GKXTIAXE.E. 385 



F. OBOVATA, "Wall. E.T. Tree forests all over Biiniia. 



Nyoung-kyap (Kurz). 



Calyx only about }, an iiuli long. The nerves beueath the leaves not or barclv 

 visible. 



'•' * Fluwers small, up to an inch lony or soiii'w'iat loiii/er. Erect trees. 

 F. RACEMOSA, Jack. E.T. Andamans. Kamorta and Great Nicobar. 



Flowers clustered, or iu small cymes, forming a tcriniual peduncled raceme. 

 Leaves penninerved . 



F. FRAGRAxs, Eoxb. E.T. ■ Tenasserim. 



A-nan. 



Flowers in tonuinal or axillary, long-pcdunelcd, many-flowered, corymbs. Nerves 

 of leaves beneath very obsolete and immersed. Berries ovoid, reddish, the size of a pea. 



Wood yellow or light brown, white-streaked, very strong and tough. Said to be 

 imperishable if exposed to water, and unassailed by Teredo (Kurz). 



F. CRASsiroLiA, Wall. (M.). 



F. GLOBOSA, L. (SI.). 



GELSEuruM, Jussk'u. 



Calyx 5-parted, imbiicate in bud. Corolla funncl-shaiied, the limb 5-lobed, 

 imbricate. Stamens 5, adnate to the base of the corolhi. Aiitlms 2-celled, the 

 connective terminating in a mucro. Ovary 2-celled, very shortly stalked, with 

 numerous amphitiopous 2-seriatc ovules along the ventral placentas. Style filiform. 

 Stiymas 2, 2-clett. Scanilent .shrubs with opposite leaves. 



G. ELEQANs, Bth. E.S.S. Khakyen Hills. 

 All parts glabrous. Calyx minutely pubescent. 



Ex^ctJir, Linnaus. . 



E. PTEEAXinUJI, "Wall. (il.). 



Causcoka, Lam. 



C. PARtsnii, Hook. f. (P.). 

 C. DIFFUSA, Brown (P.). 

 C. ScHULTEsir, Wall. (M.). 



Mason refers the chirata to Agathodes chirayta, but says he has never seen the 

 plant growing, whilst Hooker indicates several species of Ophelia as furnishing 

 the drug. 



Gkxtiana, Tournef. 



G. cbassa, Kurz. Martaban. 



G. NuniCAi'Ms, Kurz. Martaban. 



Pnvi.LOCYci.TTs, Eiirz.^ 

 Cahjx campanulate, intlatcd. Corolla sub-regular, with imbricated lobes, often 

 basally bimaeulate. Stamem 4, the lower pair longer, exserted, fertile and covered 

 with red pollen; the upper pair shorter, sub-inclosed, infertile. Orary 1 -celled. 

 Style deciduous. Stiyma bilobed. Capsule 1-celled, bivalved. Seeds numerous, 

 minute, immersed in spongy placentas. 



P. (Cahscora) HKi.FEurANA, Wall. MS. Tenasserim. 



P. (CArscoiu) Pakisuu, Hook. 



' Kurz remarks : " Ginus Cailsconi inter alia liiffert : Corolla' I(il)i 2 inferiores approxiinati 

 a medio tali imxltt renlieati, ut phVis ureto approximatis. (pusi lohuin siuLTuIum meiitieiit. iude(|iio 

 corollain jirimu facie 3-lol)iim immitteut. Stamina I, quorum uiium taiUum fertile, ut inulto loiif;ui3 

 in plica loborum iuferionim receptum, cx'tera, malto minora eiF;utii sunt.'' — J A.S.B. ii. 1873, p. 236. 



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