BONTIA, in botany, a genus of the didynamia angiosperma class. The calix is divided into five pieces; the corolla is bilabiated, with the superior labium emarginated, and the inferior consists of three deep-cut segments; the berry, which is of the drupa kind, is oval, oblique at the apex, and contains but one plaited seed. The species are two, viz. the daphnoides and the germinata, both natives of the Indies.