Medj/Otis. TETRANDRIA M0N06YNIA. S6J 



3. H. scandens. R. 



Perennial, scandent, round, smooth. Leaves broad lanceolate. 

 Panicles corymbiform, terminal; mouth of the tube of the corol and 

 apex of the style bearded. 



Gitjee, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indigenous ; 

 flowers and ripens its seed during the hot and rainy seasons.* 



Stems and branches perennial, round, smooth, scandent. — Leaves 

 short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, smooth, entire. — Stipules cup-ahap- 

 ed, connecting the leaves, with a short process on each side betweeu 

 the leaves. — Faiiicle corymbiform, terminal, sub-globular, through- 

 out trichotomous, all the ramitications a little villous. — Bractes li- 

 near, spreading. — Caltjx four-toothed. — Corol with the tube longer 

 than the calyx, its mouth and the base of the four linear segments of 

 the borders of the corol very woolly. — Germ oval, two-celled; ovula 

 numerous, attached to the sub-globular receptacles, rising from the 

 middle of the partition. Stj/le longer than the corol, apex woolly; 

 stio-ma two-deh,— Capsule ovate, two-celled, many-seeded. 



4. H. liueata. R. 



Amiual, diffuse, hairy. Leaves sessile, ventricose-lanceolar, lon- 

 gitudinally marked with simple, parallel veins. Peduncles axillary, 

 two or three together, pretty long, many-flowered. Capsula round, 

 hairy. 



Native of Chittagong, where it blossoms during tlie rains. 



5. H. Auricularia. Linn. 



Sub-dichotomous diffuse, adscending, villous. I eJt'es lanceolate, 

 sub-sessile, smooth above, many-nerved below. Flozvers sub-sesbile, 

 densely whorled. Capsules villous. 



Mariguti. Rlteed. Hort. Mai. x. p. 63. t. 32. 



A native of Silhet and Nepala, where the plant blossoms during 

 the hot and rainy seasons. From the former place the plant was 



* It is very common about Katmandu where it blossoms from December t, Marcli- 



Native name Goohee.—H, W. 



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