464 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Porana. 



species, according- to my observation, depend on the racemes 

 and bractes, colour not being a specific mark. 



PORANA. Schreb. gen. N. 286. 

 Calyx five-leaved, growing- in the pericarp into scariose 

 wings. Corol campanulate. Germ one-celled, from two to 

 four-seeded. Utriculus one-seeded. Embryo erect, curved, 

 and corrugated. 



1. P. paniculata. R. 



Shrubby, twining-. Leaves exactly cordate, entire, hoary. 

 Panicles terminal, and axillary. Corol sub-entire. Style 

 short, simple. 



A native of tlie interior parts of Bengal, and particularly 

 plentiful upon the ruins of Gowr, and the Rajamahl hills. 

 Flowering time the cold season ; seeds ripe in Match* 



Stem woody, divided into numerous, very long, scandent, 

 and twining, stout, woody branches, which extend over the 

 largest trees, or whatever else they meet with, their extremi- 

 ties drooping beautifully. Bark of the woody parts ash-co- 

 loured, and uneven ; that of the young shoots clothed with 

 whitish soft down. Leaves cordate, entire, fine-pointed, vil- 

 lous on both sides, but particularly so underneath, where they 

 are also hoary, from one to four inches each way. Panicles 

 terminal, and from the exterior axills, pendulous or drooping. 

 Flowers very numerous, small, pure white. Calyx five-leav- 

 ed, downy; leaflets unequal, but all much shorter than the 

 corol. Corol one-petalled, campanulate, margins slightly 

 five-lobed. Filaments five, inserted into the bottom of the 

 tube of the corol. Anthers linear, half hid. Germ ovate, one- 

 celled, ovula four, attached to the bottom of the cell. Style 

 short, and simple. Stigma of two, large, round, lobes. Cap- 

 sule (utriculus,) ovate, one celled, evalvular, membranaceous, 

 brittle, villous, size of a small pea, surrounded by the re- 

 maining calyx, three of the five leaflets thereof becoming sea- 



