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EcHITES CARYOPHYLLATA. CLOVE-SCENTED 
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Generic Character. — 
Contorta.~ Folliculi 2, erecti. Sem. extremitate superiore 
comosa. Cor. hypocrateriformis, faux nuda. <Anithere medio 
cum stigmate cohzrentes. DRown. ws 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ecuires caryophyllata ; panicula terminali, calycibus pa- 
tentibus corollam equantibus, foliis ovatis mucronulatis. 
Ecuires caryophyllata. Roxb. Icon. inedit. 
T'sserta-pu-PAL-vALLI. Hort. Malabar. 7. p. 103. t. 59. 
Descr. Leaves opposite, petioled, cordate-ovate, quite 
entire, obtuse, with a small mucro, yellowish-green, shining, 
nerve and large veins red, interstices reticulate-veined, paler 
underneath. Flowers in a terminal, trichotomous panicle, 
yellowish-pale-green. Bractes small, deciduous. Calyx five- 
cleft : segments lanceolate, spreading, villous on the outside, 
equalling the corolla, of which the tube is five-angled, con- 
tracted towards the base, hairy within: lacinie of the limb 
contorted. Anthers arrow-shaped, connivent, adhering to 
the stigma. From Roxsuren’s manuscript we learn, that 
the stem is woody, climbing, as thick as a man’s thigh, with 
dark rust-coloured bark, rough with fissures and scabrous 
specks ; and that the follecles are cylindrical, spreadimg, con- 
taining a few large seeds crowned with down. 
The flowers are very agreeably fragrant, somewhat aro- 
matic; but, in our opinion, the scent does not resemble that 
of cloves. 
Ecuires 
