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with synonyms. Syn. W. americana, Linn; W. elliptica, Cav. ; 

 W. microphylla, Cav. i^t Raree, in South Concan; at Domus. 

 Guill. and Perr. tent. Fl Senegambia i, 84. 



4. RIEDLEIA, Vent. 



1. CoRCHORiFOLiA, DC— A coHimon herbaceous plant, with 

 cordate ovate serrated leaves ; flowers pink, in short dense spikes, 

 which are terminal. Syn. M elochia corchorifolia, Rox. Fl Ind. iii, 1 39. 



2. TiLiAEFOLiA. — A small tree with long-petioled subcordate 

 serrate leaves, young ones soft sind velvetty ; flowers small, pink, in 

 axillary and terminal corymbiform panicles. Bassein, Kandalla, 

 Belgaum. Native name " Methooree." 



5. PTEROSPERMUM, Schreb. 



1. SuBERiFOLiuM, Lam. lllust. Gen. ^ 576,/. 1. — A tree with 

 cuneate oblong leaves shortly acuminated, obliquely cordate at the 

 base, densely pubescent beneath; peduncles axillary, three-flowered; 

 flowers very fragrant, 1 ^ inch across ; involucel leaves linear, entire. 

 The Concans. Reich. Fl Exoti. t. 166. Wight in Hook. Bot. 

 misc. t. 26; P. canescens, Roxb. Hort. Beng., 50; Pentapeter 

 suberifolia, Linn. " Muchucuda." 



2. Lawianum, Nimmo in Grab. Cat. — Leaves 3-Iobed cordate 

 acuminate subpeltate, tomentose, involucel palmatifid. Dharwar; 

 and the Southern Ghauts. Whole plant of a pale, tawny colour. 



6. KYDIA, Roxb. 



1 . Calycina, Roxb. — A middle-sized tree with broad cordate 



angled leaves, and white flowers in terminal panicles. They ap- 



/ pear in October and November; capsule hid in the calyx, size of a 



pea. Roxb. Cor. t. 215; Syn. K fraterna, Roxb. Common on 



the Ghauts. Native name " Warung." 



7. ERIOLAENA, DC. 



I. Candollii, Wall. PI. as. rarior. i 57, t. 64. — Leaves ovate 

 cordate, toothed, white beneath ; flowers yellow, showy ; capsule 

 woody, cone-shaped, much pointed. Certainly the same as the 

 Pegu plant. Ram Ghaut ; common. 



XXVIII. "J^ILIACE^. 

 ]. CORCHORUS, Linn. 



1 . Fascicularis, Linn.— Leaves oblong or lanceolate serrated ; 

 peduncles 3 to 6-flowered, opposite to the leaves ; capsules linear 

 oblong, nearly terete, rostrate, 3-celled. At Surat. 



