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Germ tliree-lobed, immersed in the thick, fleshy nectary, three-* 



ceiled, each cell containing several seedi, attached to the axis. — Siule 

 the length of the filaments ; stigma three-toothed — Capsules tlnee, 

 obovate, thni, smooth, slightly veined, about two inches long, by 

 one and half broad, one-celled, two valved. — 6 eeofj generally four ia 

 each capsule, two on each side, lodged about its middle, of a nar- 

 row-oblong shape, with a large, oblong, membranaceous wing pro- 

 ceeding from the base, and attached by its extremity to the very base 

 of the capsule. Integuments two ; exterior a very thin, smooth mem- 

 brane ; interior rather thick and somewhat spongy Perisperm none, 



— Embryo erect. Coii/ledons oblong, pale green while recent. Pla- 

 mula two-leaved. Radicle short, inferior. 



Obs. In the following species there are only two seeds in the 

 capsule, in every other respect it resembles exactly this species. 



3. H. arborea. R. 



Sub-arboreous, with climbing branches. Leaves opposite, oblong,, 

 serrulate, cuspidate. Corymbs axillary. Capsules linear-oblong, two* 

 seeded. 



B. Katha-paharia. 



A native of the interior parts of India. It blossoms in July, and 

 the seeds ripen in March. 



Trunk tolerably straight, but short, about as thick as a man's thigh, 

 covered with smooth, daik brownish ash-coloured bark. Branches 

 and branchJets spreading ajid climbing to a great extent, young 

 shoots round and smooth, indeed highly polished ; many of ihem 

 form the claspers. — Leaves opposite, short-petioled, drooping, ob- 

 long, taper-pointed, serrate, very smooth on both sides; tromsix 

 to seven inches long, and about three broad. — Stipules none, but two 



or three small, dark brown, scaly gems are found jn each axil. Co- 



rj/mbs axillary, dichotomous, w itlj a pedicelled ilovi ei iu the divisions. 

 — Bractes opposite, small, permanent.^ i'Vozters very numerous and 

 email, pale greenish yellow.— Ctf A/a- beneath, generally four, though 

 sometimes five or even six-parted ; divisions rounded, and only about 



half the length of the corol. — Carol four, five, or six-petalled, (six 



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