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feENIIS XXXTK. MiOPETALmi, 

 Pentaildria nil^ynia; Sea;) Sysi: 



Vit-fi). Frbm Eridh, \(rool, and Petition, the petal. 



GrEN. (MiE. porolla SubQamp^nulatei 5 -cleft : segments niix^ 

 ifow^linear, sinus Broad • stamina!! corona gamophylldus, l5-lob- 

 'ed'/S iiiteridr Iblies iQCumbeni cm tiie antlierSft the rest erect, ap- 

 proximate, adhering to the inner row : anthers simple at th^ 

 i4pex : piolleil-masses dttiaehfed near the base, ereA, iucombeilt oii 

 the stigma : follicles slender, glabrous. "' 



(i) E. LSVlbATUM. (2J. JF.) 



Ident. Wight's Oontrib. p. 35.— Dec. prod. VUt. p. 646. 



Syn. Gomphooarpus laevigata, Ham. — -Microstemiha, Watt. aS' 

 tlep. No. 23. ■ : 



Spec. OhaIi; llerbaeeisus, erect: leaves smallj scale-shapedj 

 ad pressed : Segments of the corolla linear. Undulated at the mar.*, 

 gin, almost glabrous, nearly twice as Ibrig as the tube : stamina! 

 corona equalling the gynostegiuna : umbels lateral Or terminalj ses-j 

 &ile : flowers small. 



Jungles of Cos^^^ Gotuckpore., 



GENUS XXXV. iDARAiiLTIMA. 

 Pentandria Disynia. Seia.-Si/sfi 



Ihriv. The Indian name liatinised. 



Gbn. Chae. Corolla %tate, deeply 5-cleft : gyiiostegium e±- 

 Serted : Stanliiial crown ICfelobed in a simple row,' five lobes oppo- 

 site the stamens, fleshy, incumbent on the anthers, d.lternate ones 

 ligulate, bipartite at the apeX : anthers simple at the apex : pel- 

 leh-masseS erect; forir-dorhered : stigma rdutic : fdllicleS SlendfePi 

 smooth : seeds compse.— Erecl^ fleshy, leafless herbs : stems tetra- 

 gonal, -'tdothed- at -the aiiig'leS': flowers tbwafds the tops of thei 

 branches : peduncles soHtaryj 1-floweredj rising &om the axils of 

 the teeth of the lirsincfies. ' ■ / . . ' "> t" ' 



(1) 0. ascendenS. (it,. Br.) 



Ident. Wight's Coiltrib. p. 33.— Defc. prod; YIII. p. 647. 



Syn. St^pelia asceiideus, Rox:l>. 



Erigmv. Roxh. Cor. I; t. 30, 



Spec. Char. Flowers Often nodding : segments of the corol^si 

 acuminate, glabrous^ 



Peninisula. 



