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686 ; Oliv. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii. 30 ; Brandis For, Fhr. 49. 

 Amyris pentaphylla, Roxh. FL Ind. ii. 247 (error in descript, of ovules); 

 Wall. Cat 8519. Limonia mollis, Wall Cat. 6362. Gallesioa pentaphylla, 

 Eoem, Synops. fasc. i. 45. . ': ,. 



Tropical We^teun HmALAYA, from Kumaon to Nipal, and in the Doom and Sal 

 forests of Oudh ; Cawnpore, Hardwick. '■ . ' 



Brancldeta terete, softly tomentose, as thick as a goose-quilU Leaver large; petiole 

 often shorter than the leaflet, terete ; leaflets membranous, narrow and more or le-s 

 obliqne at the cuneate base, qnite entire or obscurely crenate, very shortly petioled, 

 ■usually softly tomentose beneath; nerves spreading. Panicle erect, 4-10 in. long, 

 branches long stout much divided, all very softly downy. Flowers \ in. diam. ; buds 

 globose. ^Sepals triangular, acute. Petals oblong, concave, obtuse, glabrous or hairy 

 outside. Filaments short, broad. Fruit ^ in. diam., broadly oblong, glabrous, pale 

 orange, papillose.— Wallich's 8519, from the Calcutta Gardens, have very large (10 by 

 4^ in.) membranous sometimes 1-foliolate leaves, almost glabrous beneath and glabrous 

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2. C. heptaphylla, W. & A. Prodr. 95, in note; glabrous, leaves 

 5-9-folioIate, leaflets 2-5 in. equal or slightly oblique at the base, 

 flowers 4-5-inerou3, ovary obovoid 4-grooved glabrous, style as long as the 

 ovary and as broad as the stigma. Oliv, in Joum, Linn. Soc v. Suppl- 

 ii 30, Amyris beptaphylla, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii. 248 ; Wall Cat. 8508. 



Eastern Bengal, near Calcutta, Roxburgh ; Silhet, WalUch ; Khasia Mts., 

 ascending to 4000 ft., and Chittagong, H.f. S T.; Tenasserim, Griffith. > 



.*■ A branching bush, smelling strongly of aniseed; branchlots glabrous, as thick as a 

 crow-quilL ieayes 6-16 in. ; petiole cylindric, slender; leaflets sometimes 8 inv ,; 

 shortly petioled, membranous, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, very obscurely crenulate, 

 pale beneath ; nerves and costa slender. Panicle with slender spreading branches, on 

 M-hich the flowers are racemed. Flowers ^ in. diam., pedicels slender, buds globose, 

 yellow- white. Petals oblong, glabrous? ' ^e/v^/ i in. long, oblong, white reddibli or 

 pale yellow, glandular. - 



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3 C. macrophylla, Hook. f. ; softly villous, leaves 5-foliolate, 

 leaflets 5-7 in. equal of suboblique obscurely toothed tomentose beneatu, 

 flowers glabrous, stamens equal, filaments very short, ovary stipitaie 

 glabrous 4-lobed tubercled, style as long as the ovary and as broad as tiie 

 stigma. C. heptaphvUa var. ? nubesr.p.ns : Oliv. in Joum. Linn. ^'''^ ^• 



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EiRMA, on the banks of the Saluen at Trogla, Wallich. ,i .„ 



I have seen but one specimen. Branchkts as thick as a goose-quill, and as wen a 

 the petiole and panicle clothed with a soft spreading close-set velvety tomentum. Leaie^ 

 1 ft. ; leaflets ver^ shortly petioled, acuminate, pale on both surfaces, nerves strong 

 arched, nuirgin with sliallow small rather distant teeth, midrib stout ; conmion petio^ 

 ^tout, terete. Pavicle stout, erect, with the peduncle 1 ft, long ; branches stnct, eieci 

 patent, aecondary branchlets short. Flowers crowded, ^ in. diam., shortly pcaiceneu, 

 buds globose. Calyx-lobes 4, minute, rounded, acute. PttaU broadly oblong, ^oocav^ 

 membranous, covered with large glands. Filaments much dilated below; antne^ 

 large, oblong. Ovary stipitate, tubercled with very large glands; ovules 2, collaienw 

 m each cell. Fruit immature, oblong, tip obscurely 4-anglcd and truncate. " jf"? 



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4. C. excavata, 5wm. Fl. Ind. 87 ; pubescent or tomentose, leaves 



15-30-foUulate, leaflets 2-3^ in. oblique at the base, flowers 4-iaerons, ovaiy 

 ovoid or elliptic sub-4-goiial stipitate hairy or hirsute, style stout aboui 

 equalhug the ovary. DC. Frodr.x. 538 f Oliv. in Joum: Unit, hoc^- 

 Suppl, n, 31. Murray a Bur manni, Sr>reng. .Syst. Yen. ii. 315.' Amyris saina- 







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