319, 



GENUS Xm. PORANA. 



:pentnndria l^^onogynia. Sex: Sysli 



Beriv. Prom Poreno, to journey ; the branches extend io s, 

 great distance. 



Gen. Char. Sepals five, middle-sized, and after flowei^ing won- 

 derftilly and unequally increased ; corolla campanulate or tubular, 

 ftinnel-shaped : style one, entire or half 2-cleft : stigmas capi- 

 tate : ovary 1-celled, 2-4-seeded : capsule 1-celled, often l-seed- 

 ed. — rTwining herbs. 



(1) P. RACEMOSA. (Roxh.) 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 41. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 436. 



Sy,n. P. dichotoma, Don. flor. Nep. p. 99.-^Dinetus racemo- 

 sus, Sweet. Brit. fl. Gard. t. VZl. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1376. 



Spec. (Jhar. Glabrous or rarely rough strigose : leaves cordate- 

 acuminate, glabrous or pubescent, long-petioled : panicles racemose, 

 leafy, loose-flpwered : younger sepals very acute, afterwards oyatp, 

 scaribse : corolla ' funnel-shaped, exceeding the calyx : flowers 

 small, white. 



Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries. Bengal. Silhet. Flower- 

 ing in February and March. 



(2) P. paniculata. (Roxb.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 436. — Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 464. 

 Syn. Dinetus paniculatus. Sweet. Brit. fl. Gard. 

 Engrav. Roxb. Cor. t, 235. 



Spec Char. Sufi'ruticose, hpary-tomentose : leaves cordate- 

 acuminate, glabrous above, hoary below, short-petipled ; paniejes 

 large, much branched, leafy: younger sepals tomentose externally, 

 linear subulate, equal :. corolla tubular campanulate, exceeding the 

 palyx : flowers small, white. 



Silhet. Eajmahal. Hurdwar. Flowering in the cold season. 



GENUS XIV. BREWERIA. 

 Pentandria Slonopiynia. Sex; Sytt i 



Deriv. Named by Dillenius, in memory of his friend Samuel 

 Pf eiffer,. 



Gen. Chae. Sepals 5, equal or nearly so : corolla campanli- 

 late : style one, semibifid : stigmas two, thin, capitate : ovary 2- 

 celled, 4-ovuled : capsule 2-celled, — ^Herbs or undershrubs. 



