14 r C N T A N I) K 1 A , IM O N O G 'i N 1 A , ^7/ itCS. 



cv^-u^^v/^V 7. E. gvaudijlova, U. 



ScandcMit. jA'avcs cnnoato-obloni;. Cijmcs torminal, 

 ami axillary. Lcajlcts oitho calvv-laiu-colar. wavoil, and 

 colourod. (\)r()/ conipaimlato. Follicles linear. 



A native of the hilly parts ol" Chittagorig and Silfiet, 

 where it blossoms dating the dry season. The seeds take 

 nearly one year to ripen. 



iStiHi ai\d large branehes ligneons. and scanden^t to a 

 very great extent, joung shoots villous. Leaves oppo- 

 site, short-petioled, from oblong-cuneiform, to obovate- 

 oblong, entire, apex lounded, >vi(h a short point; void of 

 pnbcseenee. hard ; from six to eight inches long by from 

 two to five broad. Ci/iiies axiUary. becoming lateral, 

 short, fe\v-ilo\vered. all the parts thereof clothed with fer- 

 ruginous down. Flourrs very large, equalling those o^ So- 

 Jandra (jidiulijlora: greenish yellow. Hractcs oblong, co- 

 loured and veiutd. (\////.v to the liase divided into li\e 

 louii'. lanceolate, waved, acute, coloured, veined s;«- 

 mcnts. Cciyo/campanulate; fto?(/cr expanding about live 

 inches, and divided into tive oval, waved, rather actnni- 

 nate. broad segments. Filaiiicnfs tive, nearly as lon^- as 

 the corol, ascendinu in a gentle curve, smooth, inserted 

 into the base oi the bell of the corol. Anthers sagittate, 

 sides tirmly united, ibrming a conical cover for the stig- 

 ma, to which they cohere. Genu two-lobcd, hairy, 

 two-celled ; ovula numerous, attached to a jugiform 

 receptacle in each cell, rising from the partition. Style 

 leitgth oi' the stamina. Stigma large, clammy. Follicles 

 horizontal, linear, obtuse, pretty smooth, the thickness of 

 the little linger: points rather incurved, and obtuse ; from 

 six to ten inches long. Seeds numerous, imliricated, ob- 

 long, compressed, brown, comose ; coma very ample. I 

 have rarely seen so large points to this apex of the folli- 

 cles. Perisperm thin, li^ht grey. ENibri/o straigiit. Cotij" 

 hdons oblong. Radicle long-cN lindric, superior. 



