Nectandra. decandria monogynia. 425 



2. H. pimiata. R. 



Leaves alternately pinnate. 



A tree a native of Travancore ; the leaflets are about 

 five in number, alternate, obliquely ovate-oblong:, entire, 

 firm and lucid. 



NECTANDRA. Juss. gen. 

 Calyx inferior, tubular, from four to five cleft. Corol 

 none. Nectarial scales from eight to ten from the mouth 

 of the tube of the calyx, alternate with the stamina. 

 Germ one-celled, one-seeded. Berry dry, one-celled. 

 Seed solitary. Embryo inverse without perisperm- 



N. decandra. R. 



Leaves opposite, lanceolate, entire. Nectarial squamee 

 linear-clavate. 



Herenda is the vernacular nameinSilhet, where it has 

 been found on only one hill, in the centre of an extensive 

 jungle growing on the ruins of an old Hindoo place of 

 religious worship, where the largest were elegantly bushy 

 shrubs; flowering time October, the seed ripens in Ja- 

 nuary, February and March, 



Bark of the woody parts with small lighter coloured 

 specks thickly scattered. Branchlets dichotomous, and 

 much crowded. Xeaycs opposite,short-petioled,lanceolate, 

 smooth, entire, finely veined ; from two to three inches 

 long, and less than one in breadth. Floral leaves sessile 

 and coloured, in other respects like the common green 

 leaves. Peduncles terminal, pretty long, smooth and 

 slender, embraced generally above their base, by a pair 

 of floral leaves, each bearing an erect umbellet of about 

 six, pretty large, greenish white, fragrant flowers. Pedi- 

 cells about as long as the flowers, and jointed a little be- 

 low the middle ; no bract ce. Calyx inferior, tubular, with- 

 ering ; tube rather gibbous, hairy within ; border five- 



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