64 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, Volkameria, 
8. V. farinosa, R. 
Shrubby twigs mealy, Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, 
serrate. Panicles terminal, linear-oblong, leafy. A very 
stout shrub, or small tree, a native of Silhet, where it is call- 
ed Taleuser, Flowering time the rainy season, It approaches 
nearest to serrata of any species known to me, but differs suf- 
ficiently on account of the perfect smoothness of the latter, 
which has the leaves as often tern as opposite ; in farinosa 
petioled, always opposite. 
9. V. nereifolia, R. 
Shrubby. Leaves tern, linear-lanceolar. Peduncles axil- 
lary, three-flowered. 
A shrubby species, found indigenous 
Mascal, on the coast of Ch >) on 
about the close of the: rains, and the foils _ in Febru 
nie shodé; 4 but i tenis stout and ligneous, soon dividing 
‘into many straight, nearly erect branches and branchlets ; 
bark smooth, and of a light ash-colour and marked with 
light-coloured, small, elevated specks,- Leaves tern, rare- 
ly opposite, inear-lanceolar, entire, acute, smooth, about — 
three inches long, and very generally under half'an inch — 
in breadth, Petioles short, and inserted on permanent — 
elevated leaves. Peduncles axillary, much shorter than the — 
leaves, generally three-flowered. Bractes opposite, ensiform. 
Calyx campanulate, mouth evenly five-toothed, permanent, 
Corol with a rather short, slender, curved tube, and unilate- 
ral border, composed of five equal, oval, entire segments, — 
Stamina twice the length of the corol, incurved or recurv-— 
ed, according to the length of time the flower has been 
expanded, Germ superior, four-celled, with one ovulum in — 
each. Style length of the stamina, Stigma bidentate. Cap- 
sule, (Berry, Gert.) broad-turbinate, four-grooved, size of a 
nutmeg, when ripe dry, and spontaneously dividing first into 
two and afterwards into four parts. Cortex pretty smooth, 
falged of 
