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(1) H. Wallichii. 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 91. 



Syn. Ardisia hymenandra, Wall. inRoxk. fiof- M- H- p- 282. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous shrub : leaves obovate, large, sessije, 

 dotted, crenated, entire ai the base: peduncles lateral, a half shorter 

 than the leaf: bracts leafy, 2-3, oblong, toothed, verticellate at the 

 apex of the pe^ui>j;les : biranches of the panipl^ ^*y°?^ the brapts 

 slforter than tte common pedunclp, cpnip^pssed : pe|dM:els uiQ^eil- 

 late, some^yhat longer tjiw the flower, angular: ftov^cK l^rgi?!?, 

 ijink. 



Juntipoor mountains. Silhet. Flowering in March. 



GECfTIS VI. ANTISTROPHjE. 



Pentandrla monogynia. Sex.-Syit: 



Deriv. From Anti, contrary, and Strophe, turning, in allusion 

 to the aestivation. 



Gbn. Chajji. Calyx. 5-partite : lobes •(aestivation unknown) 

 already spreading before the corolla has opened, lanceolate,' acu- 

 minate, subciliated : corolla 5-part'ed, niuch longer' than the calyx,' 

 glabrolis, narrow-lanceolate, acuininate, imhricatd-convolute to the 

 right in aestivation : stamens.a; long as the corolla : filan\ents very 

 short: anthers subsessile, free, produced at the apex E^nd beyond^ 

 the cells and laterally into thin acuminated membranes which are 

 somewhat longer than the cells : o^ary free, ovoid : stylp filiforjn, 

 the length of the corolla : stigma spherical, minute. : ovules an^ 

 fruit unknown. 



(1) A. OXYANTHA. (DeC.) 



Menu Dec. prod. VIII. p. 92. 



Spec, Char. Small tree, (?) leaves Jancepl^te, acuminate at both 

 ends, thin, glabrous',"' entire": leaf-Bud^ of the bract/ ffolT^rous, ax- 

 illary, 1-2-flowered : bracts imbricated, somewhat velvety, subu- 

 late :/ pedicels! ^slender, compressed, siiiooth, somewhat equalling "ibQ 

 petiole ; flower-buds acuminate. '■ ' tM . ' vn ' mT 



' Silhet mbuntairis. 



PolyKamia DInecIa. Sex .- Syst i 



' Beriv. The Greek term for myrrh. 



Gen. Char. Shrubs or small trees, with alternate, entire, rarely- 

 Joothed leaves : fascicles of flowers axillary: flowers often 4-5- 



