483 
(f) S..urcunata, (Wail: ) 
Hent. Jour. Proc. Linn, Soc. II. p. 60.—Wall. in As. Trans, 
XIII. p. 398. 
Engrav, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3406.—-Exot. Flora. 1. £4 
Royl. Il. t. 49. f. 2. 
Spec. CHar. Calyx. 5-lobed; lobes obtuse, erect: leaves orbi~ 
culate, or obovate, cordate at the base quite entire, ciliated : petiole. 
dilated at the base: panicles quite glabrous. 
Khasia mountains, flowering in April and May. 
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GENUS IIL ASTILBE. 
Deeandria Digynia. Sex: Syst:. 
Deriv. From A, not, and. Stilbe, brightness. The species are- 
opaque plants.. 
Gzn. Cuan.. Erect herbs :- leaves. vase composite, with sti-. 
pules:. calyx, adnate to: the base of the ovary :. lobes imbricated :. 
petals -— perigynous or wanting: stamens 8-10, perigynous :. 
ovaries 2, free-: placentae sutural. 
(1) A. givutaris. ( Ham.) 
Ident. Don. prod. fl. Nep. p. 210.—Dec. prod. IV. p. 51. 
Syn, Spirsea barbata, Cambess. in plant. Fucq.. 
Sprsc..Cuar, Herb, covered with brown. villi: flowers.often 4-. 
cleft, octandrous : bracts ovate concave, often laciniated at the apex :. 
lobes of the leaves doubly serrated and with the petioles villous :. 
calyx coloured: capsule birostrate: racemes spicate, greenish-. 
yellow. 
Khasia, mountains, flowering in June. 
GENUS IV... NEILLIA. 
Teosandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Named by Mr. D. Don. in honor of his friend Benes 
Neill of Edinburgh. 
_ Gen. Cuan. Shrubs: leaves. alternate, stipulate, lobed : ais 
adnate to the base of the ovary: lobes 5, valvate: petals and sta- 
mens perigynous: ovazy single, 1 1-celled : placenta sutural,. 
“Q)N. THYRSIFLORA. (Don.) 
Ident. Don. prod. Nep. p. 228.—Dec. prod, IL. p. 547. 
