188 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



terni, trichotomi, tomentosi. Bractece ovatae vel oblongae, acutse, integer- 

 rimse, pubescentes, persistentes, ad singulas paniculae divisiones oppositse 

 vel ternae. Flares magni,coerulescentes, laciniarum intermedia saturatiore. 



Calyx turbinatus, quinquedentatus. Corollce tubus calyce duplo longior, cras- 

 sus, teres : limbus patentissiraus, quinquepartitus laciniis ovato-oblongis, 

 secundis, intermedia longiore, concava, ad basin bisulca. Filamenta ex 

 tubi apice didynama, subulata, parallelo approximata, basi pilis unita, 

 fissuram versus petali summam declinata, dein incurva. Antheroe oblongae. 

 Germen superum, subrotundum. Stylus subulatus, staminibus longior. 

 Stigma bifidum, acutum, lacinia superiore breviore. 



Bacca depresso-turbinata, quadriloba, e quatuor coalitis composita, quadrilo- 

 cularis, |calyce infra obtecta. Semina solitaria, globosa, nonnuUis saepe 

 abortientibus. 



Varietas a. 



Buya Taeldar Bengalemium. 



Huriya montanorum Hindice. 

 Habitat in Bengala boreali, et Nepala. 



Frutex sex pedes altus, subscandens, ramis tetragonis. 



Ben Theka, seu Teka, p. 63. tab. 30. 



Here is another species of the badly constructed Hindu genus Theka, ov 



Sailo. Ben, the specific name, implies ' white.' In subsequent authors I 



cannot trace any mention of this plant, which seems to belong to the order of 



Solanece. 



Iripa, p. 65. tab. 31. 



In a commentary on the Herbarium Amboinense (i. 167.) I have said all that 

 occurs to me as necessary concerning this plant, which is usually considered 

 as the Cynometra ramijlora of Linnaeus. 



Kalesjam, seu Calesani, p. 67. tab. 32. 



The latter name should probably have been engraved Calesam. Kalesjiam 

 is a generic name common in India, but seems very irregularly applied ; for I 

 have found it given to one of the Asclepiadece, as well as to the two following 

 plants, which have a stronger affinity. The Mourmouratarum of the Brah- 



