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near the apex a round or oblong deciduous bracteole : ‘sepals tomen- 
tose outside: petals narrowed at the base: disk globose, tomentose: 
carpels numerous, oblong, apiculated, glabrous, minutely granular. 
Assam. Silhet. 
(7) G. Somanum. (Ham. ) 
Ident. Hook. & Thoms, Flor. Ind. I..p. 142. 
Sexc. Cuan. Tree: leaves oval or ovate, strongly ribbed, quite 
glabrous: pedicels axillary, '2-8-fascicled, naked, hoary-pubescent : 
petals linear-oblong, obtuse, inner ones longer. ; 
Silhet. Assam. 
GENUS VI. SAGERAA. 
Polyandria Polygynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From Sageeree, the native name. 
Gen. Cuar. Sepals 3: petals 6, hypogynous, distinct, in two 
series, thick, fleshy, concave, imbricate in zstivation: stamens 12, 
in two rows: filaments none: anthers 2-celled: cells linear, dehis- 
cing lengthwise: ovaries 3-5, linear, sessile at the apex of a convex 
receptacle, 1-celled: ovules 10, in two rows: stigmas sessile: car- 
pels globose, glabrous, 6-seeded, size of a cherry. 
(1) S. ravatna. (Dalz.) 
“Ident. Dalz, in Hook. Jour. Bot. IIL. p. 207.—Bomb. Flor. p.2:- 
Syn. Guatteria laurifolia, J. Grah. Cat. 
Spec. CHar. Middling-sized ‘tree : leaves 5-7 inches longy 
linear-oblong, shining above: -peduncles axillary, 8--5-fascicled ; 
carpels globose : flowers white. ; 
Concans. Flowering in October and November. 
GENUS VII, GONIOTHALAMUS, 
‘Polyandria Polygymia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Gonia, an angle, and Thalamos, a receptacle, in 
allusion to the structure of that part of the flower. x 
Gen. Cuar. Small trees or shrubs: leaves with the veins con- 
spicuously connected by loops near the margin : ‘peduncles axillary 
or supra-axillary, 1-flowered: sepals $: petals'6, valvate in sestiva- 
tion, outer ones thickly coriaceous, inner ones with broad claws, 
thickly coriaceous, with the laine incurved and cohering into a 
conical mitre: connectivum produced beyond the 2-celled linear~ 
oblong anthers into an oval or capitate proceas: disk slightly elevat« 
