864 PENTANDUIA M0N0GYNIA. PoSOqiieiia* 



olive grey: pulp in large quantity, hard and dry. — Seeds numerous, 

 oval, flattened, nidulant. — Embryo furnished with a perisperm, its 

 direction various. 



The flowers of this species render it deserving of a conspicuous 

 place in the flower garden. The uncommon appearance of the plant 

 is also in its favour. 



2. P. dumetorum, Willi, i. 1229. 



Sub-arboreous, armed. leaves obovate. Flowers lateral, and 

 terminal, solitary; tube short, border five-parted. Berry drupaceous, 

 spherical. 



Gardenia dumetorum, Willd. i. 1229. 



G. spinosa, Suppl. Plant, p 164. . 



Teiv>ga> Manga. 



This is one of the most common, thorny, ramous shrubs, or, in a 

 good soil, small trees, on the coast; there is scarcely an uncultivated 

 spot where it is not to be found. Floweiing time the beginning of 

 the wet season. 



Dr. Koenig's description of this shrub, published in the Supple- 

 menturn Plautarum of the younger Linneus is good and full. 



Germ two celled, each containing many ovula attached to a 

 crescent-shaped receptacle in each cell, which is vertically attach- 

 ed to die middle of the partition. — Berry round, smooth, when ripe 

 yellow, and much like a small crab apple both in size and appearance. 

 Pulp in large quantity, of a firm, fleshy texture, two-celled. — Seeds 

 numerous, oval and oblong, attached as in the germ, and nestling in 



a quantity of gelatinous pulp Perisperm conform to the seed. — 



Embryo more than half the length of th'e seed, straight. Cotyledons 

 roundish. Radicle cylindric, length of the cotyledons, vaga. 



It is employed for fences, and fire-wood. The flowers like all 

 the rest of this genus are highly fragrant, but in this species few in 

 number. 



The fruit when ripe, looks like a small yellow apple ; if bruised 

 and thrown into ponds where there are fish, they are soon intoxicated, 



