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GENUS II. GETONTA.. 
Decandria Mouogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Meaning unknown, 
Gen. Cuan. Climbing shrubs : leaves opposite, short-petioled : 
calyx campanulate, 5-partite almost to the base: lobes lanceolate, 
8-nerved; petals none; stamens protruded, shorter than the caly- 
cine-segments, arranged in a double row: anthers globose, didy- 
mous: style filiform, pubescent, obtuse: fruit a small dry drupe, = 
celled, 1-seeded. 
(1) G. rrorisunpa. (Roxb.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 315.—Roxb. ff, Ind. IT. p. 428. 
Syn. G. nitida, Roth._—Calycopteris floribunda, Lem. 
Engrave. Roxb. Cor. I, t, 87.—Lam. Hl. t. 357. 
Srec. Cuar. Young leaves tamentose, resinous-dotted beneath : 
stamens as long as the calycine-segments: panicles erect; fruit 
small, drupaceous, dry, ovateeoblong, between round and penta- 
gonal: flowers greenish-white. 
_ Peninsula. Common in the Concan and Ghauta, Flowering in 
February and March, 
(2) G. nutans. (Roxb.) 
Ident, Roxb. fi, Ind. II. p. 428.—Dee. prod. ITE. p. 15. 
Srec. Cuan. Branches scandent: leaves ovate-oblong, entire, ' 
acuminated, villous while young: stamens much shorter than the 
tube of the calyx ; panicles terminal aad axillary, drooping, com~ 
posed of several apposite downy spikes: bracts lanceolate; very 
downy : drupe pentagonal : flowers small, greenish, 
Rajmahal hills, flowering in the hot season, 
GENUS HI. CONOCARPUS. 
Decandria Monogynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From Konos, a cone, and Karpos, fruit, in allusion ta 
the made of growth. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees or shrubs: leaves alternate, rarely nearly 
opposite, entire; heads of flowers peduncled; flowers aggregated 
on a common globular receptacle: calyx-tube persistent, as short aa 
or longer than the ovary: limb 5-cleft, deciduous ; petals none: 
stamens 5-10, exserted: anthers cordate: ovary compressed, 2- 
ovuled: style 1, simple: fruits coriaceous, scale-like, closely ime 
bricated, indehiscent. 
