, 'lie size of a 

 pea, smooth, deep black- purple, tvvo-celied. Pulp succulent, pur- 

 plish, and sweet.— Seech »ne or iwo in each cell, shape various, con- 

 cave on the inside, convex on the exterior. Integument single, light 

 "brown, and rather rough — Perisperm conform to the seed, white, 

 amygdaline. — Embryo inverse, white. Cotyledons roundish. Radicle 

 cylindric, length of the cotyledons, superior. 



4. C. axillaris, R- 



Shrubby, armed with simple, opposite, recurved spines. Leaves 

 short-petioled, oblong. Corymbs pedur.cied, axillary, many-flowered. 

 A native of the Moluccas. 



CERBERA, Schreb. gen. N. 415. 



Calyx .five-parted. Carol funnel-shaped. Germ two-lobed ; 

 lobes two-celled; cells two-seeded; attachment interior. Drupes 

 superior, one: or two singly, one-seeded. Embryo inverse, without 

 perisperm. 



1. G.frutic&sa, R* 



Shrubby, dichotomous. Leaves broad-lanceolar. Corymbs ter- 

 minal. Drupes obliquely urn. shaped, and gaping. 



From Pegu this elegant shrub has been introduced into tie bo- 

 tanic garden at Calcutta, where it is in constant blossom. The flow- 

 er like those of Vinca rosea, but larger, and faintly tragi ant; it is 

 in fact one of the most ornamental shrubs in the garden. 

 * Edw. Bot. F.eg v. 391 N. W. 



