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T he plant p "mary large size, measuring from sixteen to twenty feet in height 
which are formidable on account of the number of large 
petioles of the leaves are armed, and which are penetrable only by wild beasts. It is not used for any particular pur- 
pose; but the fruit is much sought after by the Burmese o t of bus teas 
which has a pleasantly acid and Nen tal n account of the fleshy and juicy covering of the seeds, 
and forming extensive thickets, 
flat, and very sharp thorns with which the dorsal rib and 
Plate hp a CCXXIII. The whole shrub greatly reduced ; with male inflorescence, oné of the branches of which has 
a E" p m - v oots. Fig. l. A detached male spadix, of the natural size. 2.3. Flower. 4. Calyx. 5. Corolla. 
te XIV. The principal figure exhibits a cluster of ripe fruit, natural size. Fig. 1, Part of the petiole of a leaf, natural size. 
2, Detached leaflet, also natural size 3. Ber ivi i 
; r . i ry. 4. The same, divided horizontally. 5. A scale, d i 
of the fruit. 6. Seed, with its arillus. 7. The same, cut longitudinally. . | vit aa) ee 
produced 
LORANTHUS PENTAPETALUS. Tab. 225. 
Loranthus pentapetalus, Roxb. Flor. Ind. vol. 2. p. 211. Decand. Prodr. vol. 4. p. 295. 
Habitat in Sillet, et in convalli minore Napaliæ, Noakote dicta ; illic mense Junii, hic mensibus Februarii et Martii 
florens. 
Plate CCXXV. Fig. 1. 2. Flower. 3. The flower, opened. 
VITEX HETEROPHYLLA. Tab. 226. 
Fouus quinatis; foliolis ovato-oblongis, valde acuminatis, integerrimis, lævibus ; paniculâ terminali, brachiatá ; 
floribus pubescentibus, cymosis. 
Vitex heterophylla, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 46. 
Habitat in Bengala orientali ad Tipperam. In Horto Botanico Calcuttæ floret tempore anni calido. 
Annon magna, ramosa et umbrosa. Ramuur sordidé grisei, quadrangulares, foliaque glaberrima. Foura opposita, patentia, petiolata, 
quinata, rard ternata. FoLIoLA ovato-oblonga, valdè acuminata, integerrima, basi acuta, intermedium 5—7-pollicare, lateralia sensim 
minora breviìsgue petiolulata, coriacea, saturatê viridia, nitida, subths nervoso-venosa reticulataque. Prt101us communis 3-pollicaris, 
teneriusculus, supra planus ; partiales pollicares vel infra, foliorum exteriorum semiunguiculares. PantcuLA ampla, terminalis, sessilis, 
constans corymbis oblongis, brachiatis, oppositis, approximatis, inferioribus 6-pollicaribus. Prpuncuur tetragoni, glabri; pedicelli bre- 
vissimi, puberuli. Frores majusculi, ochroleuci, ternati, dispositi in fasciculos approximatos, rotundatos, bis tervé dichotomos, suffultos 
basi et ad bifurcationes bracteolis linearibus, subpersistentibus. CaLyx ovatus, lineam circitêr longus, remoté et brevitér 5-dentatus, 
adpressè pubescens. Cororta calyce triplò major, extüs adpressè cano-pubescens ; tubus levitêr compressus, flavescens ; limbi bilabiati 
labium superius breve, acuté bidentatum ; inferius trilobum, lobi laterales oblongi, obtusi, intermedium ovatum, purpureum ; faux pur- 
pureo-punctulata. STAMINA glabra, exserta, didynama ; antheræ fuscescentes, bilobæ, lobis divergentibus. Sriama longitudine circitêr 
staminum, bilobum, acutum. 
Plate CCXXVI. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and Pistil. 3. Corolla, opened. 4. Detached stamen. 
HYMENOPOGON PARASITICUS. Tab. 227. 
Hymenopogon parasiticus Wall. in Roxb. Flor. Ind. vol. 2. p. 157. Decand. Prodr. vol. 4. p. 351. 
a . M , A . . . ` 
Super arborum truncos et ramos primarios, rupesque radicans in montibus Napaliæ tam inferioris quam supe- 
rioris. Floret Junio et Julio; fructificat Decembre et Januario. 
Plate CCXXVII. Fig. 1. Calyx opened, with the pistil. 2. Corolla, opened. 3. 4. Ovarium, dissected. 5. Ripe capsule. 
6. The same, divided horizontally. 7. The same, divided vertically. — 8. A detached seed. 
