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Capsules almost terete, tomentose, S-celled, without partitions inside, ,..C. fascicular is. 



§ 3. Capsules elongate, thick, truncate, 6-angled, the alternate angles winged. 



Stamens 15 to 20. Leaves without bristles. Capsules f — 1 in. long, terminating in 3 



simple or 2-cleft spreading points, ... ... . . . C acutangulus . 



1. C. CAPSULAEis, L. sp.pl. 746; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11. 581; Wight 

 Ic. t. 311 ; Hook. Journ. Bot. XL 92. t. 3 , Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 397. 



Hab. Cultivated all over Burma, and frequently seen in deserted 

 toungyas, along the borders of forests, around villages, etc. Fl. C. S. ; Fr. 

 H. S. 



2. C. OLiTORius, L. sp. pi. 746 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 581 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2810 ; GrifF. Not. Dicot. 512 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 397. {C. decemangularis, 

 Roxb. 1. c. 582). 



Hab. Ava, Pegu, cultivated and wild in rubbishy places and agrarian 

 lands. Fl. R. S. ; Fr. C. S. 



3. C. TEiLOCULAEis, L. Mant. 77 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 582 ; Hf. Ind. 

 Fl. I. 397. 



Hab. Burma (according to Dr. Mason). 



4. C. URTiCiEFOLius, WA. Prod. I. 73 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 397. 

 Hab. Ava (Wall ) 



5. C. TRiDENS, L. Mant. 566 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 398. {C. trilocularis, 

 Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 37. f. 2). 



Hab. Prome District (Wall.). 



6. C. FASCicuLAEis, Lamk. Diet. II. 104 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 582 ; 

 Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 398. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in dried up river-beds in the swamp forests and 

 savannahs between the Lhein and Irrawaddi rivers in Pegu Fr. C. S. 



7. C. ACUTANGULUS, Lamk. Diet. II. 104 ; Wight Ic. t. 739 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 398. {C.fuscus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 582). 



Hab. Very frequent not only in rubbishy places, deserted toungyas, 

 etc., but also in the leaf-shedding forests, all over Burma up to 3000 feet 

 elevation. Fl. R. S. ; Fr. C. S. 



Echinoearpus, Bl. 



Conspectus of species. 



Leaves entire, tufted-hairy in the nerve-axils beneath ; prickles of fruit strong, usually 

 thickened at base, ... ... ... ... .. JE. Sigun. 



Leaves crenate-serrate or toothed, at least when young puherulous beneath, the prickles 

 longer, all thin and subulate, ... ... ... ...E.sterculiaceus. 



1. E. SiGUJ^, Bl. Bydr. 56; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1/2. 109. {E. 

 onurex, Bth. in Linn. Proc. V. Suppl. 72 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 399). 



Hab. Tenasserim, Thoungyeen, Ta-oo-road (Brandis), Fr, Apr. 



