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shining above : racemes equalling the petiole, gubsessile, scaled at 

 the base : lobes of the calyx lanceolate-linear. 



Concans. Canara. Assam. 



(3) B. AssAMiCA. (Meissn.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 64. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves opposite and sub-opposite : elliptic- 

 oblong, obtusely acuminated, and vfith the branches glabrous : 

 network of the veins rather prominent above and loose, very 

 dense beneath. 



Assam. 



GENUS VII. APOLLOJSTIAS. 



Enneandria monogynia. Sex: Syst: 



G-EN. Chab. Mowers hermaphrodite, panicled, naked: calyx 

 funnel-shaped, 6-cl6ft, persistent, lobes nearly equal: filaments 

 filiform, innermost 3 furnished with 2 stipitate glands at the 

 base : anthers oblong, 2-celled, innermost 3 extrorse : staminodes 

 3: style short: stigma depresso-capitate : berry oval, surrounded 

 at the > base by the hardened calyx. — Trees: leaf-buds naked: 

 leaves scattered, feather-nerved: panicles axillary and sub- 

 terminal : flowers small. 



(1) A. A^NOTTii. (iVees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XV. s. 1. p. 65. 



Engrm. Wight's Icon. t. 1819. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves chartaceous, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, attenuated at both ends, slightly rieticulated and somewhat 

 prominently ribbed, shining and glabrous above, younger ones 

 beneath vdth the branchlets and short panicles sparingly 

 puberulous. 



Courtallum, flowering in July and August. 



GENUS VIII. CETPTOCAETA. 



Enneandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Kryptos, concealed, and Kmyon, a nut, alluding 

 to the seed. 



Gen. Chab. Flowers hermaphrodite, panicled, bracteate : 

 calyx funnel-shaped, 6-cIeft, tube urceolate, persistent, increasing, 

 throat a little narrowed, lobes equal, afterwards deciduous : 

 stamens inserted on the throat : filaments short, flat, innermost 

 3 bearing a sessile gland on both sides : anthers ovate-oblong, 

 2-celled, innermost 3 extrorse: staminodes 3, shortly stalked. 



