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(1) H. FAScicutARis. -f^aZZ.) 



tdent. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 350.— Wall. Cat. No. 1612. 



Spec. Char. Tree : leaves opposite or ternate, elliptic-oblong-, 

 obtusely acuminate, acute at the base, reflexed at the margin, gla- 

 brous : cymes terminal and axillary, many-flowered, trichbtomous : 

 pdduncles, pedicels and ovate-acute bracts pubescent : calycine 

 lobes ovate-acute, ciliolate : corolla three times longer than thd 

 calyx. 



Pundua, Silhet. 



(2) H. GRACILIS. (Wdll.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 350.— Wall. Cat. No. 1613, 



Spec Char. Tree : leaves ternate, oblong, obtusely acuminat- 

 ed, acute at the base, revolute at the margin : cymes axillary and 

 termiiial, the length of the Teaf: laiteral peduncles ternate along the 

 rachis, trichotomous at the apex : bracts OVate- acuminate : calycine 

 lobes - ovate-acuminate, ciliolate ; corolla 3 times longer than the 

 'calyx. 



Silhet. 



(3) H. Roxburghiana. (iJ. W.) 

 Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 

 Bngrav. Wight 1. c. t. 1204. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby, branches slender, glabrous : leaves longi 

 petioled, narrow etliptic-lanceplate, slightly involute on the margim 

 finely veined, shining above, dull below : corymbs axillary, much 

 shorter than the leaves, many-flowered : bracts ovate-acute ': lobes 

 of the calyx ovate-acute : tube of the corolla about three times the 

 length of the calyx, hairy witbin at the insertion of the stamensj 

 lobes ovate obtuse": berries ovoid, tapering at both ends, 2-seededi 



Courtallum, flowering in August and September; 



GENUS VII. CBRBERA. 



Pentandria monogynia. Sex, Syst: 



Deriv. So named from its poisonous qualities ; alluding to the 

 dog Cerberus, whose bite was poisonous. 



Gen. Char. Small trees with alternate, entire leaves : cymes 

 terminal, 2-3-chotomous, panicle-shaped : calyx 5-Dartite, without 

 glands : corolla cup-shaped : tube cylindric, 5-ribbed at the throatj 

 nbs longitudinal, alternating with the lobes, sometimes hairy : lobes 

 S, ovate-acute : stamens inserted towards the middle of the tube r 



