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cattipahulate, slightlj*^ 5-16bed : lobes of the corolla about 7, oval oi' 

 subovate, obtuse, about one-third the length of the tube : style the 

 length of the tube : stigma ulavate or subcapitate. 



, Malabar, flowering in April. 



(32) J. SitHETENSE. (Blume.) 



ideni. Walp. Ann. III. p. 22. 



Syn. J. trinerve, Wall. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 304. fparttp.) 



Spec. Char. Scandent, quite glabrous : leaves- ovate-oblbng or 

 ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminated, chartaceous, 3-nerved : pedun- 

 cles axillaiy and terminal, somewhat 1-flowered, 2 or many-bracte- 

 oled, a little longer than the ^ietiole : lob6s of the calyx 6-7, subu- 

 late, of the corolla 6-8, linear-lanceolate, a little shorter than th« 

 tube. 



Silheti 



GENUS m. NYCTANTHES. 



Diandria Monogrynla. Sea: Sytti 



Deriv. t'rom Nyx, Nyctos, night, and Jnthos, a flower ; the 

 flowers expand at night, and fall oflf at break of day, whence Arbor- 

 tiristis, the flame of the Species. 



Gen. Char. Calyx campanulate, sligbtly o-toothed : corolla 

 salver-shaped : stigma capitate, glandular : capsule superior, ob- 

 cordate, compressed, 2-celled, 2-valved : cells 1-seeded : embi'yo 

 erectj exalbuminous. 



(1) N. ARBOR-TRISTIS. (ZinJl.) 



Ideni. Linn. Spiec. ^\. ^. Syst. 36. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. ZlL 

 — Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 86. 



Syn. Scabrita scabra, Vahl. — S . triflora, Linn. Mant. — PariH- 

 um arbor-tristis, Gcerin. fr. I. p. 234. 



Engrav. Bot. Reg. V. t. 399. — Rheede Mai. I. t. 91. 



Spec Char. Shrub or small tree ; leaves opposite, short-petj- 

 oled, cordate, acuminated, entirie, or coarsely serrated, scabrous : 

 branches tetragonal : panicles terminal, leafy, composed of small 

 5-flowered, terminal umbellets : involucre 4-leaved : corolla with 

 an orange-coloured tube and white border : segments of the limb 

 6-7, twisted, triangular, or obliquely lobed, very fragrant. 



Supposed to be a native of Arabia, but found by Dalzell in a wild 

 state in the forest in Khandeish. Common in gardens all over 

 India. Flowering in July. 



