346 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [ Myricee- 
successfully introduced into the Himalayas ; as those indigenous there might equally be 
naturalized in European climates, whether for the purposes of use or ornament. _ 
Populus ciliata; (Wall. Cat. N. 2796) foliis amplis auriculato-cordatis acutis serratis ciliatis subtus 
candicantibus, ramis teretibus glaberrimis, petiolis gracilibus elongatis.—Tab. 84+. or 98. fig. 1.* 
Hab. Kemaon, Northern face of Choor, near Muttiana, and at Seran, in Lower Kunawur. 
Quercus dilatata, mohroo of the natives, has inadvertently been written dealbata in Plate 84. fig. 2. 
160. SCEPACE. 
This new family, distinguished by being amentaceous, with arillate albuminous 
seeds, and a dehiscent 2-celled pericarp, has been established by my friend, Dr. 
Lindley, in the Second Edition of his Natural System of Botany. He remarks, that 
‘« Scepacee, in their male state, have much the aspect of Cupulifere or Betulacee, and 
one of them has actually been considered. an Alnus by Dr. Roxburgh : but the females 
have more the appearance of Antiaris, or some such Urticaceous genus.” The genera 
referred here by Dr. Lindley are, Scepa, found in Burma; Lepidostachys, of which one 
species, L. Rovburghii (Alnus dioica, Roxb.), occurs in Silhet, where it is called kokra, 
and forms a large tree, with hard timber: the third genus is Hymenocardia, placed here 
with doubt. 
161, HENSLOVIACES.._ | 
This order, oapand. only of two species of the Sins named by Dr Wallich i in 
honour of the estimable and able Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, 
has been placed here by Professors Martius and Lindley. Henslovia pubescens is found 
in Penang, and H. glabra in Silhet. Both are trees with the habit and inflorescence 
of Combretacee. (Griffith in Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot.) 
162. MYRICEZ. 
The Myricee form a small family, formerly included in Amentacee. Of the few 
genera composing it, Myrica occurs in the marshy parts of Europe and N. America ; 
also in S. America, at the Azores, and in Southern Africa ; and one species, MM. sapida, 
Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 45. kuephul of the natives, in the Himalayas from the Sutlej to 
Silhet; as I do not think M. integrifolia, Wall., is a distinct species. 
Casuarina is an “‘ anomalous genus, with the habit of a gigantic Equisetum.” It 
occurs in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, New Holland, and Van Diemen’s Land, 
Eastern Africa, and along the Malayan Peninsula to Chittagong, where is found 
C. muricata. This species has been introduced into every part of the plains of India, 
and is so perfectly naturalized in some places, as completely to alter the character of 
the scenery. Travellers in India, and persons ignorant of botany, usually mistake 
this for one of the fir tribe. Mr. Brown’s view of the parts of the flower tends to 
approximate Casuarina to Conifere, where it was formerly associated ; and, in fact, the 
aspect of Callitris is that of a Casuarina or Equisetum (Lindl.) - Ss 
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* In this Plate has also been figured a new genus, which will be described at the end of the Exogens. 
