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(13) 4- GpcBTAi,;.5N$,i?. ,' ""r "^ 



TdRn{. Wight; s Icon. vol. IV. 

 ^t^^av. Wig|it I;, c. t. 1215. 



Spbc. Ch49. Shnjlj, : leaves Ql]ov;4te-cuaea.t:e, liliptljr acupoir 

 luite, et^tire^ subsessile : panicles longer (h^p the le.9ve^, |:^r;pi^fl, 

 lax, brahciies ' iinibellate, few-flowered : pedicels umbellate, 4-^ 

 times longer than the flowers, spreading : lobes of the caljrx ovate, 

 pointed, ciliated, of the corolla ovate, subcuspidate, 



Gourtallum, flowering in August and September. Very closely 

 allied to A. vaniculata. 



(14) A. SERRATIFOLIA. ( R. H. B.J 



Ident. Beddome in Madr. Journ. Lit. Ser. IJI. JTfl, I. p, .51. 



Spec. Char. ShrubVy, :, ie^gfs;, sjifljjt-petwfe^, jiMtRF-lauceo- 

 late, attenuated at both ends, long-acuminated, very sharply serrat- 

 ed, nearly glabrous Abb've :'^young' brahcSes petioles and under sur- 

 fape 9f the ^gives ijufc^-tomentose ; p|edunf|«jjs^ ^MW^- i/P^'^IS^fJll 2- 

 .'>, slender, glabrous :' calyx pubescent :' petals elapd^doff^d ^^^|y^ 

 long, slender. 



Moist woods op the AnnamuUfiy HiJls. 



ORDER XCVIII. ^GICERAGE^. 



Small trqes or shrubs iij}j,%b^ijng, §# fflW^fift n«saif the. sea 

 coast; leaves aUesnajte, exatipukte, coriaceous, entire, obtuse, 

 marked with minute depressed; points ; flowers usitally ullnbelj- 

 led, white, fragrant ; calyx and corolla 5-parted, imbricato-con- 

 vulute to the left in aestivation ; stamens 5, attached to the base 

 of the corollar; ga^nl^tMutgd at^ the |a§| njJ^j[jBhort tube; 

 anthers vei-satile, 2-lobed at the base, opening longitudinally, 

 pollen lodged in a double row. of cells or alveolae ; ovaiy free, 

 fusiform, l-oelled; cenirat placenta ovoid, shortly Mpulate ; 

 style fitiform, persistent ; stigma acute ; ovules numerous, hot 

 immersed in the placenta, aH except 1, aborting but persistent, 

 the fertile oyule rapidly gr'owiiig after the fall of ti&e corolla^ 

 lotig-elMpsoidi exceeding the 'dry compressed placenta; shortly 

 ^ftet- the ovXile begins to germinate at the base, the elongation 

 «£-the radicle stretches the stipe of the placenta, which finally 

 iecomeg the apparent, but false funiowKis, while the persistent 



