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squamulas octo, clavatus, barbatus. Filamenta octo, disco inter squamu- 
las inserta, longitudine calycis subulata. Anthere parve. Germen supe- 
rum, ovatum. Stylus crassus. Stigma truncatum. 
In specimens which were collected in the woods of Gorakpur (Cosala), the 
plant was arboreous, and the stamina varied from five to nine. 
It is evident that the Anavinga of Rheede differs somewhat, especially from 
the plant found in Rungpur. Folia basi acuta, serraturis paucis remotis in- 
cisa. Flores solitarii, vel pauci pediculo communi solitario insidentes, quad- 
rifidi. Stamina sex. It is, however, to be remarked in both the varieties 
which I have seen, as well as in the Anavinga, that the number of stamina in 
no respect corresponds with the number of divisions in the calyx ; and there- 
fore Rheede is not to be suspected of inaccuracy in giving his Anavinga six 
stamina, as M. Lamarck is inclined to think (Enc. Meéth. i. 148.). 
Among the Indian plants, which I have referred to the genus Samyda, I 
have observed two very distinct kinds of fruit, which may form a ground for 
separating them into two genera. In the one, the seeds are indefinite in num- 
ber; but whether or not this is the case in the Kanjiala above described I 
cannot say, not having seen the fruit. As the Znavinga, however, evidently 
has a fruit of this kind, I shall here describe some plants which also belong to 
this division, and of which I have given specimens to the library at the India 
House. In the other division, the seeds, as in the 4gallochum, are of a definite 
number; but I shall have occasion to consider these when I come to treat of 
the Tsjerou Kanneli in the fifth volume. 
I shall first describe a tree, in the Hindwi dialect called Konijal, which is a 
strong presumption that the Kanjial of the Bengalese, above described, has a 
fruit similar to the dnavinga, for the two names are the same. 
SAMYDA PISCICIDA. 
Casearia elliptica. Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 623.? 
Anavinga lanceolata. Enc. Méth. i. 148.? 
Konijal Hindice. 
Habitat in Magadhe et Mithilz sylvis. 
Arbuscula ramulis subangulatis pubescentibus. Folia alterna, bifaria, supra 
