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squamulas octo, clavatus, barbatus. FUamenta octo, disco inter squamu- 

 las inserta, longitudine calycis subulata. Antherce parvae. Germen supe- 

 rura, ovatum. Stylus crassus. Stigma truncatum. 



In specimens which were collected in the woods of Gorakpur (Cosala), the 

 plant was arboreous, and the stamina varied from five to nine. 



It is evident that the Anavinga of Rheede differs somewhat, especially from 

 the plant found in Rungpur. Folia basi acuta, serraturis paucis remotis in- 

 cisa. Flores solitarii, vel pauci pediculo communi solitario insidentes, quad- 

 rifidi. Stamina sex. It is, however, to be remarked in both the varieties 

 which I have seen, as well as in the Anavinga, that the number of stamina in 

 no respect corresponds with the number of divisions in the calyx ; and there- 

 fore Rheede is not to be suspected of inaccuracy in giving his Anavinga six 

 stamina, as M. Lamarck is inclined to think {Enc. Mdth. i. 148.). 



Among the Indian plants, which I have referred to the genus Samyda, I 

 have observed two very distinct kinds of fruit, which may form a ground for 

 separating them into two genera. In the one, the seeds are indefinite in num- 

 ber ; but whether or not this is the case in the Kanjiala above described I 

 cannot say, not having seen the fruit. As the Anavinga, however, evidently 

 has a fruit of this kind, I shall here describe some plants which also belong to 

 this division, and of which I have given specimens to the library at the India 

 House. In the other division, the seeds, as in the Agallochum, are of a definite 

 number ; but I shall have occasion to consider these when I come to treat of 

 the T.y'erou Kanneli in the fifth volume. 



I shall first describe a tree, in the Hindwi dialect called Konijal, which is a 

 strong presumption that the Kanjial of the Bengalese, above described, has a 

 fruit similar to the Anavinga, for the two names are the same. 



Samyda piscicida. 



Casearia elliptica. TVilld. Sp. PI. ii. 623. ? 

 Anavinga lanceolata. Enc. Mdth. i. 148. ? 

 Konijal Hindice. 

 Habitat in Magadhse et Mithilae sylvis. 



Arhuscula ramulis subangulatis pubescentibus. Folia alterna, bifaria, supra 



