Callicarpa. tetrandria monogvnia. 393 



4. C. incana. R. 



Shrubby, young shoots hoary. Leaves lanceolate, obtuse- 

 ly serrulate, fine and entire-pointed, hoary underneath. 



Mashandari. Asiat. Res. iv. 233. 



Beng. M«ttttra, Muttaunjo* 



A stout shrub, with all the tender parts and the under sur- 

 face of the leaves densely clothed with long, soft, white, stel- 

 late pubescence ; common in the vicinity of Calcutta, where 

 it is in flower and seed nearly the whole year. 



I long considered this to be Vahl's macrophylla, but on 

 rearing what I also took for the same species from Silhet and 

 Chittagong, in the Botanic garden, I could plainly observe 

 a striking difference when growing near each other, and as 

 the Chittagong and Silhet sort agrees much better with Vahl's 

 figure and description, I must consider it to be his macrophyl- 

 la. In the Calcutta plant, which I now call incana, the leaves 

 are never so broad in proportion to their length, more round 

 at the base ; much more pointed, with the long taper points 

 entire ; all the rest of the margin, except what may be called 

 the base, obtusely serrulate. In macrophylla, the leaves are 

 crenate, more obtuse, and the margins cut to the very apex ; 

 the two are however very nearly allied, though I think suffi- 

 ciently distinct to authorize their being considered as dif- 

 ferent. 



5. C. macrophylla. Vahl. Symbol, iii. 13. t. 53. 



Shrubby, downy. Leaves opposite, ovate lanceolate, ser- 

 rulate, reticulate, hoary underneath. Corymbs axillary, di- 

 chotomous, rather longer than the petioles. Berry minute, 

 white. 



A native of Silhet and Chittagong. 



A shrub, from four to eight feet in length. Trunk scarce- 

 ly any, but several, round, erect branches, covered with 

 white down. Leaves opposite, petioled, lanceolate, or oblong 

 lanceolate, fine-pointed, finely serrate, wrinkled, above soft, 

 and a little downy, below covered with much whitish soft 



