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Srrc. Cuan. Unarmed shrub: stipules foliaceous, serrate, per= 
sistent : racemes spicate, often arranged in a terminal thyrse: brac- 
teoles toothed : calyx silky. 
Khasia mountains, flowering in June. 
GENUS V. HYDRANGEA. 
Deeandria Digynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriy. From Hydor water, and Aggeiop, a vessel, The cap- 
sule of some of the species has been compared to a cup. 
Gen. Cuar. Shrubs or trees: leaves opposite, exstipulate ; 
ealyx superior, petaloid, with sterile flowers, fertile ones 4—5-tooth- 
ed: petals epigynous, valvate: stamens 8-10, epigynous: ovary 
inferior, 2-celled: placentz adnate to the margins of the dissepi- 
ment: fruit capsular. a 
(1) H. xwasrana. (H. F. § TP.) 
Ident. Hook. & Thoms. in Jour. Proc. Linn. Soc. TE, p. 75. 
Srec. Cuar, Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, sharply denticulate, 
densely covered below with hoary tomentum: branchlets robust : 
¢orymbs ramous, dense-flowered, covered with somewhat roughish, 
tomentum : sepals of the imperfect flowers 4, broadly elliptic-oblong,. 
obtuse, quite entire: styles connate above the middle into a broad 
cone, free, erect, robust, 
Khasia mountains, flowering in June. 
GENUS VI. ADAMIA, 
BPecandria Pentagynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Named in honor of John Adam, for sometime Governor 
General of India. 
Gen. Cuar, Shrub: leaves opposite, simple, serrated: calyx, 
superior, 5-toothed: sinuses broad: petals 5, epigynous: ovary inz 
completely 3-5-celled: styles 3-5: berry I-celled: plagente 3-5, 
parietal. : - : 
(1) A. cyayea. (Wall) 
Ident. Wall. tent. flor. Nep. p. 46, 
Syn. Hydrangea anomala, Don. prod. p. 211. 
Engrav. Wall. l.c. t. 36.—Plant. As. Rar. t. 219.—Hook. 
Bot. Mag. t. 3046. Z 
Srec. Guar. Smooth branched shrub: leaves oblong-lanceolate¢ 
panicle corymbose, terminal, many-flowered : flowers bluish, 
Khasia mountains, flowering in Fung. 
