560 pentandria monogynia. Verb ascum. 



axillary, about twice the length of the petioles, ramous, and 

 crowded with minute white flowers. Bractes subulate, one- 

 flowered, beside one or two broader on the short petioles, or 

 pressing the calyx. Calyx campanulate, five-parted. Corol 

 with a very short tube, and a border of five oval segments. 

 Filaments five, inserted into the tube, under the middle of 

 the segments of the bolder, short, incurved. Germ superior, 

 one-celled, containing numerous ovula, attached to a free re- 

 ceptacle, rising from the bottom of the cell. Style short. 

 Stigma three-lobed. 



4. B. glabra. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, entire, 

 smooth. Panicles axillary, smooth. 



A slender tree, with straight, smooth branches, and leaves ; 

 a native of Chittagong, where it flowers in March. 



5. B. tetrandra. R. 



Leaves alternate, oblong, entire. Racemes axillary. JFlow- 

 ers tetrandrous. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



VERBASCUM. Sckreb. gen. N. 331. 



Corol rotate, somewhat unequal. Capsules superior, two- 

 celled, two-valved. 



1. V. Thapsus. Willd. spec. i. 1001. 



Leaves decurrent, downy on both sides. Stem simple. 



Found by Captain Hardwicke amongst the mountains on 

 his tour to Shreenugura. In the Botanic garden at Calcutta 

 it grows to the height of from six to eight feet, the stem still 

 perfectly straight, but often ramous ; it blossoms during the 

 cold season. 



