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dentes erecti, */,-1 mill. longi. Staminum filamenta brevissima ; capi- 
tulum antherarum oblongum, 3 mill. longum, 1 '/, mill. crassum. Pis- 
tillodia setiformia, 5-6 mill. longa. « Fructus ovoideo-oblongus, teres, 
basi et apice acutus, viridis albo-lineatus, 9 cent. longus, 5 cent. cras- 
sus. Semina semi-ellipsoidea, compressa, margine corrugata, 1 cent. 
longa, 8 mill. lata » (ex ic. Rheed.). 
In India orientali (Wight n. 1131 in herb. Hort. Petrop., n. 1139 
in herb. Kew.); in mont. Nilehiri et Kurg (Thomson in herb. Kew., 
Mus. Par., Berol.); in Ceylon (Thwaites n. 1608 in herb. DC., Boiss., 
Francav., Mus. Par., Berol., hort. Petrop., Kew., Brit. Mus. ; Hance 
n. 1708 in herb. Brux.). 
4. T. cuspidata (Lam. Encycl. méth. Bot. 1, p. 188); foliis 
tenuibus, rigidulis, ovato-oblongis, margine minute remoteque denti- 
culatis, breviter acuminatis, basi emarginatis, utrinque glabris et 
lævibus; racemis masculis multifloris, valde geniculatis, foliis paulo 
brevioribus, :subebracteatis ; calyce brevissime puberulo, dentibus 
elongatis, subulatis. -— Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3, p. 314; W. et Arm. 
Prodr. 1, p. 349; Rom. Syn. fase. 2, p. 95. — Scheru-Padavalam 
iy Hort. Malab. 8, p. 31, táb. 16. — T. caudata Willd. Spec. 4, 
p. 6 
ded gracillimus, elongatus, ramosus, sulcatus, glaber, levis. 
Petiolus gracilis, striatus, glaber, '/,-1 cent. longus. Folia supra læte 
viridia; subtus pallidiora, 8-10 cent. longa, 4-5 cent. lata, basi 3-sub- 
5-nervia; nervi tenues, subtus prominentes et tenuiter reticulati ; 
sinus basilaris late rotundatus, 1 cent. profundus. Cirrhi gracillimi, 
breves, striati, glabri, bifidi. Pedunculus communis masculus gracil- 
limus, striatus, glaber, fere usque ad basim floriferus, 4-7 cent. lon- 
Sus, 10-30-florus; pedicelli patuli, filiformes, 2-6 mill. longus; brac- 
teolæ vix Y, mill. longs. Calycis tubus filiformis, apice dilatatus, . 
12-14 mill. longus, apice 1 !/, mill. et ad medium ‘/.-'/, mill. crassus; 
dentes erecti, 2-2 '/, mill. longi. Staminum filamenta */, mill. longa; 
capitulum ce aids oblongo-lineare, 3 */, mill. longum, 1 mill. 
Crassum. « Fructus glaber, lzevis, turbinato-ovatus, apice tubo calycis 
longe appendiculatus » (ex ic. Rheed.). 
India orientali ad Quilon (Wight n. 1135 in herb. Kew., Deless., 
hort. Petrop., Vindob.). 
b. Folia lobatd® Spec. 5-9. 
5. T. cucumerina (Linn. Spec. ed. 1, p. 1008, ed. 2, p. 1432); 
