EcJlites. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 15 



8. E. acuminata , R. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves Irom oblong to broad-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate. Panicles axillary, longer than the 

 leaves, diffuse, trichotomous, segments of the corol linear 

 and falcate. Follicles filiform, about eight inches long. 



Pingoree, or Bcngeree the vernacular name in Silhet, 

 where the plant is found in the forest, climbing up and 

 over trees, &c. to a large extent. Flowering time May ; 

 the seeds ripen in about nine months. 



Young shoots rather rough with little, lighter coloured^ 

 elevated specks. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, broad- 

 lanceolate, entire, acuminate, smooth ; from two to four 

 inches long, by one and a half broad. On young plants 

 linear-lanceolate, and waved. P^/«ifVA'.s axillary, solita- 

 ry in one axil, the other vacant, longer than tite leaves, 

 lax, trichotomus throughout, smooth. Flowers many, 

 large, white, and fragrant, ^rf/c^cs opposite, long, slen- 

 der, and smooth. Calyx, large divided to the base, into 

 live, long, narrow smooth segments. Corol. Tube the 

 length of the calyx, enlarged at the base, the border cut in 

 to five long, narrow, falcate, curled segments, which are 

 imbricated in the bud. Nectary cup-shaped, embracing 

 the base of the germs, obscurely five-toothed. Filaments 

 five, short, attached to the tube a little below the middle. 

 Anthers sagittate, completely within the mouth of the tube, 

 Germs two, or very completely two lobed, each one- 

 celled, containing numerous ovula, attached to a groov- 

 ed vertical receptacle on the inside. Style half the length 

 of the tube. /S'//</mf/ large, oblong, bidentate. Follicles 

 pendulous about a foot and a half long, and not thicker 

 than a goose quill, dark brown, marked with small lighter 

 coloured specks. Seeds many, crowned with an am- 

 ple coma, which points to the apex of the follicle. Pe" 

 risperm scarcely any. Embryo inverse. 



9. E. marginafa. It. 



