^ DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPEUMI A. GvielhlU, 



Cornutia corymhosa. Bnrm. Ind, l^^S. t, 41./*. 1. 

 Found by Colonel H.irdwicke iiidioenous on the Mauri- 

 tius, in flower in May and June. 



11. V. scandens. R. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves from ovate oblong to cordate, 

 entire, much and very finely acuminate. Cori/mbs terminal, 

 supra-decompound. Calyx entire ; throat of the corol wool- 

 Fy. N'fit tubercled. 



An extensive, powerful, climbing shrub, a native of the for- 

 ests of Silhet, where it runs over the larger trees. Flow ering 

 time the hot season ; the seed ripens during the rains. 



Yonnfj shoots more or less villous and somewhat four-cor- 

 nered. Zeove§ opposite, differing in shape from narrow 

 ovate-oblong to cordate, all perfectly entire, ending in a long 

 sharp, ensiform, or even filiform point, sometimes villous, 

 from four to six inches long, and from one and a half to four 

 broad. Petioles about an inch long, generally villous. Corymbs 

 terminal ; primary divisions decussated, secondary one dicho- 

 tomous; all villous, ^mc^e* subulate. Flotoers imincrous, 

 very small, of a greenish yellow. Calyx cup-shaped, entire, 

 smooth. Corol with the mouth of the tube very woolly. 

 Border of four, equal, oblong, obtuse divisions. Stamina 

 lonoer than the corol. Germ roundish, four-celled, with one 

 ovulum in each, attached to the axis. Style, the length of 

 the stamina. Stigma bifid. Drupe, the size of a pea, round, 

 smooth, succulent, black, one-celled. Nut conform to the 

 drupe, tubercled, four-celled, generally one or more abortive. 

 Seed solitary, obovate. Integument single, thin, white. Pe- 

 risperm none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons conform to the seed. 

 Radicle inferior. 



GMELINA. Schrcb. gen. N. 1023. 

 Calyx from four to five-toothed. Corol obliquely campa- 

 nulate; border irregularly four-parted. All the anthers two- 



