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oblong, subcordate, upper ones lanceolate or sublinear, suddenly 

 cuneate at tbe base : verticils distinct, dense-flowered, all supported 

 by a leaf: pedicels nearly equalling the fructiferous calyx : valves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, acute, coarsely calliferous, 1—3- 

 toothed, or here and there unarmed : teeth subulate, straight, 

 spreading, nearly equalling the length of the valve. 

 Peninsula, Khasia. 



(4) E. Chinbnsis. {^Gampd.) 



Ident. Campd. 1. c. pp. 63 and 76. — Dec. 1. c. p. 60. 



Syn. E. setaceus. Ham. MSS. Meissn. in Wall. pi. As. rar. 

 III. p. 64. — E. persicaroides, Thimb.flor. Jap. p. 148 ? — E. crispus, 

 Lov/r. (not Linn.') — E. Loureirii, Campd. I. c. ? — E. Loureirianus, 

 Schult. — E. denticulatus, Campd. l. c. ? 



Spec. Chae. Leaves petioled, lanceolate, acute, attenuated at 

 both ends, radical ones elongated, subundulate : verticils dense- 

 flowered, distinct, all supported -by a linear leaf, lower ones 

 remote : pedicels equalling the fructiferous calyx : valves ovate, 

 acuminate, all coarsely calliferous : teeth 1 — 2, subulate on both 

 sides below the middle, straight, very patent, somewhat longer 

 than the valve. 



Bengal. Silhet. Assam. 



(5) E. TBsiOAEirs. {Linn.) 



Ident. Linn. sp. I. p. 479. — Dec. 1. c. p. 70. 

 Ungrav. Barrel Icon. 1112. — Campd. E 



— -J j-_. Eum. t. 8, figs. 



1 and 8. 



Spec. Chab. Stem low, branched : leaves somewhat fleshy, 

 petioled, ovate or deltoid, obtuse or acutish, usually cuneate- 

 attenuate from a cordate or subhastate base, uppermost ones nar- 

 rower : racemes simple or panicled, leafless : fascicles 2 — 5-flowered, 

 remote : pedicels 1-flowered or generally bearing 2 flowers at the 

 top, connate at the back : valves very large, entire, very unequal, 

 calliferous or almost naked. 



Peninsula, 



G-ENUS III. FAGOPTETJM. 

 Octandria Trigynia. Sex: Syst: 



Beriv. Prom Fliago, to eat, and Pyros, wheat or grain. The 

 fruit is eatable. 



GrEN. Chae. Plowers hermaphrodite : calyx coroUine, equally 

 5-parted, spreading, fructiferous, 1 not increased : stamens 8, fila- 

 ments subulate, anthers oval, versatile : glands 8, nectariferous, 

 hemispherical, seated at the bottom of the calyx, between the 

 stamens : styles 3, free, filiform, deciduous : stigmas obtuse, scarcely 



