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furnished with glands in their axils, like the new species. The fruit 
in the new species, I am informed, is much larger, but I have not 
met with it. 
Nat. Ord. RUBIACEJE. 
SAPROSMA. (Saprosme ?) 
S. Indica; ramis teretibus dichotomis glabris, foliis oppositis sessilibus 
obovato-ellipticis basim versus cuneatim attenuatis apice acutis 
glabris integris marginibus recurvis, stipulis utrinque solitariis intra- 
petiolaribus caulem vaginantibus, floribus terminalibus fasciculatis 
paucis brevissime pedicellatis, pedicellis basi squamis rigidis glabris 
suffultis. 
Frutex 3—A-pedalis. Folia opposita (altero valde minore), 2-44 poll. 
longa, 9-22 lin. lata; venarum costalium axillis glandulis cavis 
præditis. Calya 1 lin. longus, cupuliformis, 4-dentatus, dentibus 
latis rotundatis. Pedicelli semilineam longi. Ovarium biloculare ; 
loculis uniovulatis, ovula e basi dissepimenti adscendentia. Bacca 
ovalis, dentibus calycinis coronata, levis, cærulea, fœtidissima, 
abortu monosperma, semine globoso, raro disperma, et tum seminibus 
dorso convexis facie planis; testa reticulato-venosa, crustacea. Em- 
bryo in albuminis cornei parte inferiore positus, rectus ; cotyledonibus 
foliaceis parvis ovalibus; radicula infera, longa, albumine dimidio 
brevior, basim versus incrassata, fere conica, discoideo-truncata.— 
Crescit in montibus Syhadree, prope Chorla Ghaut, lat. 15° 30’. 
a poets 
Nat. Ord. MALPIGHTACE. 
ASPIDOPTERIS. 
A. Canarensis ; folis late lanceolatis acuminatis coriaceis glaberri : 
floribus axillaribus simpliciter racemosis, racemis solitariis parem, - 
pedicellis paulo supra basim bibracteolatis, ovarii valleculis inter - 
alas pilis rufis villosis, samaris ala orbiculari emarginata venoso- 
reticulata præditis, dorso ala minore semiovata cristatis. 
Rami glabri. Folia 24-3 poll. longa, 14-15 lin. lata, basi rotundata, 
adulta glaberrima, epunctulata, juniora utrinque pilis anguste fusi- i 
formibus medio affixis rufis conspersa. Rachis rufo-villosus, petiolum 
bilinearem vix superans; pedicelli longi, graciles, glabri, Oe 
