64 DiDYNAMiA ANGiosPERMiA. Volkamcria. 



8. V.Jarinosa. R. 



Shrubby twigs mealy. Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, 

 serrate. Panicles terminal, linear-oblong, leafy. A very 

 stout shrub, or small tree, a native of Silhet, where it is call- 

 ed Tahuser. Flowering time the rainy season. It approaches 

 nearest to aerrala of any species known to me, but differs suf- 

 ficiently on account of the perfect smoothness of the latter, 

 which has the leaves as often tern as opposite; iafarinosa 

 petioled, always opposite. 



9. V. nereifolia. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves tern, linear-lanceolar. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, three flowered. 



A shrubby species, found indigenous on the Island of 

 Mascal, on the coast of Chittagong ; where it blossoms 

 about the close of the rains, and the seeds ripen in Febru- 

 ary. 



Stem short, but straight, stout and ligneous, soon dividing 

 into many straight, nearly erect brancflies and branchlets ; 

 bark smooth, and of a light ash-colour and marked with 

 light-coloured, small, elevated specks. Leaves tern, rare- 

 ly opposite, inear-lanceolar, entire, acute, smooth, about 

 three inches long, and very generally under half an inch 

 in breadth. Petioles short, and inserted on permanent 

 elevated leaves. Peduncles axillary, much shorter than the 

 leaves, o-enerally three-flowered. Bractes opposite, ensiform. 

 Calyx campanulate, mouth evenly five-toothed, permanent. 

 Corol with a rather short, slender, curved tube, and unilate- 

 ral border, composed of five equal, oval, entire segments. 

 Stamina twice the length of the corol, incurved or recurv- 

 ed, according to the length of time the flower has been 

 expanded. Germ superior, four-celled, with one ovulum in 

 each. Stijle length of the stamina. Stigma bidentate. Cap- 

 sule, {Berry, Geert.) broad-turbinate, four-grooved, size of a 

 nutmeg, when ripe dry, and spontaneously dividing first into 

 two and afterwards into four parts. Cortex pretty smooth, 



