505 



(12) C. FRAGRA^fs. (Vent.) 



Ident. Vent. Jard. de Malm. t. 70. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 666. 



Syn. Volkameria Japonica, Jacq. 



Engrav. Bot. Reg. t. 41. — Bot. Mag. t. 1834. — Jacq. Hort. 

 Schonbr. III. t. 388. 



Spec. Char. Shrub : brancblets somewhat tomentose- pubescent : 

 leaves long-petioled, broad-ovate Or subrotund, short-acuminate, 

 irregularly repand-toothed, a httle hairy abpve, below especially ,in 

 the network and scattered round the insertion of the petioles with a 

 few glands : panicle terminal, subsessile, compact, many- flowered : 

 bracts lanceolate, exceeding the calyxes, and with them beset at the 

 back with few, pelviform glands : calyx slightly puberulous, seg- 

 ments subulate-lanceolate, reflexed : flowers deep rose-coloured, 

 fragrant. 



Chittagong. 



(13) C. GLANDULOSUM. (Liudl.) 



Ident. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844. not. ad. t. 19. — Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 672. 



Spec. Char. Tree (?) leaves somewhat round-ovate, truncated 

 at the base or slightly cordate, hairyish, without scales, subdentate : 

 panicle dense, capitate : bracts linear-lanceolate, longer than the 

 calyx, marked with glands at the back : calycine segments acumi- 

 nate : petals oblong, reflexed : style very long : flowers large, 

 whitish. 



Khasia hills, flowering in the cold season. 



GENUS Xn. GMELINA. 



jDidyiiMiiia AnsloBperniia. Sex: Syit: 



Deriv. Named in honour to George Gmelin, a German'natura- 

 list and traveller. 



Gen. Ohae. Calyx cap-shaped, 4-5-toothed, persistent, some- 

 what enlarged with the fruit : corolla tabular at the base, greatly 

 enlarged at the throat, ventricosely bell shaped, limb spreading, 

 bilabiately 4-5-lobed, the anterior one larger, inflexed in seati- 

 ▼ation : stamens 4, didyuamous, ascending, scarcely exserted : 

 aiithers 2-ceIIed, attached by the middle, cells distinct, opening 

 longitadinally : ovary 2-4-celled, cells 1-ovaled : style filiform : 

 stigma equally bifid, drupe baccate, nut solitary, berry smooth, 

 4-celled, perforated at the base : seed pendidoas : radicle inferior .^- 

 Shrubs or sometimes large trees, branches usually thorny : leave* 



