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CERBERA fruticosa, 
Rosy-flowered Cerbera. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Arocynem®. Jussieu gen. 143. Div. III. Germen simplex, 
fructus baccatus aut rariis capsularis. ‘ivr tel f 
CERBERA. (Contorta). Cal.. 5-partitus, patens. .- Cor. infundibuli- 
formis, tubo clavato, fauce 5-angulari 5-dentata, limbo magno 5-partito 
obliquo. Anth. conniventes. Stylus 1; stig. 2-lobum. Drupa magna, 
latere sulcata ac 2-punctata, feeta nuce ossei 4-valvi2-loc. 2-sperma. Ars 
bores ; fol. alterna; flores seepé terminales, subcorymbosi. Juss. loc. cit. 149. 
C. fruticosa, dichotoma; foliis oppositis, lato-lanceolatis; corymbis termi- 
nalibus ; drupis obliqué urceolatis, hiantibus. Roxb. MSS} (ex anglico 
verso). 
Cerbera fruticosa. Carey hort. beng. 19. ; = 
Frutex speciosissmus. Caulis brevis, non longé supra basin se dividens, 
indéque in ramos ramulosque multiplices teretes glabros dichotomos atque rectos 
subdvvidendus. — Fol. opposita, sepe ab invicém remota, breve petiolata, 
oblonga ad lanceolata, integra, glabra, acuminata, 5-6-uncialia batituding 
2-3-uncialt. Stipulz interfoliacee, acute. Corymbi pane terminales, dein 
dichotomiarum intermedii evadentes: partiales subtrichotomi breves. Flores 
ampli, roseo-rubentes ore tubi saturatizs colorato, subodorati. Bractee oppo- 
site, triangulares, acute. Cal. 5-phyllus, foliola oblonga, glabra, persis- 
tentia, glanduld glabra prefixa. Cor. tubo fere biunciali, gracili, fauce 
tumida, ore piloso: limbi laciniis obovato-oblongis, equalibus. Fil. brevia, 
fundo faucis inserta: anth. sagittate incluse. Germ. 2, unumve bilobum, 
superiora, hinc ubi invicém goningen, villosa, fissura utringue squamula subu- 
lata operta + lobi germinave simplicia bilocularia, singulum ovulo unico disse- 
pimenti medio annexo. Stylus tubum feré equans: stig. majusculum, apice 
bilobo. 
The drawing was taken in May, at the nursery of 
Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, Fulham, where the 
plant is cultivated in the hothouse. It has been only re- 
cently introduced by Captain Craigie. The species was first 
observed by Dr. Roxburgh, whose account of it we subjoin 
from his manuscript in the Banksian Library. 
This elegant shrub was brought from Pegu (its native 
country) to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where it is in 
constant blossom. The flowers are like those of Vinca — 
rosea, but larger and faintly fragrant. Altogether it is one. 
of the most ornamental shrubs in the garden. 
Stem short; soon dividing and subdividing into many 
straight round smooth dichotomous branches and branch- 
