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(I) W. MONOGYNUS. (Carey.) , 



Ident. Carey itt Hort. Beng. p. 50. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 32^; 

 ^Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 56. 



Engrttv. Wight's Icon. t. 394.^Bot. Mag. 25: t. 2527.-^Boti 

 Reg. X. t. 834. 



Spec. Char. Climbing shrub, quite glabrous : I'eaves opposite, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, short-petioled,acumiilated : cymes terminal, shorter 

 than the leaf: pedunules spreading: pedicels 3-5 at the apex of 

 JieduncleS : lobes of the calyx ovaite, obtuse, slightly hairy at th6 

 margin : Corolla glabrous outside, tube hairy within above the sta- 

 *nens, lobes oblong, Se'gments of the corona lanceolate, ciliated: 

 flowers white, fragrant : berry size of a ainall orange, eatable. 



Silhet, flowering in March and Aprih 



GENUS III. CARISSA. 

 Pentaudria lloiiosynia. Sex: Sysii 



iDeriv. The Sanscrit name latinized. 



Gen. Chak. Ramous shrubs or small trees, lactescent : branches ■ 

 dichotomous, spreading : leaves opposite, entire : spines opposit'8. 

 Sometimes bifurcatfe at the forks of the branches, changed above 

 into flower-bearing peduncles : dalyX 5-pai-ted, or deeply 5-lobed, 

 ■without glands at the base, two of the lobes exterior : corolla salvei- 

 shaped, lobes twisted in aestivationj tttbe hairy within, throat some- 

 times bearded : stamens 5, anthers lanceolate, obtuse or apiculate : 

 »vary single, 2-celled, with 2 ovules iii each : style filiform, glab- 

 rous, thicker above : stigma 2-lobed, hairy, caducous : ovules few, 

 attached to the partition, amphitropal : berry globose or ellipsoid, 

 2-4- seeded : seeds peltate, rough,' albuminous : embryo axile. 

 straight : radicle inferior : cotyledons ovate. 



(1) C. PAUciNERviA. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 333. 



En-grav. Wight's Spicil. II. t. 158. — Icon. t. 1290. 



Spec Char. Branches subdichotomous, armed : leaves elliptic, 

 bblong, acute at both ends, inucronate, glabrous, short petioled', 

 few veined, oblique: peduncles terminal and axillary, much shorter 

 than the leaves, 3-o-flowei-ed ; pedicels longer than the calyx, 

 puberulous : calyx 5-cleft, slightly pilose, laminae lanceolate, acu- 

 ininate : flowers white with a slight dash of rose : berries oval, dark 

 purple. 



Neilgherries, flowering in the hot season. 



