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1. 



. Indicum, Benth. in Herb. Griff. No. 3377 ; leaves 3-4 in. more 

 or less stellately pubescent beneath, petiole ^ in., unripe fruit 4 in. lon^ densely 

 stellate tomentose. ^ ^ r 8 b j 



KhasiaMts. ; GHffith. 



Griffith's specimens are all in half-ripe fruit. Bark lentieelled, the end of the 



t\ngs and stipules with nisty stellate pubescence. Spikes 1-3 in. long, with stellate 



pubescence, each bearing 2-4 fruits, pedicels |-1 in. long. The calyx seems to have 



been early deciduous. Styles yery long.— This species appears near the typical B. 



ra^^emosum, SieK & Zucc. but has larger leaves not glabrous and much larger fruits ; 



the npe fruits in B. racemosum do not exceed | in. long. B, racemosum is a tre& 

 *5 ft, high. 



3. 



, Oliv. 



A tree (or shrub). Leaves alternate^ petioled, entire, coriaceous, lanceolate ;. 

 stipules minute, early deciduous. Flowers unisexual, in small close axillary 

 spites, both sexes in the same spike. Male : calyx very small ; petals ; sta- 

 ^ens 8 (of which number several appear abortive) ; rudimentarj^ ovary 2-fid^ 

 n^' calyx-tube adnate to the ovary for J its height; petals 0; ovary 2- 

 celled ; styles 2 separate ; ovules solitary in each cell pendulous. 



-. !• S. Griffithiana, Oliv, in Ti^ans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 83 with a figure l 



Khasu Mts. ; Griffith. 



■Doughs much branched with lenticular bark. Leaves 2-3 in. with stellate pubes- 

 *!M^^ T^^° young but soon glabrous ; petiole \ in. long. Spikes less than 1 in. 

 ^^Hately pubescent (and with sheathing bracts Benth, ^ H. /*.). Young fruits ^ in. 

 J'^?'» ^hite-tomentose with close matted stellate hairs. 4nth^rs dehiscent longi- 

 tUdmally.-Specimens imperfect. 



4. CORVXiOPSXS, Sieb. Sf Zucc. 



Bf^H 1 ^^^ in habit leaves and inflorescence resembling hazels. Leaves alternate,. 



Petioled, ovate or oblong, serrate, deciduous ; stipules large, deciduous. Flowers 

 Paring before the leaves in pendulous racemes, each flower nearly sessile 

 \^^\ large sheathing bract. C«/y^--tube adnate to the ovary, limb of 5 vaK 

 ^ lobes. Petals 5, perigynous, obovate-spathulate. Stamens 6, perigynous ; 



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?nthers 



Om 



'y. Scales 5 



connective 



with the stamens, or '10-15 irregularly 



Jll'^^^ ; styles two, soon divaricate ; ovules 1 in each cell, 



-^ed? ' CVr;>^M7e woody, endocarp horny, separating from the exocarp. 



J ^xxiuouiu, Lcatu uicicii oju^xx^g.— DiSTKLB. Spccics 4, extending 



"^^ h^st Bengal through China to Japan. 



^ 2^' C. Himalayana, Griff, in Joum. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xxiii. 642, tvifh 

 Bt^T^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ changed to C. grata ; twigs petioles and peduncles 

 ^uate-tomentose or pubescent, bracts and calyces silk-}-, racemes dense in fruit. 

 / V- 9 T. in Jmim. Linn. Soc. ii. 85. Hamamelida, Grif. Ic PL Asiat. t. 633 



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