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(1825). — C. depauperatum Wall, ex 5feuci. Nomencl. 

 ed. II, I, 382 (1841). — C. viscosum Vent. Jard. Malm, 

 t. 25 (1804); Hall. f. I.e. 63. ~ A shrub, or small tree; 

 branchlets quadrangular, strigosely tomentose; leaves 

 subrotundate or ovato-cordate, upper ones often ovate 

 with subacute or rounded base and entire or shortly 

 acuminate-dentate margins, the lower ones acuminate, 

 denticulate; both sides strigosely pubescent, lower one 

 with some large glands; 20—25 cM. long, 9—20 cM. 

 broad; petioles 2V2— 10 cM.; panicles terminal, wide, 

 densely tawny-pubescent, sometimes leafed below; cymes 

 lax; bracts leafy, caducous, ovate-lanceolate, sometimes 

 coloured; 15—30 cM. long, 10—20 cM. wide; brac- 

 teoles lanceolate, deciduous; pedicels slender, 0.6—1.2 cM.; 

 flowers white, tinged with pink; calyx coloured, deeply 

 5-lobed, almost down to the base, pubescent; segments 

 lanceolate acuminate, whith large glands without, 0.8—1.3 

 cM. long; corolla strigosely pubescent and glandular; 

 tube 1.5—2 cM.; lobes oblong, 1 cM., long, 0.5 cM. broad, 

 obtuse; stamens 2.2—2.8 cM. exsert, as is style; drupe 

 0.8 cM. in diam. 



Distribution: India, Burma {K. and G.), Siam (Williams). 

 Ceylon, Java, Molucca-Isl, Penang (Miquel). 



For affinity see C. Curvanii. 



42. C. Wenzelii Merrill, Phil. Journ. Sci. Bot. IX, 

 385 (1914). — A shrub; branchlets hirsute; leaves char- 

 taceous or subcoriaceous, ovate or ± oblong-ovate, cor- 

 date at base, acutely acuminate at apex; margins distantly 

 denticulate; upper side with sparse long hairs, hirsute and 

 glandular beneath; pairs of nerves 8; 9— 15 by 5—9 cM.; 

 petioles hirsutely pubescent, 2—6 cM.; panicles terminal, 

 few-flowered, reaching 10 cM. in length, dark-purple 

 pubescent; bracts and bracteoles linear, the bracts reaching 

 1 cM. in length; flowers white; calyx somewhat inflated, 

 oblong-ovoid, 1 cM. long, 0.8 cM. in diam; lobes Ian- 



