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7. C. macrophyllum. R. 



Scandent, smooth. Leaves opposite, ovate. Racemes 

 axillary, subcylindric, dense and crowded. Calyx infun- 

 dibuliform. Segments acuminate. Petals oval. 



A very extensive, powerful rambler, a native of Chit- 

 tagong, where it blossoms in December. It is readily 

 distinguished by the flowers being pedicelled, and while 

 in the bud acutely conical, also within is a hairy rim 

 round its mouth, below the eight stamina. The larger 

 leaves are about a foot long, and from six to eight inches 

 broad. 



8. C. squamosum. R. 



Scandent, all the tender parts covered with minute 

 scales. Leaves opposite short-petioled, oblong, entire, 

 acute. Panicles terminal, and axillary. Petals lanceo- 

 lar. 



A native of the Malay Archipelago. 



9. C. laxum. Willd. 2. 319. 



Scandent. Leaves oval. Racemes lengthened, thin of 

 flowers and w^ithout bractes. Calyx woolly within. 



Teling. Bandikota. 



A native of the Northern Circars, but I doubt whether 

 it be the same as the American species with the same 

 specific name. 



10. C. pilosum. R. 



Scandent. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate. Pani- 

 cles uncommonly dense and hairy. Flowers hairy, decan- 

 drous. Petals lanceolar. 



Beng. ioom-ugux. 



A native of the Silhet district, and like the other Indian 

 species, an extensive, very permanent, large scandent 

 species with the more slender branches twining. Bark 

 of the ligneous parts pretty smooth, dark brown ; that of 



