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'{i) S. CARINATUS. {W'atl.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 47.— Dec. prod. Vl'll. p. 625,^ 

 Wail, in As. Res. 12. p. 5i8. t. 5. 



Spec. Char. Leaves oval or oblong, somewhat fleshy : pedun- 

 cles few-flowered : corolla glabroils within with a very short tnbe : 

 follicles obloHg, actite, smooth, keeled 'beneath. 



Banks of the Hooghly. 



-• GENUS XXVII. ORTHANTHERA. 



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Penlandrik Digryikia. Sex: Syst-. 



Seriv. From Orthos, straight, and Anthera, the anther. 



Gen. Char. Corblla ■arceolate, 5-cleft, throat naked, tube sub- 

 Ventricose : staminal corona none : anthers simple at the apex, 

 erect, simple, acute : pollen-masses erect, aiSxed by the base, apex 

 nairro'Wed, pellucid : stigma apiculated. 



(1) O. VIMINEA. {R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 48..— Dec. prod. VIIT. p. 626, 

 S'ljn. Apoc'yhum vimineum, Wall. 



Spec. Char. Leafless shrub : umbels short-peduncled, few= 

 flowered : calyx 5-parted, segments subulate at the apex : corolla 

 "villous externally, -glabrous Within, twice as long as the gynoste- 

 gium : filaments furnished at the base with a smnll^land or fleshy 

 ■leaflet : anthers free, incumbent on the apiculate stigma. 



Doab) Hindustan. 



GENUS XXVIII. PEisrtCASACME. 

 Peiitaiiflria Dlg:yiiia. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Pente, five, and Achme, a point ; alluding tb the 

 . pointed segments of the corolla. 



Gen. Chae. Corolla subrotate, deeply S-cleft, throat crbWilBd 

 with 5 small febales opposite the segments : staminal crown 

 none ; anthers free, simple or acuminate at the apex : pollen- ' 

 masses pendulous, attached above the middle, apex narrowed, 

 ' pellucid : stigma rriutic or apiculate. — Slender erect somewhat 

 branched herbs : leaves opposite, flat, membranaceous : umbels 

 subsessile, few-flowered : segments of the corolla 2-3 times loBger 

 than the tube, narrow linear. 



