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GENUS I. RHODOMYRTUS. 
Teosandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Rhodos, red, 7 allusion to the colour of the 
flowers. 
: Gen. Guar. Calyx-tube somewhat globose; limb 5-partite: 
petals 5: stamens distinet: berry 2-3-celled, somewhat globose, 
crowned with the segments of the calyx: seeds kidney-shaped : 
embryo curved. 
(1) R. tomentosa. (R. W.) 
Ident, W. & A. prod. I. p. 328. . 
Syn. Myrtus tomentosa, Ait, Dec. prod. HIE. p. 240.—Roxk, 
fi. Ind. TE. p, 498.—M. canescens, Lour. 
Engray. Wight’s Spicil. I. { 71.—Icon. t, 522.—Bot. Mag. 
VII. t. 250. 
_Spec. Cuan. Shrub or small tree: branches downy: leaves op= 
posite, quite entire, ovate, 8-nerved, upper side when young downy, 
under tomentose and hoary; peduneles 1 or sometimes 3-flowered, 
axillary, bearing 2 ovate bractecles under the flower; calyx downy : 
petals slightly downy outside: berry 3-celléd: seeds forming 2 
yows in each cell: flowerg rose-coloured with crimson filaments, 
Neilgherries, flowering in July and August. 
GENUS Ek. ACMENA. 
Keosandria Monogynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. One of the names of Venus, in allusion to the beautiful 
white flowers. 
Gen. Cuag. Shrubs: leaves opposite, glabrous, quite entire ; 
eymes 3-flowered, disposed in a terminal racemose paniéle: calyx 
tube turbinate, elongated ; limb truneated of reparidly 4-5-lobed : 
als 4-5: stamens distinct: style tapering, short: berry some= 
what drupaceous, 1-seeded : seed roundish. : 
(1) A. cravirnorA. (Roch. ) 
Ident. Roxb. fi. Ind. EI. p. 488. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 606. 
Spec. Cuan. Tree: leaves lancéolar: corymbs lateral, subses- 
sile, umbelliform: flowers clavate: berries long, ovate, crowned. 
with the base of the calyx. : 
Chittagong, flowering in February and March. 
