of select Indian Planfs. 3.5? 



which llie pulp strongly adheres. Interior thin, brownish. 

 Fcrisperm conform to the seed, undivided, white, semitranspa- 

 rent, horny. Germ almost half the length of the perisperni, 

 niilk-white. Cotyledons cordate, three-nerved. JRaJzc/c inferior, 

 cylindric, longer than the cotyledons. 



Compare with Stn/chnos Ticute, Leschenaull, Ann. du Mus. 1(5. 

 479- pi- 23. and TshUiik, tlorsfield. Bat. Trans. J. 



DISCHIDIA CENGALliNSIS. 



Leaves oblong, ancipital. 



Native of Silhet, where it is named, like other parasites, Pard- 

 rdhd ; and thence introduced into the botanical garden at Cal- 

 cutta by Mr. M. R. Smith. Flowering season, April. 



Roots a few short slender fibres from each joint. Stem perennial, 

 parasitic, (by culture, terrestrial,) scandent, radicant, and some- 

 times twining ; round, slender, jointed, lactescent. Leaves at 

 the Joints, short-petioled, opposite, oblong, obtuse, smooth, 

 firm, fleshy, two-edged, entire, veinless, yellowish-green. Length 

 1 — 1^ inch. Breadth i — f. Petioles round, less than a quar- 

 ter of the length of the leaf. Umbels from alternate axils : 

 short-pcduncled, simple, few-flowered (about 10). Flowers very 

 small, yellowish-white, inodorous. Perianth five-parted ; seg- 

 ments ovate, coloured (white). Carol urceolate, five-toothed. 

 Throat villous. Toothlets ovate, erect. Nectary, or stamineous 

 tube, subcylindric. Stamineous crown five-leaved. Leaflets su- 

 bulate, bifid. Seg/nen<slanceolaie,refley, involute. Ger/nsovate. 

 Styles short. Stigma a pentagonal obtuse pyramid. 



The mature fruit has not been seen. But the flower sufficiently 

 marks the genus. 



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