1086 BENGAL PLANTS. (Forrestia. 
8, subequal. Stamens 6, all perfect; filaments bearded; anthers 
ovoid. Carpels 3, connate in a 8-celled ovary; cells all 2-ovuled, 
or the lateral cells 2-ovuled, the dorsal l-ovuled. Fruit a sub- 
globose, oblong or ellipsoid, 3-valved, loculicidal capsule. Seeds 
ie) aa or 2 superposed in each cell, oblong, rugose. 
255. Forrest1a Hooxert Hassk.; F. B. I. vi. 384. 
Chittagong. 
A stout, erect herb; stem unbranched, rooting near 
base 
979. Floscopa Lour. 
Herbs with erect or subscandent stems; leaves lanceolate, 
medium or large. Flowers in terminal or axillary panicles of 
secund but not scorpioid cymes; bracts minute. Sepals 3, oblong, 
Petals 8, free, obovate. Stamens 6 all perfect, or 5 perfect 
1 ores hypogynous; filaments filiform, glabrous. Carpe 
connate in a 2-celled ovary; ovules solitary in each cell. Fruit a 
see outs or diveictn loculicidal, 2-celled capsule; pericarp 
crustaceous, shining. Seeds in each cell solitary, hemispheric 
2256. rotaas SCANDENS Lour.; F. B. I. vi. 390. pee RY 
paniculata F. I. ii, 119. 
Chota Nagpur; N. Bengal, Duars; Chittagong. 
An erect or subscandent herb. 
Order CXL. FLAGELLARIEZ. 
Shrubs with long, usually climbing, leafy stems. Leaves many- 
nerved or plicate, usually long, with sheathing bases. J'lowers 
small, regular, hermaphrodite or dicecious, in terminal panicles ; 
bracts often lanceolate; bracteoles minute or 0. Perianth in- 
ferior, persistent ; segments 6, free, small, imbricate, sub-2-seriate, 
dry or subpetaloid. Stamens 6, hypogynous; filaments free, 
filiform; anthers ovate or oblong, basifixed; cells 2, parallel ; 
dehiscence longitudinal, introrse. Carpels 3, connate in a superior, 
8-celled ovary; ovules in each cell solitary, anatropous, adnate to 
axis; style short, with 3 stigmatic arms, or styles 3, distinct, 
linear or depressed. Fruit a small berry or a drupe, wi with 1-3 
pyrenes. Seeds laterally attached; testa membranous or thick; 
albumen floury; embryo lenticular. 
