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many, axile. Capsule ^-superior, conical or elongate, many-seeded, splitting 

 through the dissepmients and the style. Seeds elongate, testa loose more or less 

 produced at each end.— Distrib. Species 5, the Himalaya, Indian Archipelago, 

 Japan, Virginia. 



1. I. macrophylla, Wall, in Eoxh. FL Ind. ii. 419; leaves large 

 rounded at the base, petals closely reflexed on the pedicel between the calyx- 

 teeth, calyx-tube in fruit somewhat campanulate. WalL Cat. 7200 ; DC Prodr. 

 iv. 6 ; H.f. 4- T. in Jmm. lAnn. Soc. ii. 77. Kurrimia ?, Wall. Cat. 7200. 



Subtropical Eastern Himalaya ; Bhotan and Sikkim, alt. 1000-4000 ft., Griffith, 

 Gamble, Khasu Mrs., alt. 2000-4000 ft., frequent. — Distrib. Java. 



A small tree. Leaves often 6 by 3 in., broadly ovate, acute, glandular-denti- 

 culate, but sometimes not larger than in 7. cMnensis nor more rounded at the base. 

 Racemes 1-3 from several upper axils, usually shorter than the lea\es, and like the 

 ealyx-tube puberulous. Capsule J^f in. long, the bases of the carpels clearly sunk 

 below the limb of the calyx-tube ; the calyx-teeth finally wear off. 



2. Z. chinensls, -ffboA/^- Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. 89, t. 39 ; leaves usually 

 narrowed at the base, petals erect persistent often appressed to the fruit, c^v^" 

 tube in fruit tiurbinate or conical. H. f. 8c T. in Journ. Linn. Soc.n. /7; 



Benth. FL Hongk. 129. 



Khasia Mrs., alt. 4000-5000 ft., Wallich, &c.— Distrib. China, Hong Kong, 

 Formosa, &c. . 



A shrub. Leaves usually 3 or 4 in., oblong, narrowed at both ends, glandular- 

 denticulate, but sometimes 6 in. by 2^ in. and exactly resembling those of /. macro- 

 phylla. Racemes 1-2 from several upper axils, about as long as the leaves, an 

 like the calyx-tube puberulous. Capsule \-^ in., bases of the carpels hardly sunK 



below thecalyx-tube ; calyx-teeth persistent, suberect. 



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3. I. nutans, Royle III. 226; petals erect sulspersistent, calj-x-tiibe lu 

 fruit hemispherical hairy, racemes solitary terminal elongate much longer than 

 the leaves. H.f. ^ T. in Jou7ti. Linn. Soc. ii. 77 ; Brand. For. FL 213. 



GuRWHAL and Ktjmaon, alt. 3000-5000 ft., Eoyle, &c. » 



A shrub. Leaves 3-5 in., elliptic-oblong, acute, glandular-denticulate. Capsut 

 I in. long ; calyx-teeth persistent, erect. 



13. POX.YOSMA, Blume. 



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Evergreen trees, bmnchlets petioles and inflorescence pubescent. Leaves op- 

 posite or subopposite, petioled, acuminate. Florvers in terminal racemes [} 

 some non-Indian species solitarv) 3-bracteolate. CV//y.i-/wi^ entirely adnate 

 the ovary; lobes 4, small, persistent. Petals 4. epiirvnous, linear, valiaij 

 white yellowish or greenish expand 



within. Stamens 4, epigynous, tilaments nairy. uvary inienur, j-^^.v^'i ' nf je 

 columnar^ stigma simple; ovules numerous, ascending, on two P^"^^\ Pr^^^ate 

 Avhich project considerably into the cavity of the ovary. Fmit sub-baccaw;, 



1 -seeded. Seed ascending, subbasaL— Distrib. Species 6, extending 

 Bengal through Malava to tronical Australia and its islands. 



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