96 Lxxv. EuuiACEj). (J. D. Hooker.) [^Adenosacme, 



A lax rooting shrub, bark green opaque. Leaves 7-10 in., blsck when dry ; petiole- 

 1^3 in. ; stipiUes |-1 in. diam;, orbicular, obtuse, glabrous. Flowers in rounded 

 corymbs at the ends of the horizontal cyme-branches. Cak/x-tube hemispheric, teetb 

 oblong-ovate recurred. Corotta in the only flowers seen shorter than the calyx-teeth, 

 -with lanceolate lobes and exsertcd stamens. Berries 2-celled, white. 



3. A. macrostacliyai JSook. f.\ leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate' 

 quite glabrous on both surfaces, stipules very large foliaceous, cymes terminal 

 with their peduncles glabrous very slender longer than the leaves, bracts ovate,, 

 flowers on slender pedicels lax. 



MiSHMi hills, in Upper Assam, Griffith. 



Very similar to A. stipulata, but the leaves, which are a foot long, are quite- 

 glabrous, the glabrous cyme far more slender, a foot long, with a peduncle 8 in. long 

 and very distant slender branches 3-5 in. long, bearing loose 3-chotomous peduncles- 

 with slender pedicels ; the bracts, too, are short and broad. 



** Berry 5-0- celled. 



4. A. IiawU, Hook, f.; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate puberuloua 

 beneath, stipules small oblong-lanceolate, cymes terminal and axillary sessile or 

 shortly peduncled pubescent, branches divaricating. Lawia acuminata, Wight 

 Ic. t. 1070, and in Cede. Jtmrn. Nat. Hist. vii. 15. 



Mountains of the Cabjiatic and Teavancoee, Law, Wight, &c. 



So similar to A. longifolia that I doubt its being other than a form of that plant, 

 •with a 5-6-eelled ovary. The corolla in the only flowers seen is very shortly tubular, 

 shorter than the subulate-lanceolate calyx-teeth and basal stamens ; no doubt there- 

 are other forms (as in the case of A. longifolia). 



SC. IHCYZtXOirEVROir, Wall. 



Small shrubs with stout branches and spongy bailr. Leaves and stipules 

 large. Flowers white, in large peduncled terminal rarely axillary capitate or 

 corymbose cymes ; bracts rigid, lanceolate. Calyx-tube ovoid ; lobes 5, lanceo- 

 late, exceeding the corolla, rigid, persistent. Corolla small, tubular, throat 

 villous ; lobes short, erect, hispid, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, in the tube of the- 

 corolla, filaments short, subilate; anthers linear, included. Ovary 2-celled; 

 style short, stigmas 2 linear-oblong coherent ; ovules very numerous, on hemi- 

 spheric placentas. Berry ovoid, white, dry or fleshy, with 2 many-seeded cells. 

 Seeds mmute, angled, testa pitted ; embryo minute in fleshy albumen. — DisiEli). 

 Species 6 or 8, in India beyond the Ganges and Borneo. 



1. IKE. nutans, Wall. Cat. 6225; leaves broadly eUiptio or obovate 

 abruptly acuminate, nerves 15-20 pair nearly horizontal, heads terminal and 

 axillary shortly peduncled dense-flowered, calyx-teeth subulate-lanceolate rigid.. 

 Knrz Far. Fl. ii. 55. 



Assam, Hamilton; Khasia Mts., alt. 0-3000 ft., Be SHva, &c. ; Chittaqong 

 Hills, C. B. Clarice. 



A small erect shrub, 2-3 ft. ; branches very stout, woody, -with thick pale spongy 

 bark. Leaves S-10 by 3^5J in., coriaceous, green when dry, nerves often pubescent 

 beneath ; petiole ^-f in. ; stipules ^-f in., triangular-lanceolate. Heads 1-1^ in. 

 diam., usually globose, rarely loose with the peduncles exposed, glabrous or pubes- 

 cent ; bracteoles and calyx-teeth | in., subulate, rigid, persistent, longer than tlie- 

 tubular corolla, which has short obtuse lobes pubescent on the back. Fruit dry. 



Vae. pirviflora ; flowers corymbose smaller. — Birma, Griffith. 



2. m. Clarkei, Hook. f. ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, nerves 

 12-15 pair slender very obliquely arched, peduncles simple or branched, calyx- 

 teeth filiform. 



