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dense. Flowers pedicelled ; cali/x narrow-campanulate ; 

 petals obcordate. 



Cou-lwta the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is in- 

 digenous. Flowering in January and February. 



Stem and branches scandent ; the young shoots often 

 twining. Leaves opposite, or nearly so, petioled, sub- 

 rotund, entire, smooth ; from three to five inches long, 

 and nearly as broad. Petioles about an inch long. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, solitary, long-peduncled, short, cylin- 

 dric, crowded with numerous, small, straw-coloured, 

 pedicelled flowers. Bractes subulate, one-flowered, 

 caducous. Calyx narrow-campanulate, four-toothed. 

 Petals four, obcordate, and about as long as the teeth 

 of the calyx. Filaments eight, long and slender, just 

 under the insertion of each is a hairy gland. Germ lan- 

 ceolar, four-sided, one-celled, containing two ovula at- 

 tached to the top of the cell. 



3. C. costatum. R. 



Scandent. Leaves opposite, oblong, smooth, veins 

 single and parallel. Spikes axillary, single, or paired ; 

 calyx cup-shaped ; petals lanceolar, minute. 



Tali jooniar the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is 

 indigenous, and like the other East India species, a large, 

 scandent shrub. Flowering time March and April. 



Branchlets opposite, or dichotomous, round, and 

 smooth. Leaves opposite short-petioled, oblong, taper- 

 pointed, entire, smooth on both sides ; veins simple and 

 parallel ; about six inches long, and three broad. Sti- 

 pules none. Spikes axillary, and terminal, single, or in 

 pairs, subsessile, from one to two inches long. Flowers 

 numerous, scattered, small, dull yellow. Bractes mi- 

 nute, one on the under side of each germ. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, obscurely four-toothed, pretty smooth and even 



on both sides. Petals four, very small, lanceolar. Fi- 



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