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acquainted, and far surpasses any Indian species which I have seen. 
Part of Canara was, l believe, Heyne's region: can this be his . 
C. cerulea ? 
C. fener; fruticosa glabra ramosa, stipulis aculeiformibus brevibus 
uncinatis, foliis brev i-petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis obtuse acuminatis 
glaberrimis membranaceis diaphanis, pedicellis filiformibus axillaribus 
solitariis unifloris pollicaribus folio brevioribus.— Crescit in montibus 
Syhadree inter lat. 16° et 19°. 
This species has small flowers, leaves two inches long and one broad, 
covered with minute warts on the under side. The solitary pedicels 
are scarcely thicker than a horse-hair. The whole plant has a very 
delicate appearance. 
EUPHORBIACEZE. Tribe Crotonew, Bi. 
AGROSTISTACHYS. Genus novum. 
Flores dioici. Masc. Calyx bi- trifidus. Corolle petala 6, glandule 
6, petalis alterne. Stamina 10, filamenta basibus connata ; anthere 
loculis distinctis infra apicem filamenti appensis, loculorum valvulis 
ineequalibus. Fam. Calyx 5-partitus; petala 5 ; ovarium basi 
glandulis 5 petalis alternis stipatum, 3-loculare, loculis uniovulatis. 
Styli 3, breves, bifidi, lobis obtusis.— Frutex, foliis a/fernis, petiolatis, 
oblongis, utrinque longe acuminatis, serrato-dentatis, glabris. Floribus 
masculis spicatis, spicis supra-azillaribus, parvis, locusieformibus. 
Floribus fcemineis solitariis, pedicellatis, pedicellis basi bracteis 
3-5 squameformibus instructis. Capsula 3-cocca, coccis bivalvibus, 
monospermis, seminibus pis? magnitudine. 
A. Indica.—Crescit in montibus Syhadree, lat. 16°. 
A rare shrub, rising to the height of 5 feet. The leaves are 15 inches 
in length (including a petiole of 3 inches), and 4 inches broad. The 
inflorescence is singular, in minute short spikelets like those of grasses, 
in a row above the axils of the leaves, and sometimes fascicled. From 
the interior of each of the closely imbricated braets rises a short 
articulated pedicel, having 2 bracteoles at its base, and terminated b. a 
solitary flower of equal length with the pedicel. 
(To be continued.) 
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