Connams. monadelpiiia decandria. 139 



lets about a foot by six inches broad. They are also hairy, 

 particularly while young. 



MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



MELOCHIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1110. 

 Calyx somewhat double. Petals five, spreading. Fila- 

 ments subulate. Styles five. Capsules five celled, with a 

 single seed in each. 



1. 31. corchorifolkt. Willd. iii. 604. 



31. corckorifolia. Dill. Elth. t. \lQ.f. 217. 



Beng. Tiki-okra. 



Tsjeru uren. Rtieecl Mai ix. t. 73. bad. 



Perennial, ranious. jLeates sub-cordate, plaited, crenulate. 

 Floicers crowded into sub-sessile, terminal heads, intermixed 

 with subulate bractes. 



Connnon every w here all over India. Flowers and ripens 

 its seed during the rainy and cold seasons. 



CONNARUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1116. 

 Calyx five-parted. Carol five-petalled. Style single. Germ 

 one celled, from one to two-seeded ; attachment sub- inferior. 

 Capsule superior, one-celled, two-valved, one-seeded. Em- 

 hryo inverse, without perisperm. 



1. C. paniculatus. R. 



Arboreous. Lmres pinnate ; leaflets five or seven, ovate, 

 oblong, obtusely acuminate, glossy. Panicles terminal and 

 axillary ;Jloioers decandrous; petals linear (without bristles 

 at the base.) 



A large tiniber tree, a native of Chittagong, where it blos- 

 soms in June. 



Youny shoots clothed with a little ferruginous down. 

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