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tacea. Albumen nullum. Emhrijo teres, spiralis cotyledo- 

 nibus liinc planis inde convexis. 

 In masculinis tloribus cirteroquin simillimis stipites germinum 

 brevissinii, cum pistilli rudimento in apicem insidente. 



In the Rungpur district I found a small tree, or bush, which 

 agrees so well Avith the figure given by M. Lamarck of the 

 Cratava rcliglosa, that, although I have not seen the fruit, I am 

 inclined to think it the same. All the llowers that I saw were 

 male ; the tree therefore is no doubt dioecious. Its leaflets are 

 not so much acuminated as in the species last described, and are 

 nearly about half as long again as they are broad. 



2. Cratœva religiosa. JVilld. Sp. P/. ii. 853 ; et Enc. Mci/t. vii. 



582. (excluso synonymo Lamarckii III. Gen. t. 395.) 

 Habitat in locis Camrupae elevatis. 



Cortj77ibufi terminalis, erectus, angulatus, indivisus. Flores plures, 

 alterni, pedicellis longis nudis, unifloris solitariis insidentes. 



Apex peclkelli dilatatus in receptaculum sublentiforme, e cujus 

 margine duplice série prodeunt perianthii foliola octo colo- 

 rata, unguiculata, persistentia, venosa, hinc majora obovata, 

 inde minora dimidiato-falcata. E medio receptaculi pro- 

 dit discum truncatum, lateribus staminiferum. Filnmenta 

 indefinita circiter sexdecim, petalis duplo longiora, foliola 

 perianthii versus minora declinata. Anthent parvre. Ger- 

 men nullum. Styli rudimentum e disci centro subulatum. 



Near villages in different parts of die Rungpur district I found 

 what may be another species, and which certainly, on account 

 of the larger size of the fruit, is different from the Cratava reli- 

 giosa as delineated by M. Lamarck ; and on account of the 

 narrowness of the leaflets this has a great aftinity to the Nilrvala. 



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