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cous one at the base of each pedicel. Cabjx tubular, some- 

 what ^i66o?/«?; mouth five-parted. Coro/ tubular, curved. 

 Tube somewhat ventricose, villous on tlio outside; month ob- 

 lique, and divided into five, nearly equal, semicircular seg- 

 ments, one above and two on each side. Filamenta four,"didy- 

 namous, extend beyond the mouth of the tube. Anthers linear, 

 apices united. Germ superior, linear, smooth ; base embraced 

 by a nectarial ring, four-celled; ovii/a numerous, attached to 

 the incurved margins of the partitions. Stifle, the length of the 

 germ, or more protruded beyond tlie anther. Stigma entire, 

 fleshy, sub-infundibuliform. Capsule siliquose, pendulous, 

 long and very slender, being' about twelve inches long, and 

 scarcely so thick as a quill, smooth and brown, with a groove 

 on the opposite sides, four-celled, two-valved. Valves thin, 

 almost membranaceous. Seeds numerous, minute, imbricat- 

 ed, cylindric, rough, from the apex two long rows and from 

 the base one, they are attached to the rolled-in edges of the 

 valves of the capsule, as in the germ. Perisperm none. Em- 

 bryo cylindric, inverse. Cotyledons oblong, not half the 

 length of the whole embryo. Radicle cylindric, superior; 

 when vegetation begins, the structure of the parts becomes 

 evident, the apex of the radicle first projects, from which in- 

 numerable, minute rays issue, and lay hold of the soil, or ra- 

 ther bark of the tree, they are sown on, as is the case in other 

 parasites. 



2. 1. oblongifoUa. R. 



Shrubby, downy. Leaves opposite, unequally ovate-ob- 

 long, acuminate, downy, serrulate. Cymes axillnry. 



Common in moist vallies in the province of Chittagono-. 

 Flowers in October, and the seed ripens during the cool sea- 

 son. It is rather a small shrub, with thick, somewhat four- 

 cornered, very tomentose branches. 



Leaves opposite or tern, long-petioled, from six to twelve 

 niches long, villous, one side broader, and running further 

 down on the petiole. Peduncles axillary, solitary, dichoto- 



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