504 



Spec. Char. Branches tetrag;onal : leaves long-petioled, broad - 

 ovate, subacuminate, quite glabrous above, puberulous beIo\y :_ 

 panicles axillary and terminal, dichotomous, fastigiate : pednncles, 

 pedicels and calyx very minutely, puberulous : calyx sharply 5-tooth- 

 ed, often furnished with a callous gland at the base of the segments : 

 tube of the corolla long ; segments eHiptic-.oyate : flowers, purple (J). 



Silhet, 



(9) C. HASTATUM. (Wall.), 



Ident. Wall. cat. No. 1786.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 671. 



Syn. Siphonanthus hastatus, Roxh. 



Engrav. Bot. Reg. t. 1307. — Bot. Mag. t. 3398. 



Spec. Cwar. Shrubby : branchlets obsoletely tetragonal and 

 with the leaves and peduncles villous : leaves opposite, petioled, 

 subhastato-cordate ; lobes acute, quite entire or subrepand, lower 

 ones divaricate, terminal one the largest, oblong : panicle terminal, 

 trichotomously corymbose, fewTflowered : calyx campanulate, spread- 

 ing ; segments lanceolate-acute : tube of the corolla villous, filiform, 

 very long : flowers greenish-wljite,, with the mouth of the throat, 

 marked with 5 purple dots. 



Silhet, flowering in April and May. 



(1ft) C. DENTATUM. {Wall.) 



Ident. Walp. repert. IV. p. 114. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 674., 

 Syn. Volkameria dentata, Roxh. flor. Ind. III. p. 61. 

 Spec Char. , Shrubby : leaves round-cordate, acute, sharplj^ 

 toothed : panicle terminal, hrachiate, coloured, flowers scarlet. 



Silhet, flowering in May and August. 



(11) C. NERIIFOLIUM. (Wall.) 



Jdent. Wall, cat. No. 1789. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 660. 



Syn. Volkameria neriifolia, Roxh. 



Spec. Char. Shrub : young branches and cymes strigosely 

 puberulous : le£ives coriaceons, opposite and in threes : lanceolate 

 or oblong or subelliptic, acuminated at both ends, quite entire, 

 revolute at the margin, shining above pale below : cymes axillary 

 3-flowered, twice as short as the leaf: calyx obconical, campanulate, 

 limb spreading, shortly and sharply 5-toothed : tube of the corolla 

 long, filiform ; fiowers white. 



phitCagong, flowering in the rainy season, 



