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GENUS XIV. HOLARKHENA. 



P«ntandrla. MbnoKynlak Sea: Syiti 



Beriv. From Olos, entire, and Ai-rhen, male ; in reference to 

 ^entire anthers. 



Gen. Char. Sbrubs or small trees : leaves opposite, entire : 

 cymes terminal, corymbose : calyx somewbat 5 -partite, lobes lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, all or the inner ones only with 1-2 glands at 

 the base on both, sides-, sometimes^ without glands :- corolla cup- 

 shaped, tube dilated between the -base and middle, throat withoul 

 appendages, contracted, lobes oblong or linear : stamens inserted 

 between the base and middle of the tube : filaments very short, 

 slender : anthers lanceolate, apkulated : ovaries two, ovate-acute : 

 stigma oblong, abruptly acuminated^ simple ; follicles .slender : seeds 

 numerous, pendulous, eomose above,.o1>Ioi^-fusiform, striated longi- 

 tudinally : albumen none : embryo straight : radicle- superior, 

 eylindric:. co^Iedons long-elliptic, cordatei at the base. 



(1) H'. ANTIDYSENIVERICA. {Walt) ^^ 



Ment- Wall. Cat. No, 1672.— Dec. prod* VIIL p. 413. 

 ' Sf/n,, Echites- antidysenterica,. i^xi. H: B^ p* 20. 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon, ti 439. 



Spec. Char. Shrub : branches, leaves,. and pedicels^ glabrous: 

 lekves el%tic, very obtuse at the base, acute-or abruptly. acuminat- 

 ed at the apex. : cymes many-flowered, terminal: flowers puberu- 

 loas, white : follicles 1 foot long. 



Concans. Silhet, Chittagong. Flowej^ng^ in April and May. 



(2) H. GoDAGA. (G. Don,) 



IdenU Bon. Syst. Gard; 4. p. 78.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 414i 



Syn. H. pubescensj t)eei I. o. p. 413. 



Et^^v.. Wight's Icon. t. 1297. — Rheede Mai. I. t. 47- 



Spec Chah. Shrub-: leaves ovate-elliptiii, short-petioled, ob- 

 tuse at t&e base, aonte or acuminate at the apex, pubescent : cymes 

 raa!ny*-floWer«d : lobes of the eeroUa oblong, about the length of 

 the tube : cells of the ovary separate: follicles. 8-12 inches long, 

 giabtoua, taftering- near the extremity. 



Malabar, flowering in March and April. 



