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capsules pod-shaped, usually solitary from abortion: seed solitary, 
usually with an aril: albumen none. 
(1) R. SookurrHoonrex. 
Ident. Voigt. Hort. Cale. p. 265. 
Syn. Cnestis monadelpha, Roxb. fl. Ind. TI. p. 454. 
Spec. Cuar. Shrub: leaves pinnate: leaflets 5-7, short-peti- 
oled, oblong, obtusely acuminated: panicles axillary, several to~ 
gether, nearly as long as the leaves: capsule solitary, obliquely 
ovate-oblong: seed covered with a complete orange-coloured aril: 
flowers small, white, fragrant, 
Silhet and Chittagong Hills, flowering in the rainy season. 
(2) R. santatowwes. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 144,—Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 53. 
Syn. Connarus santaloides, Vahl. Dec. prod. II. p. 85. 
Spec. Coan. Climbing. shrub: leaflets 2-4 pair, ovate, with a 
narrow, blunt acumination, coriaceous: panicles axillary and ter- 
minal, few-flowered: fruit ovoid, pointed, rather fleshy, not pod- 
shaped. 
Warree country. Ram Ghaut. 
(3) R. caupata. (Planshon.) 
Ident. Walp. Ann. II. p. 297. 
Srrc. Cuar. Quite glabrous, shrubby: leaflets 5-10, short- 
petioled, oblong-lanceolate, long and obtusely caudate, acute at 
the base, quite entire: racemes 1-4, axillary, much shorter than 
the leaf: pedicels longer than the calyx : fruit-bearing ones thick- 
ened, club-shaped: calycine segments ovate-roundish, somewhat ci- 
liated :, petals oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the calyx: stamens 
exserted : follicle oblong, mucronate, quite glabrous. 
Assam, 
GENUS Ill. CNESTIS. 
Decandria Tetragynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Knao, to scratch, with reference to the prickly 
capsules. 
Gen. Cuan. Calyx 5-partite, valvate in estivation : petals 5: 
capsules 1-celled, 2-valved: ovules twin: seed solitary, without 
aril: albumen fleshy. 
(1) C. wirsura. 
Syn. Robergia hirsuta, Roxb. fl. Ind. IL. p, 455. 
