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niucli sliorter tlian the petiole. Peduncles opposite the leaves, 2-3-flowered. Capstde 

 1-1 4 in. — Wight and Arnott describe the septa between the seeds as nearly obsolete, 

 but they are frequently well marked. 



^ ■ DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



;' C. PUMiLus, Mam, in Wall Cat 6310 (a plant cultivated in the Calcuita Garden), 



18 too imperfect to be determined. It is probably a depauperated form of some common 

 species. 



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F/ ^^^biiig shrub. Leaves opposite and alternate, pubescent, entire. 

 Mowers numerous, in pecluucled panicles. SepaU 5. Petals 5, reflexe.l. 

 otowe;i5 numerous ; filaments clavate; anthers 2-celled, cells divergent at 

 the base. Ovary 3-celled ; styles consolidated, subulate; ovules 2 in each 

 cell, collateraL Fruit subturbinate, woody, 3-celled, 3-winged at the 

 8uramit.—DiSTRiB. A solitary species. . 



,^ 1. P. fra^rausy Griff, in Calc. Jowm. Nat Hist iv. 244. t. 13. -r 



Texasserim, at Mergui, GW/^fL 



Stellate-pubescent, Leaves 4 by 2 in., ovate-oblong, cuspidate; petiole \ in. 

 i'/otccn small, fragrant. Petals ^-^ times longer than the sepals. Stamens longer 

 t™ the petals, filaments capillary. Ovary pilose. Fruit 1^ in. diam.— Griffith, 

 ybo describes this plant from specimens growing in the Calcutta Ganlen, says that it 

 . 18 sjipposed to cotne from Silbet ; but I find specimens in his own Herbarium gathered 

 »7 himself in Mergui, probably at a subsequent date. 



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12. ECKINOCABPUS, Blume, 



Trees. Leaves simple, arch-veined. ^ Pedundes axillary, 1-flowere.l, aoli- 

 wry or tufted. Sepals 4, imbricate. Petals 4, gashed. Stametis numerous, 

 ^ee, springing froui a thick disk ; anthers linear, openin? by a terminal pore. 

 yvaru 3-4-celled : cells many-ovuled ; style subulate. Cajmde conaceous or 

 ^oody, prickly or setose, 3-4- or by abortion," 1-celled. Seeds solitary few 

 Wmany, pendulous, ovoid, testa bony shining, albumen fleshy; cotyledons 

 oroad flat.-DiSTRiB. One species is AustraUan, another Javan, the re- 

 mainder are Indian. 



,]•*!. Murex, Bent) 

 Oblong or sublanceolate 

 iruit d,lafn,i at the base. 



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■J;- fi. assamicus, Penth. I.e. 72 ; leaves elliptidoblong abruptly acu- 

 Slate ^^'■''"^ above thinly pubescent beneath, spmes of the fruit 



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A medinm-sized tie Leaves 9 by 4 in. ^petiole 2-3 In. Peduncles puberulons 



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