193 



(4) W. cocciNEA. (Sims.) 



ident. bee. prod. VIII. p. 407. 



Syn. Neriiim coccineum, Rdxb, flor. Ind. II. p. 2. 



tlngrav. Sim's Bot. Mag. t. 2697.— Wight's Icon. t. 442. 



Spec. Char. Small tree : leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at tliS 

 base, acute at the aper, acuihinated : cymes 1-3-flowered : calycine 

 lobes rdunded, ciliolate : scales linear, many times less than the 

 lobes : appendages of the corona short, obovate, 3-lobed : lobes of 

 the corolla obovate : anthers hispid : follicles linear, spot'ted white : 

 flowers green without, deep orange-red withiiij very fragrant. 



Khasia Hills, flowering in April. ' 



(5) W. RoTHii. (G. Ddn.) 



tdeni. Dec. pioA. VIII. p. 406.— Don's Syst. Gard. 4. p. 86, 



Syn, W. tinctoria. Roth. 



Engrav, Wight's Icon. t. 131^. 



Spec Char. Leaves oval-lanceolaie, acuminatei and, with the 

 Cymes, pubesceilt on both sides : lobes of the calyx oblong-obtuse, 

 pubescent, shorter than the tube of the qprolla : scales lanceolate- 

 subolatej pubescent : scales oi the ci-o^n linear, cleft, scarcely pu- 

 bescent, about the letigth of the anthers : anthers pubescent on the 

 fioints : branchlets pubescent, bi-ownish, the pubescence on the new 

 eaves purplish, on the older ones greyish : corymbs lax, dichoto- 

 mous : pedicels about an inch l&hg : corolla everywhere pubescent : 

 lobes oblohg^obtuse, nearly half an inch long. 



NUggur Hills, near Madras. 



GENUS VI. HUNTERIA. 

 iPentandria Ii!Eoniogrynite< Sex: Syti: 



beriv. Named after Dr. William Hunter of the Bengal MedidaJ 

 Establishment, a Botanist and Author of the History of FegU;^ 

 &c. &c. 



Gen. ChAr. "trees or shrubs with opposite or ternate, entire 

 leajVes : cymes panicle-shaped, terminal or axillary, few-ftowered : 

 calyx 5-cleft, without glands : corolla funnel-shaped, throat naked, 

 lobes five : stamens inserted a little above the middle of the tube of 

 the corolla : anthers ovatfe, acute, included, twice as long as the 

 filamen't : ovaries two, ovoid : ovules 2-4 in each ovary : style fili- 

 fofni : stigma ovoid, short, bicuspidate at the apex : berries twoj 

 distinct, oV6id, 1 or 2-seeded by abortion : seed with copious albu?^ 

 met! : radicle cylindric : cotyledons leafy, elliptic. 



