228 oCTANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Combretum. 



laments eight, smooth, many times longer than the calyx, 

 and inserted into it. Anthers two-lobed. Germ inferior, 

 one-celled, containing two, three, or four ovula, attached 

 to the top of the cell. Style nearly as long as the stami- 

 na. Stigma acute. 



4. C. acuminatum. R. 



Scandent. Leaves opposite, and alternate, subsessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with a cordate base. Spikes 

 axillary, and terminal. Calyx campanulate, a very hairy 

 belt within. Petals subrotund. 



Patjooni, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is 

 found wild in the forests, running over trees, &c. to a 

 great extent. Flowers in March and April ; seed ripe in 



July. 



Young shoots downy. Leaves subopposite, and alter- 

 nate, subsessile, from oblong to ovate-lanceolate, entire; 

 base cordate; apex alternate and acute; upper surface 

 pretty smooth, villous underneath ; from four to six inches 

 lono-, and from one to three broad. Spikes axillary and 

 terminal, peduncled, shorter than the leaves, villous. 

 Flowers numerous, sessile, small, yellow. Calyx cam- 

 panulate ; mouth acutely four-toothed, round the inside 

 just below the insertion of the filaments, is a very hairy, 

 membranaceous ring, with the lower hairs thereof point- 

 ing down, while those above point up through the mouth 

 of the tube, and are si raw-coloured. This hairy valve, 

 or membrane, will immediately point out this species. 

 Petals four, round-oval, yellow. Stamina eight. Germ 

 ovate, one-celled, containing three or four ovula, at- 

 tached to the top of the cell. Style length of the stami- 

 na. Stigma simple. Seed oblong, four-cornered, the four 

 sides grooved ; angles thick and rounded, smooth, dark 

 brown and dry. Integuments two, no perisperm. Embryo 

 inverse, with the large cotyledons most intricately folded 



