562 
(i) E. crasra. “(W. § A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 423. 
Srrc. Cuar. Shrab: young shoots glabrous: stipules decidu- 
ous, shorter than the petioles: leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminated at 
both ends, glabrous, hairy underneath on the midrib and nerves : 
peduncles towards the extremities of the branches axillary, opposite 
and springing from within the stipules, once or twice bifid, with the 
flowers unilateral and sessile along the branches: bracts small, soli- 
tary under each flower: drupe with 8-12 nuts. 
Peninsula. 
GENUS XX. HAMILTONSA. 
Pentandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Named after William Hamilton, an eminent American 
Botanist. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx-tube ovate: limb 5-partite: segments subu- 
late, persistent: corolla funnel-shaped, densely pubescent; tube 
long: lobes 5, oblong: stamens inserted into the throat, included : 
anthers linear: stigma 5-cleft: capsule crowned with the calyx, de- 
hiscing at the apex, containing 5 nuts: nuts triquetrous, 1-seeded: 
seeds covered with a dry reticulated membrane: albumen very 
thin. 
(1) H. Mysornensis. (W. §& A) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 423.—Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 115. 
Spec. Cuan. Small erect shrub, with slender rigid branches: 
leaves oblong or oval-lanceolate, slightly pubescent, reticulated be- 
neath: panicles corymbose, trichotomous, pubescent: flowers fasci- 
cled, small, white. 
Mysore. Island of Caranjah. Common on the Ghauts in rocky 
places. 
(2) H. suaveorens. ( Roxb.) 
4 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. I. p. 554.—Dec. prod. IV. p. 462. 
Syn. Spermadictyon suaveolens, Roxb.—Lasianthus tubiflorus, 
Blume. , 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. Til. t. 236.—Bot. Reg. IV. t. 348. 
Serc. Cuar. Glabrous shrub : leaves broad-lanceolate: stipules 
broad, ensiform: calyx beset with glandular hairs: flowers sessile, 
terminal, corymbosely capitate, white, on short trichotomous branche 
lets, very fragrant. 
Rajmahal hills, flowering in October. 
