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but chiefly the former, one, two, or three together, nearly as 

 the leaves, straight and simple, densely clothed with ferru- 

 ginous down. Pedicels short, two-flowered. Bractes, a small 

 oval one at the base of each common peduncle, and one about 

 the middle of each pedicel. Floivers numerous, crowded, 

 small, yellowish green. Calyx none. Petals four, linearly 

 spatulate, revolute. Nectarial scales four, rounded, smooth 

 and distinct. Filament short, inserted on the petals. Anthers 

 linear. Germ oblong, very completely covered with long', 

 reddish brown hairs, one-celled, and containing two ovula at- 

 tached a little to one side of the bottom of the cell. Style fi- 

 liform. Stigma clavate, entire. 



4. R. robusta. /?. 



Leaves alternate, sessile, cuneate-oblong*, smooth, remotely 

 serrulate. Racemes axillary, and below the leaves, smooth. 

 Nectary a smooth four-toothed cup. 



Joweea, the vernacular name in Silhet where it is indigenous, 

 and grows to be a large, stout timber tree. Flowering in June. 



Young shoots smooth. Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, cuneate- 

 oblong, obtuse-pointed, remotely and acutely serrulate, 

 smooth on both sides, about twelve inches long, by five or six 

 broad. Racemes axillary, and below the leaves, one, two, or 

 three together, about half the length of the leaves, smooth. 

 Pedicels short, two-flowered. Bractes smooth, one at the base 

 of each common pedicel, and one about the middle of each of 

 the proper ones. Flowers numerous, pale, greenish yellow, 

 and fragrant. Calyx none. Petals four, linearly spatulate, 

 smooth, revolute. Nectary one-leaved, cup-shaped, obtusely 

 four-toothed, with the margins somewhat ciliate. Germ supe- 

 rior, oblong, smooth, one-celled ; ovula two, attached to one 

 side of the cell. Style filiform. Stigma clavate, entire. 



HEDYOTIS. Schreh. gen, N. 153. 

 Calyx four-parted. Corol one-petalled, funnel-shaped. 



