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PODOCARPUS LATIFOLIA. Tab. m 



MoNoiCA ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, valde acuminatis, oppositis ; amentis masculis fasciculatis, axlllaribus, pedunculo 

 communi sufFultis ; mice globosa, receptaculo angusto, bracteis sparsis obsito. . 



Habitat In montibus Pundua, ubi detexit Francis De Silva. Floret mense Martio ; fructns maturi fine anni. 

 Nomen Khasianum : Soplong^. 



Arbor mediocris, sempervirens. Rami cylindrici, crassiusculi, virides, uti omnes partes Iseves ; novelli cum foliis glauci, pallidi, basi 

 squamis gemmaceis sparsis, lanceolatis muniti. Folia opposita, bifarife patentia, interstitiis triple longiora, lato-lanccolata, nunc ovato- 

 lanceolata, attenuato-acuminatissima, plana, integerrima, basi acuta, coriacea et firma, lajtfe viridia, lucida, poUices 5 longa, subtiis pal- 

 lida, costa pariim elevata. Petioli brevissimi, lineam vel duas longi, supra plano-sulcati. Flores monoici. . Amenta mascula ovato- 

 oblonga, obtusa, patentia, sessilia, poUicaria, basi bracteis aliquot lanceolatis, acutis circumdata, 5 ad 9 conferta in fascicules aliquot 

 medii rami axillares, oppositos, solitarios, erecto-patulos, subglobosos, sufFultos pedunculo communi gracili, tereti, supem^ partim incras- 

 sato, poUicari vel sesquipoUicari, foliis pluries breviore. Anthers vald^ copiosse et densse, undique sparsae, Tpatentes, Jilamentis capil- 

 laceis, brevissimis insidentes, lineam longjE, lato-ovatoe, utrinque rima longitudinali dehiscentes, loculis supernfe pariiin divergentibus, 

 connective dilatate, ensiformi-cuspidato. Flores fceminei infra amenta mascula axillares, solitarii, oppositi, pauci, suffulti pedunculo cylin- 

 drico, poUicari, rudimentis bracteolarum denticulate. Ovarium obliqufe ovatum, acutiusculum, insidens receptaculo oblongo, cylindrico, 

 unguem longo, bracteolis sparsis, persistentibus, lanceolatis, patentibus munito, sub nuce pauUo arapliato et succulento, purpureo. Nux 

 globosa, basi acutiuscula, diametri semipoUicaris. 



This species is very distinct from Podocarpus macrophylla in the size, figure, and insertion of its leaves, and the 

 fascicled aments. Both are found on the same lofty range of mountains bordering on the eastern parts of Bengal, 

 not far from the district of Sillet, (see Tentamen Jlorce napalensis illustrates, 1. p. 56.) My plant-collector, who sent 

 me both living plants and dried specimens, informs me, that it grows to the size of a middling tree ; but he could 

 not ascertain whether it is put to any particular use by the mountaineers. It is probable that the juicy receptacles 

 are eaten like those of the kindred species. 



T find that I have mistaken this tree for the Dammara alba of Rumphius (Pirns Dammara^ in my account of the 

 Nipal Sassafras and Camphor Tree, inserted in the Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta, 

 vol. 1. p. 46. (note at the bottom). I had not then seen its flower and fruit, and was deceived by the striking resem- 

 blance, which exists between the leaves and branches of the two trees. 



In the Botanic Garden at Calcutta the young trees of this species thrive luxuriantly. Tliey were introduced 

 in 1824. 



Plate XXX. Fig. 1. Tender branch and leaves. 2. Male amentum. 3, 4. Stamen viewed from two sides. 5, 6. Ovarium and 

 Receptacle. 7- Fruit on its fleshy receptacle. 



RUELLIA ALATA. Tab. 31. 



Herbacea erecta ; caule ramisque quadrialatis, alis undulatis ; foliis ovatis, acuminatis, serrulatis, basi acutis, perque 

 petiolum decurrentibus, pubescentibus ; floribus axillaribus, calycis laciniis linearibus, demum valde elongatis capsu- 

 laque lineari longioribus. 



Legi in monte Sheopore Napalite versus cacumen, ad elevationem pedum 10,000, florentem Julio et fructigeram 

 Octobre. Etiam habui e regionibus magis adhuc elevatis versus Gossain Than Himalaya. 



Planta annua, erecta, paniculatim ramosa, 2-3-pedalis. Caulis teres, glaber, basi pennam anserinam crassus, surs^m attenuatus, 

 ramiqne graciles ventricoso-articulati, alis 4, undulatis, subcrispatis, viridibus, ciliatis, utrinque versus articulos attenuatis et delites- 

 centibus, medi6 lineas 2 vel 3 latis, aliquando una duabusve harum geminatis, ad apicem ramorum sensim angustioribus. Ramuli acutfe 

 tetragoni, subflexuosi, in pare longitudine semper inaequales. Folia patentia, remotiuscula, interstitiis breviora, 3-5-pollicaria in- 

 i«qualia, ovata, attenuato-acuminata, serrulata, serraturis uncinato-incurvis, basi integerrima rotundato-acuta per petiolum decurrentia 

 secus nervos valdfe obliques, extrorsum ferfe longitudinales, utrinque prominentes pilis brevibus raris conspersa, c^terilm glabra, supri 

 saturatJi vindia, subtils albicantia, venosa, costa elevata. Folia Jloralia lanceolata, sessilia. Petioli 2-pollicares, ob foliorum basin de- 

 currentem marginati, in pare alter altere multiim brevier, et ad apicem caulis et ramorum omnin6 deficiens. Flores magni speciosi 

 purpurei, exti^s albicantes, . ad axiUas exteriores oppositi, solitarii, subsessiles, 2-pellicares. Calyx prefundissimfe 5-partitus, membra- 

 naceus, semiunciahs, suffultus bracteis 2, lineari-cuneiformibus, oppositis ; laciMc lineares, acutee, pilis brevibus, capitellatis ciliat^, post 



