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(1) y. Pergiularia. (Burm.) 



Ident. Burra. Ind. p. 51. — DecjprpA. VIII. p. 399. 

 Syn. Pergularia glabra, Zjnra,— Emericia Pergularia, Roem. Sp-. 

 Schult. — Echites hircosa, Roxb. flor. Ind. 11. p. 18* 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 429. — Rumph. Amb. 5. 29. f. 2. — 

 Hook. Icon. t. 153. 



Spec. Chak. Twining : leaves, broad-elliptic, acute at both 

 ends, glabrous : axils glanduliferous : cymes pubescent : lobes of - 

 • the corolla broad-ovate, acute : flowers white, of unpleasant odour. 



Bengal, (rare.) Peninsula. Flowering in May, an^ June. 



(2) V. DICHOTOMA. (Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIIT. p. 398.— Wall. Cat No. 1621. 



Syn. Echites dtchotoma, Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. IQ.-rrV. H^ynei^ 

 Spr. Dec. I. c. — Pelta,nth^r^ solanacea. Both. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 438. 



Spec Char. Twining: leaves elliptic, acuminated, glabrous :- 

 racemes subcorymbose, pubescent : lobes of the corolla obtuse ; 

 follicles large, oblong, six inches long, two inches thick : flowers., 

 largish, white, rotate. 



Concans. Deccan. Bengal. Silhet. Flowering nearly all 

 the year. 



GENUS XI. PARSOKSIAj. 

 ]|Fentandrla jtEonogrynia. Sex: Syrit 



Deriv.. Named after Dr. James Parsons, a Scotch Botanist. 



Gen. Char. Calyx somewhat 5-partite, lobes surrounded at. 

 the base by a membranaceous scale^ without glands : corolla narrow 

 funnel-shaped, 5-cleft, throat and tube without scales, lobes oblong : 

 stamens inserted at the bottom of thp corolla ; flianjents slender : 

 anthers sagittate, exserted : ovary 2-ceIled : style one : stigma 

 surrounded at the base by a reflexed cup-shaped membrane, 5-cor- 

 nered in the middle, apiculate and 2-lobed at the apex : follicle 

 2-celled. 



(1) P. SPIRALIS. {Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 402.— Wall. Cat. No. 1631. 



Spec. Char. Climbing: leaves opposite, broad-ovate or ellipticj 

 very obtuse at the base, acuminated at the apex : peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, many-flowered at the apex and with the flowers externally 

 puberulous : calycine lobes ovate-oblong ; follicles ovate-lanceolate. 



Silhet. 



