140 



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^6-12, peltate : drupe globose, usually fleshy exterfially, usually 

 {^iSooth, coriaceous, har3 witliin : seed single. 



(1) A. HUMiLis. (Vahl.) 

 tdeni. Vahl. Symb. III. p. 40.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 129. 

 '. Syn. A, solanacea, Roxh. Cor. I. p. 27.^-A. Htoralis, Andr.—^ 

 A. umbellata, Roxh, flor. Jnd. I. p. 582. — Anguillaria Zeylanica, 

 dterin. fr. I. p. 373. 



Engrav. Rbxb. 1. c. t. 27.— Andr. Bot. Rep. X. t. 630.— 

 Bot. Mag. XL. t. 1677.- Burm. Zeyl. t. 103.^Wight's Icon. t. 

 1212.— Spicil. II. t. 138. 



Spec. Char. Shr'fib or slhall tiree, soriietimes 26 feet highi 

 leaves oboVa'te-lanceolate, obtuse, sdme^vhat entire, coriaceous, con- 

 tracted at the base into the petiole : racemes unibelliform, axillary 

 and terminal, reflexed, shorter than the leaves : lobes of the calyx 

 orbiculate, subciliate : lobes of the corolla lanceolate, subacute, 

 H^ice the length of the calyx : floweis rose-coloured or light p"\ir- 

 plish. 



Subalpine forests on the Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries near 

 the banks of streams. Bengal. Western Ghauts. Coromandel 

 Coast. Flowering nearly all the year. 



Var. Leaves acute, iliembranac'eou^ : pedtincle arid pedicels 

 elongated, few-flow6red. Silh6t. 



(2) A. PANicuLATA. (Roxh:) 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 270.— Dec. prod. Vlll. p. 126. 



Erigrav. feot. Mag. 50. t. 2364.— Bot. Beg. 8. t. 638. 



, iSpEC. Char. Shrub or small tree : leaves obovate-oblong, sub- 

 sessile, coriaceous : panicles terminal, ovoid, somewhat longer thapi 

 the leaf, many-flowered : peduncles spreading, cylindric : pedicels 

 reflexed, longer than the flower : calycine lobes ovate-obtuse : 

 lobes of the corolla ovate-acuminate, five times longer than the 

 calyx : drupe, red : flowers smallish, rose-coloured. 



Chittagong. Silhet. Flowering in April. 



(3) A. ANCips. (Wall.) 



Ident.. Wall, in Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 280. (not Blume.)— Dee. 

 prodi. Vill. p. 126. 



Spec. Char. Shrub : branches 2-edged at the apex, climbing i 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, narrowing at the basft 

 iiito the petiole : panicles terminal, somewhat shorter than the leaf, 

 elongated : rachis and peduncles compressed, smooth : pedicels 

 shorter than the flower : lobes of the calyx ovate- acute, somewhat 

 pubescent, of the corolla ovate-acuminate, much longer than the 

 calyx : flowers rose-coloured. 



■ Silhet mountains, 



