152 iJentanbria monogywia. Bymenodictyon. 



ed border.— Germ two-celled, Style twice the length of the corol. 

 Stigma globular— Capsule inferior, oblong, warty; size of a filbert 

 two-celled, two-valved, opening from the apex; partition contrary 

 and in this respect only does it differ from Cinchona. Is this a suffi- 

 cient reason to remove it from that family ? In C. excetsa, the 

 partition is also contrary, receptacle placed longitudinally along the 

 suture of the partition. — Seeds several in each cell, imbricated up- 

 waids, surrounded with a broad, brown, reticulated, membranaceous 

 wing, which is cloven below up the umbilicus, at the base of the 

 seed. — Terisperm thin, white, and fleshy. — Embryo erect, nearly as 

 long as the perisperm. Cotyledons cordate. — Radicle oval, inferior. 



Additions by N. W. 



5. Hymenodktuon fiaccidum, Wall. 



heaves ovate, elliptic, smooth and shiningabove; stipules ob\ on g ? 

 ispathulate. Racemes axillary, slender, pendulous. Capsules oblong. 



I have found it on the Northern side of Sheopore towards its 

 foot, in blossom, and with the empty capsules of the preceding 

 year in June. It has also been brought to me from the valley of 

 Noakote, with flowers in the same month. 



A tree of moderate size covered with cinereous, pretty even bark. 

 Branches spreading ; the outermost di- or trichotomous, smooth, 

 the younger shoots slightly compressed, having at the base some 

 remaining gemmaceous, ovate, concave brownish scales. — Leaves 

 very numerous and closely approximate at the end of the branches, 

 spreading, ovate-elliptic, acuminate, attenuato-acute at the base, 

 coriaceous, from six to ten inches long, margins slightly waved, 

 upper surface smooth and shining, slightly sulcate along the nerves ; 

 the under one pallid and opaque, with an elevated rib, and oblique 

 parallel, pubescent nerves, the axils of which are somewhat depressed 



and villous; veins minutely reticulate Petiol thick, round, an inch 



long, smooth or slightly pubescent ; the upper end margined and with 

 the base of the rib, reddish. — Stipules sub-petiolary, oblong^ spathu- 



