156 



corolla campanulate, half 4-cleft, three times longer than the calyx ; 

 female flowers solitary : pedicel shorter than the petiole. 



Circars. 



(11) D. Candolleana. (B. W.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 



Engrav. Wight 1. c. t. 1221. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous tree : leaves elliptrc-oblong, obtusely 

 acuminate, veinless : calyx 4-5-cleft : lobes of the female revolute 

 on the margin, clothed with rusty-coloured hair ; corolla tubular^ 

 4— 5-cleft : stamens of the male 10 ; filaments united by pai^s at the 

 base ; of the female 4-5 : fruit ovoid, hard, about the size of % 

 nutmeg. 



Malabar. Western Ghauts. Flo^eriitg in June. 



(12) p. AM«NA. (Wall.) 

 Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. ?31.— Ws^U. Cat, No. 4139. 

 Spec Char. Leaves lanceolate, smooth, with a lengthened 

 acumen, slightly obtuse : fascicles of male flowers 4— 7-flowered, 

 rusty-tomentose, shorter than the petiole : pedicels very short : 

 calyx somewhat 4-cleft, tomentose on both sides : lobes ovate- 

 acute : corolla tubular, 3 times longer than the calyx, somewhat 

 liicleft, silky without, smooth within : female flowers solitary, witl^ 

 ovate bracts. 



Silhet. 



(13) D. MULTIFLORA. (Wall.) 



Jdent. Wall. Cat. No. 2144.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 2S1. 



Spec Char. Leaves lanceolate or ovate, acute at the base, 

 quite glabrous above, younger ones hairy helow : male flowers fas- 

 cicled, subsessile : fascicles 3-5-flowered, axillary, everywhere 

 tomentose : calyx 4-cleft : lobes ovate-acute, silky-tomentose on 

 both sides : corolla twice as long as the calyx, ventricose at the base, 

 4-cleft, smooth within : filaments hairy. 



SiHiet. 



(14) D. LANCE^FOLIA. (Roxb.) 



Jdent. Roxb. flor. Ind. 11. p. 537. — Dec. prod. VIIL p. 232. 



.Spec Ci?a^. Leaves lanceolate, bifarious, coriaceous, shining : 

 male flowers sessile, aggregated in the axils : calyx 4-toothed, pu- 

 bescent : tube of the corolla inflated : females solitary, sessile, 

 drooping : calyx 4-5-toothed, pubescent, corolla pubescent outside, 

 tube inflated. 



pilhet, fl,owering in April. 



