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centia v. interduin supra glabrescentia, saepius l*-2.} unc. longa, 

 8-12 lin. lata (in var. t$ 4-7 lin. lata). Panicula elongata v. pyra- 

 midalis, folia superans v. iisdem brevior. Flores subsessiles v. brevis- 

 sime pedicellati. Calyx 4 -rotundato-lobulatus v. lobis ovato-triangu- 

 laribus. Petala tcnera, clliptica v. rotundata. Stamina subaequalia 

 v. altcrna parum breviora, filamentis infra dilatatis eoncavo-fornicatis. 

 Ovarium 4-loculare, ovulis geminatis, superimpositis ; disco ad ovarii 

 stipitem accreto, saepius glabro. Stylus demura basi sejungens, glaber, 

 4-sulcatus v. tetragonus, stigmate aequilato v. vix latiore. Bacca gla- 

 bra v. sparse pilosa, 1-sperma. 

 Distinguished by the hairy ovary, wbich is ovate or elliptical, not de- 

 pressed in the apex. The style often seems almost narrowed gradually 

 from the ovary. The leaflets are often very numerous. 



** Inflorescentia axillaris, paniculata, v. racemosa. (Flores tetrameri, in 

 C. Willdenovii rarius pentameri.) 

 a. Species extra-Africanse. 

 4. C. Willdenovii, W. Sf Am. Prod. Fl. Penins. p. 96. Foliolis 

 5-9-13 basi plus minus obliquis, floribus cymosis in paniculis subra- 

 cemosis v. racemis, pedicellis gracilibus, ovario breviter et anguste 

 stipitato plus minus 4-sulcato v. tetragono glabro, stylo crassiusculo 

 ovarium aequante v. paulo excedente, bacca rotundata 1-2 sperma. 

 C. pubescens, W. 8f Am. 1. c— Amyris dentata, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 337- 

 (nana). Foliis minoribus, inflorescentia racemosa. — C. nana, W. & Am. 

 1. c— Amyris nana, Roxb.Fl.Ind. ii. p. 249, et tab. (Mus. E.I.C.) 1408. 

 Loc. Concan ! Stocks ; Madras ! Shuter ; Nilghirisi ! Hb. Hk. ; Ceylon ! 

 Thwaites (C.P. 1204) fy G. Thomson.— Forma pubescens, Ceylon! 

 Thw. (C. P. 2546).— Var. ft Nilghiris, Hb. Hk. 

 Frutex v. fruticulus. Ramuli glabri v. breviter pubescentes. Folia 2\ 

 (var. nana) -12 poll, longa glabra v. pubescentia. Foliola subsessilia v. 

 petiolulata (0-2 lin.), oblique ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, saepius acumi- 

 nata, apice obtusiuscula v. minute emarginata, margine crenulata, 2-3 

 unc. longa (in var. nana f unc), 4 lin.-H unc. lata. Flores inferiores 

 in cyinis 3-floris laxis, v. 1-floris, interdum in racemis dispositis. Pe- 

 dicelli 1-5 lin. longi. Calyx 4 (rar. 5) -partitus v. lobatus, lobis 

 plus minus ovatis. Stamina 8, filamentis infra dilatatis, subfornicatis. 

 Ovarium superne 4-lobulatum v. sulcatum, 4-loculare, ovulis superim- 

 positis. Bacca rotundata, subsicca, pisi magnitudine *. 

 A variable plant. Some forms, especially of var. nana, much resemble 

 Clausena inaqualis of Southern Africa. The inflorescence in this species 

 is always axillary : when paniculate the flowers are disposed in small lateral 

 cymes ; in var. nana it is often reduced to simple racemes, with the flowers 

 on slender, rather long pedicels. 



* Lieut. Beddome has favoured me with specimens of this Clausena from the 

 Anamallay Hills, where it bears a delicious fruit— somewhat similar, I think 

 in size to that of the Wampi, 



