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Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



Kchites pubescens. Mss. Buchanani in Musao Banksiano. 

 Codaga Pala. Hort. Mai. i. 85.t. 49? 

 Habitat ubique in Indiae montibus aridioribus. 



Arbor statura Punicae, erecta, ramis teretibus fuscis, ramulis 

 compressis pubescentibus lactescentibus subsulcatis. Folia 

 petiolata, minora tres, majora novem pollices longa, ple- 

 rumque oblonga, aliquando ovata, nunc basi integra, saepius 

 obtusa, aliquando acuta, tunc sed rarius cordata, apice acu- 

 minata, margine acuto cartilagineo integerrima, supra pilis 

 brevissimis erectis, subtus pilis brevibus mollibus pubescen- 

 tia, costata, venosa, rugosa. Petiolus brevissimus, lateri 

 angustiori rami insertus, canaliculars, pubescens, estipu- 

 laceus. Fedunculi axillares, dichotomi, multiflori, folio bre- 

 viores, teretes, pubescentes. Bractea ad divisiones pedun- 

 culi subulate, breves, deciduae. Tlores fastigiati, albi, odo- 

 ratissimi, magnitudine Jasmini. Calyx erectus, quinque- 

 partitus, pubescens, laciniis linearibus acutis. Corolla \\y- 

 pocrateriformis. Tubus paulo supra basin incrassatus, pen- 

 tagonus, dein subulatus, calyce longior, et extra et intra 

 pilosus. Faux fere clausus, nudus. Limbus quinqueparti- 

 tus, laciniis lanceolatis, obliquis. Filament a brevissima, 

 basi tubi cylindrico inserta. Anthera parvse, subulatae, in 

 partem tubi tumidam inclusae. Germina duo absque cor- 

 pusculis lateralibus. Stylus clavatus, bisulcus, lono-itudine 

 staminum. Stigma acutum. Folliculi duo glabri, teretes, 

 sed ad semina subtorulosi, penduli, divaricati, uno pedali, 

 altero saepius breviore. Semina comosa. 



Now to return to the Kerium indicum, siliquis angustis erectis, 

 longis, geminis of Burman (Thes. Zeyl. 167. t. 11.), which has 

 been confounded with the Codaga Fata. It may be readily distin- 

 guished by the singular manner in which the points of the folli- 

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