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GENUS VII. CONGEA. 



Ditlynanila AngiQBpernUa. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Char. Involucre 3-leaved, spreading, veiling a 6-9rflow- 

 ered, sessile glomerule : calyx tubular, amplified upw9.rds, 5-clefl, 

 persistent: corolla 2-lipped, tube equalling tte, calyx, limb very 

 unequal, upper lip elongated, erect, 2-cleft, lower spreading, 

 shortly 3-lobed : stamens inserted at the throat, long exserted, 

 filaments capillary, gyrose : aiSthers 2-celled ; ovary 2-celled, 

 cells binovuled : style capillary, nearly equalling the stamens : 

 stigma 2-cleft : ripe capsule cori.aceojas, indehiscertt, completely 

 filled by a, single seed. 



(1) C. TOJMBNXOSA,. (Roxh.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 623. 



Syn. Koscoea tomentosa, Roxh. — R. vUlosa, Roxh. ftor-. Indk 

 UI. p. 56. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1479^2. 



Spec. Chak. Suifruticose, climbiog: leaves ovate, slightly 

 cordate, acute or sub,-acuminate, hispid above, tomentpse beneath : 

 leaflets of the involucre oval, obtuse at both ends, tomentose above, 

 softly pubescent beneath : umbels 7-flowered ;. calyx teeth, sbprt, 

 blunt : flowers small, white. 



Chittagong. Coromandel. Flowering in March.. 



GENUS Vm. TBCTONA. 

 PentanArla IXEonogyiiia. Sen. Systi 



Deriv, From Teika, the Malabar name of the tree. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx cainpahulate, 5-cleft : corolla fiinnel-shapedi 

 tube short nearly equalling the calyx, limb 5-cleft nearly equal, 

 spreading, throat hairy : stamens 5-6, inserted on the tube, ex- 

 serted, nearly equal : anthers cordate, 2-celled, cells parallel de- 

 hiscing by a longitudinal cleft : ovary minute at the bottom of 

 the corolla, 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled : style terminal, terete, the 

 length of the stamens, stigma acutely 2-cleft : drupe l-stoned, 

 sarcocarp spongiose-suberose, or nucamentaceous, altogether de- 

 void of flesh, enclosed in the increased or a bladder-inflated ample 

 calyx, stone 4-celled, putamen and dissepiment bon,y : seed thick 

 oily. 



