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opposite, in luxuriant shoots teinate, ovate-lanceolate, tapering and 

 acuminate, somewhat acute at the base, sub-sessi!e, from three to 

 five inches long, exceeding their interstices in length, smooth, and 

 shining above, somewhat rough underneath from a number of short 

 subulate hairs which are scattered along the principal lamifjcations of 

 the vessels, nerves alternate, very oblique, uniting by distinct iutra- 

 marginal arches, elevated as well as the rib.— Petiol scarcely two 

 lines long, covered with short hairs.— Stipules lanceolate, acute, 

 adpressed, deciduous, rather shorter than the petiols. — Corymbs 

 cyhndric-oblong, short-pedtincled, obtuse, from four to six inches 

 long, terminal and axillary in the uppermost axils, forming a terminal, 

 compound panicle, consisting of numerous, sub-opposite, pedicelled 

 fascicles of very slender, green, fragrant, sub-sessile, five-cleft flow- 

 ers. Peduncles villous. Bractes linear. Calj/cine lacinia very small, 

 smooth, linear, erect, without any glands. Tube of the corolla filiform, 

 eight lines long, smooth without, pubescent within, especially at its 

 somewhat dilated apex and base. Lacinia ovate, short, smooth, 

 acute, recurved. Filaments exceedingly short, inserted immediately 

 below the interstices of the laciniae; anthers spreading over the limb 

 of the corolla, linear. Ovarium ovate, smooth, two-celled, many- 

 seeded. Style capillary, longer than the tube. Stigma fleshy, clavate, 

 e u tire. 



9. R. cinerea, Wall. 



Arboreous ; the upper parts covered with ash-coloured, derrsa 

 tomentum. Leaves lanceolate, villous above, tomentose underneath. 

 Stipules with a recurved, reniform apex. Panicles supra-decompound, 

 with densely fascicled flowers. Corolla with a very short tube. 



I have found it at Bunipa in the valley of Nipal and at Blieempe- 

 di; it has also been brought to me from Noakote; blossoming in 

 the hot season ; the fruit ripen3 during the rains. It has likewise 

 been sent to me from Shree-nwgwr. 



Newar name, Goshina. 



A tree of about twelve feet in height, with a round stem, covered 



