430 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ophioxyl 



equal.— Tube clavate, about an inch long, widening towards the 

 mouth which is shut by means of five villous pink-coloured scales. 

 Lacinia broad-ovate, most spreading, sub-retuse, in consequence of 

 the blunt apex being slightly incurved. —Stigma capitate, sub- 

 bilobate.— N. W. 



OPHIOXYLOX, Schreb.gen. IV. 1578. 



Calyx five-toothed. Corol funnel-shaped. Germ two-celled, 

 ceils one-seeded, attachment inferior. Berries twin, superior, 

 slightly united, each one-seeded. Embryo inverse, and furnished 

 with a perisperra. 



J O. serpentinum, Willd. ir. 979- 

 T^iovanna-Amel-Podi, Rheed. mal. vi. 81. t. 47. 

 Hadix Mustela, Rumph. Amb. vii. 29. t. 16. 



Sung ^f«5t«til, Chi/ndrika, , ^3pHf*sf|' J ChwrmMhontree, Tr^fhf*r 

 ^rifC^TTj Pttshaomehanttkarika, «l«f£«ft, Nwndwnee, ^xTT^t? Karw- 

 vee, Vf%T 9 Bhttdra, TOnjW'j Vasoopooshpa, <U*j<l, Vasfira, 

 Sr^SlT^, ChwndrMshoora. 



Beng. Chandra. 



Hind. Cn'hota chand. 



Ttlinga. Patalganni. 



This, in a rich soil, is a large climbing or twining shrub ; in a poor 

 soil, small and erect. It is a native of the Circar mountains.* *j* In 

 my garden it flowers all the year round. 



Stem woody, erect, climbling, or twining. Bark ash-coloured.— 

 Leaves three-, four-, or five-fold, short-petioled, oblong, pointed, wav- 

 ed, entire, smooth; from four to five inches long, and about two broad. 

 *~ Stipules none. — Fascicles axillary, peduncled, many-flowered.— 



* It is indigenous in every part of Bengal. — Ed. 

 f It grow* r>ild at Noakote in Nipal, blossoming in May.— N. W, 



