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ovate-acuminate, somewhat cordate at the base : cymes terminaf^ 

 longer than the leaf, dichotomous or trichotomous, lax : bracts, 

 minute, ovate-acuminate. 



Khasia Hills. 



GENUS XXn. ECDYSANTHERA. 



Pentandrla IHonosynla. Sex.- Systt 



Deriv. From Bcdifsis, escapuig out from, and Anthera, the^ 

 Anthers protrude from the tube of the corolla. 



Gek. Char. Shrubs : leaves opposite, entire : peduncle& 

 axillary and twin at the tops of the branches, many times trichoto- 

 mous : bracts lanceolate, opposite : calyx 5-parted : corolla sub- 

 campanulate, 5-cleft, throat and tube without scales, lobes ovate,, 

 equal-sided, spreading : stamens inserted on the middle of the tube» 

 included : filaments very short : anthers sagittate-oblong, scarcely 

 exceeding the tube of the corolla : ovaries two, villous : style short : 

 stigma conico-capitate, bicuspidate : follicles long, slender, remotely 

 inflated : seeds comose above. 



(1) E. ujcRANTHA. (Z)ee.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 442. 



Spec. Char. Leaves lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous : cyme& 

 somewhat puberulous : calycine lobes ovate-acuminate, reflexed at 

 the apex, pubescent externally, twice as short as the tube of th& 

 corolla : flowers small, rose-coloured. 



Pundua, Silhet. 



(2) E. BRACHiATA. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 443. 



Spec Char. Climbing : leaves lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous : 

 cymes somewhat puberulous at the apex : calycine lobes ovate^ 

 subacute, somewhat puberulous externally : flowers small, rose.> 

 coloured. 



Fundus, Syhet. 



GENUS XXin. ANODENDRON. 



Pentandria movegynta. Sex: Systt 



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Deriv. From And, above, and Dendron, a tree ; alluding to its. 

 high climbing habits. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-paxted ; corolla deeply 5-cleft: tube 

 cylindric, slightly h^iry inside above the stamens, lobes oblong, 



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