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GENUS XV. ECHALTIUM. ' 



Peiitaiidria monosynia. Sex -. Systs 



Dfriv. From EcJ^alut, the name in Silhet, 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted, segments acute : corolla inferior, 

 hypocrateriform, limb 5-parted, tube crowned with 5-forked scales, 

 alternate with the segments of the limb : stamens inserted near the 

 bottom of the tube, included: anthers oblqng, pointed, slightly 

 sagittate at the base: ovary 2-lobed, 2-celled, with numerous 

 ovules in each, attached to an elevation down the centra : style 

 s]iort : stigma capitate, bifid : follicles ovate, inflated : seeds numer- 

 ous, compressed with a broad membranaceous margin : albumen 

 thin, mem'branous : cotyledoqs round-cordate, radicle cylindrical. 



(1) E. PISCIDIUM. {R. W.) 



Menu Dec, pro4. VIIl. p. 416. 



Syn. Nerium piscidium, Roxh. fi. Ind. IT. jp.. 7'— Wrightia * 

 ^iscidia, G. Doip. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 473. 



Spec; Char. Cllimbing to a great extent : leaves opposite, 

 elliptic-oblong, acute, obtuse at the base, coriaceous, glabrous ; 

 cymes terminal, trichotomous, many-flowered : flowers, pale yellof , 

 large. 



Silhet. Flowering in May and June. The fibres of the faaK: 

 are used as a substitute for hemp. The juipe is poisonous. » 



GENUS XVI. STROPHANTHUS. 

 Pentandria Itlonosynia. Sex: Syst! 



Deriv. From Strophos, a twisted thong, and Anthos, a flower } 

 the segments of the corolla are long, narrow and twisted. 



Gen. Char. Shrubs often sarmentose : leaves opposite, entire : 

 cymes terminal : calyx 5-parted, lobes with glands : corolla with a 

 funnel-shaped tube, lobes very long, linear-subulate, with 2 appen- 

 dages between them : stamens inserted in the lower part of the 

 tube: filaments linear, thickish : anthers linearrsagittate, mucronate 

 or long-awned at the apex, awns soft, connivent, not twisted : 

 ovaries two, subglobose : ovules numerous : stigma cylindric : 

 follicles horizontal, thick, obtuse : seeds oblon" comose. 



