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length of the calyx. Border five cleft, segments, 

 ecjLial, rounded, spreading. Nectary, five glandu- 

 lous bodies, sui rounding the germ, filaments five, 

 short, compressed, internally 'downy, anthers rigid, 

 oblong, pointed, converging, cleft at fhe base.* 

 Germs two. Style length of ^e stamens, stigma 

 oval, compressed, two lobed. attenuated. Pericarp, 

 follicles two, oblong, bellied, pointed, smooth, 

 one celled, one valved, seeds numerous, imbricated, 

 compressed, crowned with long silky pappus. It 

 bears some affinity to the genus Echites. It is also 

 found in several parts oi' llohilciaidand the Dooah. 



Asclcpios (\(bw\)\.{'w\. — A shrubby climber, now coming 

 into flower — branches cylindrical, smooth, oppo- 

 site. Leaves opposite, heart ovate, much rounded 

 beneath, pointed above, petioled. Flowers in ax- 

 illary nodding cymes, of a pale green. Calyx five- 

 cleft, small, villous, divisions ovate, equal, spread- 

 ing. Corol flat, border five-cleft, segments broad, 

 obtusely ovate. Nectary, five glandular corpus- 

 cles, into which the anthers are inserted without 

 filaments. Germs two, styles none. Pericarp not 

 seen, therefore its place in the system yet doubtful. 

 Found near the ghat of Coadicam. 



IJeniiaria, doubtful. — A shrubby bush, with nume- 

 rous slender stems and branches, and covered with 

 a profusion of minute yellow flowers. Leaves al- 

 ternate, petioled, ovate, rather elliptical, entire, 

 smooth, petioles short. Calyx five-parted, divi- 

 sions unequal, erect, coloured. Corol none. Nec- 

 tary, five minute glandulous, three toothed scales, 

 surrounding the foot of the styles. Filaments five, 

 capillary, longer than the calyx, erect, inserted 

 into the base of the calyx. Anthers, simple, erect. 

 Styles two, filiform. Stigmas simple, recurvated. 

 Germ too minute for inspection in its present state, 

 and as the pericarp is not yet seen, future observa- 

 tion must determine the genus yet doubtful. Many 

 bushes of it grow in the forest about Coadwara — it 

 'was observed in the nuddlc of May, therefore we 



may 



