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petals. Staminodes 5, bifid, nearly as long as ihe petals. Ovary ovoid. Fruit oblong,^ 

 nearly covered by the closely adherent glabrous calyx. ., ' ; ' t 



Var. 1. bracteata, racemes elongated half as long as the leaves, bracts 2-3 times 

 • longer than the peduncles ovate leafy. — Bombay, Law. This may be merely an 

 accidental variation. 









4/0. zeylanica, Linn,; DC. ProdrA.5^2; arborescent, leaves ovate 

 acuminate or ovate-lanceolate, racemes many-flowered, peduncles ascending 

 , scarcely exceerling the bracts. Wall. Cat 6776 A, 6776 B ? ; W. d^ A. Prodr. 

 i. 88: Thwaites Enum. 42 : Bedd>me FL Sylv. Ix. ■ '^^^ ' 



Ceylon, southern parts of the island, Thwaites. '. , U ^ 



A small tree. Young branches acutely angled, glabrous, transversely wnnkled^ 

 loosely divaricate. Leaves 2 by f in., glabrous, shining; petiole I in. "v'V^l 

 axillary twice the length of the petiole, rachis puberulous, peduncles subtended by a „. 

 bract of about equal length. Flower-bud cylindric-clavate. Floioers \ in. Calyx- 

 rim crenulate, J^eiaZ.9 5, oblong, many times longer than the calyx. Fertile stameM 

 3, shorter than the 5 bifid sf am inorfes. Ovary ovoid, i^rwii ovoid-oblong, obtuse. ' v*v 



5. O. merg^uenBis, Planck in Uerh, Kew ; arborescent, leaves oblong-, 

 lanceolate acuminatej base tapering, racemes many-flowered, peduncles as- 

 cending scarcely exceeding the bracts. ' ^ ■■ '■^>^-y:^^ \' 



Tenasserim ; at Mergui, Griffith ; Malacca, Maingay. j- ..i _;2: ^ 



A low tree. Branches purplish, glabrous. Leaves 5 by \\ in., glabrous, conaceous^ 

 petiole Jin. JRacemes solitary or many from the same axil, rather longer than 

 petiole, simple or branched, erect ; peduncles pubemlous. Bracts ovate, acute, ^^"*^?\' 

 overlappinff when vonne. Floioers A in., whitish, fracrrant.- Petals usutuly 6, 1 



pairs, or o, rarely three. Fertile stamens 

 bifid staminodes. Ovary ovoid-cnnic. 



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6. O. acuminata, Wall. Cat 6781 ; shrubby, branchlets an^lar, leaves, 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, racemes few-flowered, V^^^^^}%JZ 

 flexed. Bentk in Linn. Trans, xviii 678- O. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. ^i^- 

 O. longifolia, Wait Cat 6782. u. 



SiLHET, Walli4^h; KhasiaMts., alt. 2000ft., HJ. <& T; Bhotan, Griffith; AasAJf, 



Jenkins, ' » / 



Ascandent? shrub. Branches glabrous, yellow, divaricate, virgate. -^^^^_i g 

 ky f-li in., glabrous, acute, base taperinj?; petiole ^ in. Racemes very short, P^^"" ^ 

 distichous. -F^ywJer-iwds ovoid -conic, i^uj^rs minute. Calyx patenform. f^^\^^ 

 oblong-lanceolate, apex incurved. Fertile stamens 3, opposite the petals, ^^^!\\.^^ 

 the 6 bifid staminodes ; anthers apiculate. Ovary ovoid. Fruit i in., ovoid-oDiuiig* 



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obtuse, glabrous, orange-coloured. 



7. O.nana, Wall. (7a<. 6783 A, B ; suflFruticose, leaves oblong-lanceoiaw, 

 peduncles solitary l-flowerei1. £enth. in Linn. Trans xviil 678. 



Hot Valleys of the Western Himalaya, ascending to 5000 ft. from Nipal westwar 

 and in the Pan.tab. . v> i in 



Shoot^ herbaceous, from a contracted woody stock, virgate. Leaves }\ %f „^ 

 Btibsessile, glabrous, black in drying ; petiole 4 in. Flower-huds obovmd. -^ ' -j^ 

 scarcely 4 in. Petah 3, oblong-Ianceolate, rather obtuse. Fertih stamens ^ "PI,p„„ 

 to the t>etal8. Staminodes bifid, longer than the fertile stamens. Ovary oso^^■'l 



1-cellcd. Frvit globular, pea-like, 1-celled, l-seeded.— This is one of those ';(j 

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e or slinil). Zmve5 alternate,' petiolate,' 1 -nerved. 'Floioers °""J5J^, 

 ^^_^ong, slender, brancliing axillary spikes. Calux cup^sBaped, 4r-o-w 





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