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GENUS VII. PILEOSTHGIA. 
Deeandria Monogynia. Sez: Syst: 
Deriv. From Pilegs, a cap, and Stege, a covering. 
Gen, Cuar, Calyx half-superior, obconical, 4—5-lobed : petals 
4-5, inserted with the calyx, valvate, somewhat cohering like a lid: 
stamens 8—10, inserted with the petals: ovary 5-celled: ovules nu- 
merous, elongated, pendulous from the apex of the cell: style thick, 
club-shaped: stigma 5-6-furrawed, truncated, 5-G-lobed at the 
apex, drawn out at the angles into 5-6-stigma-bearing lines. 
(1) P. vipurnorpes, (H, F. § T.) 
Ident. Hook. & Thoms. in Jour. Proc. Linn, Soc. II. p. 76. 
Engrav. Hook, & Thoms. 1. ¢. t. 2. 
Srec. Cuar. Glabrous shrub: leaves opposite, petioled, ovate. 
lanceolate, quite glabrous, obscurely sinuate-serrate towards the. 
apex, coriaceous, feather-neryed, shining ahove ; panicle terminal, 
branched: branches somewhat opposite, subcorymbose and with 
the branchlets puberulous: flowers pedicelled, somewhat fascicled : 
gtamens elongated: style short, 
Khasia mountains, flowering in July. 
GENUS VII. POLYOSMA. 
Tetwrandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Derie. From Polys; much, and Osme, small. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx superior, 5-lobed: petals 4, epigynous, 
Iinear, valvate: stamens epigynous; ovary 1-celled, with 2 parietal 
placente; style elongated; stigma simple: berry 1-seeded. 
(1) P. Watxicuu. ( Bennett.) 
Ident, Hook, & Thoms. in Jour. Proc, Linn. Soc. IE. p. 77.>= 
Bennett. Plant. Jav. Rar. p. 196. 
Srsc. Cuan, Branchlets petioles and racemes pubescent: leaves, 
oblong-lanceolate, quite entire or serrate, pubescent beneath: flow- 
ers pedicetled. 
Khasia mountains, flowering in June. 
GENUS IX. ITEA, 
Pentandria Monogynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. The Greek name of the Willow, and applied to, this genus. 
on account of the quick growth of the species, 
