with synonyms. Syn. W. americana, Linn ; W. elliptica, Cav. ; 

 W. microphylla, Cav. At Raree, in South Concan ; at Dorout. 

 Guill. and Perr. tent. Fl Senegambia i, 84. 



4. RIEDLEIA, Vent. 



1. CORCHORIFOLIA, DC. A common herbaceous plant, with 

 cordate ovate serrated leaves ; flowers pink, in short dense spikes, 

 which are terminal. Syn. Melochia corchorifolia, Rox. Fl Ind. iii, 1 39. 



2. TILIAEFOLIA. A small tree with long-petioled subcordate 

 serrate leaves, young ones soft nnd velvetty ; flowers small, pink, in 

 axillary and terminal corymbiform panicles. Bassein, Kandalla, 

 Belgaum. Native name " Methooree." 



5. PTEROSPERMUM, Schreb. 



1. SUBERIFOLIUM, Lam. Illust. Gen. t. 576, f. 1. A tree with 

 cuneate oblong leaves shortly acuminated, obliquely cordate at the 

 base, densely pubescent beneath; peduncles axillary, three-flowered; 

 flowers very fragrant, 1 4 inch across; involucel leaves linear, entire. 

 The Concans. Reich. Fl Exoti. t. 166. Wight in Hook. Bot. 

 misc. t. 26; P. canescens, Roxb. Hort. Beng., 50; Pentapeter 

 suberifolia, Linn. " Muchucuda" 



2. LAWIANUM, Nimmo in Grah. Cat. Leaves 3-lobed cordate 

 acuminate subpeltate, tomentose, involucel palmatifid. Dharvvar, 

 and the Southern Ghauts. Whole plant of a pale, tawny colour. 



6. KYDIA, Roxb. 



1. CALYCINA, Roxb. A middle-sized tree with broad cordate 

 angled leaves, and white flowers in terminal panicles. They ap- 

 pear in October and November; capsule hid in the calyx, size of a 

 pea. Roxb. Cor. t. 215; Syn. K fraterna, Roxb. Common on 

 the Ghauts. Native name " Waning." 



7. ERIOLAENA, DC. 



1. CANDOLLII, Wall. PL as. rarior. i 57, t. 64. Leaves ovate 

 cordate, toothed, white beneath ; flowers yellow, showy ; capsule 

 woody, cone-shaped, much pointed. Certainly the same as the 

 Pegu plant. Ram Ghaut ; common. 



XXVIII. SILIACE^E. 



1. CORCHORUS, Linn. 



1. FASCICULARIS, Linn. Leaves oblong or lanceolate serrated ; 

 peduncles 3 to 5-flowered, opposite to the leaves ; capsules linear 

 oblong, nearly terete, rostrate, 3-celled. At Surat. 



