292 OCTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. CoCColoba. 



sheaths fringed. Spikes terminal, subcylindric subpani- 

 cled. 



A native of the eastern parts of Bengal. 



15. P.fagopyrum. Willd. 2. 455. 



Stem nearly erect, unarmed. Leaves petioled, cordate, 

 sagittate. Flowers in loose spikes; angles of the seed 

 equal. 



Found cultivated all over the mountainous countries 

 north of Bengal, Oude, &c. 



COCCOLOBA. Schreb. gen. n. 678. 



Calyx beneath, five-parted, coloured. Corol none. 

 Berry calycine, one-seeded. 



C. crispata. Buck. 



Perennial. Leaves short-petioled, ovate-oblong, mar- 

 gins finely curled, smooth; sheaths membranaceous, 

 truncate. Panicles terminal, composed of numerous 

 heads, on glandular peduncles. 



A native of Nepal. In the Botanic garden at Calcut- 

 ta it blossoms during the cold season. 



CARDIOSPERMUM. Schreb. gen. n. 680. 



Calyx from four to five-leaved. Coro/ four-petalled. 

 Nectary four-leaved, unequal. Capsules three, united, in- 

 flated. Seed solitary, globular. 



C. halicacabum. Willd. 



Sraudent, five-seeded- Leaves compound, gashed, 

 smooth. Tendrils umbelliferous. 



Sung. Jyotishmwtee. 



Beng. Noaphwtki Sibjhool. 



Teling. Nalla goolisienda. 



Very common all over the southern parts of India, and 

 in flower, and seed all the year. 



