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(5) D. ELONGATTJM. {Nees.) 



Ident. Nees 1. c. — ^Dec. 1. c. p. 231. 



Spec. Chab. Small tree : leaves lanceolate, attenuated at bott 

 ends, glabrous and almost veinless above, densely transversely 

 veined beneath : female buds solitary, short-peduncled, hoary- 

 tomentose. 



Khasia. 



GENUS XIV. POLTADENIA. 



Dicecia Enneandria. Sex: St/si: 

 Deriv. From Polys, many, and Aden, a gland. 



Gen. Chah. Elovrers dioecious, umbellulate, involucred : calyx 

 6-parted, lobes equal, deciduous. Male : stamens 6 — 9, all the 

 filaments bearing a stalked gland at the base : anthers 2-celled, 

 introrse. Female : stamens sterile, inner ones 1 — 2-glandular at 

 the base : style middle-sized : stigma dilated, 2 — 3-lobed : berry 

 ellipsoid, placed at the bottom of the calyx. 



(1) P. EETicrLATA. {Nees.') 



Ident. Nees in Wall. pi. As. rar. II. p. 61. — Dec. prod. XV. 

 p'. 232. 



Spec. Chae. Tree : leaves scattered, coriaceous, feather-nerved, 

 elliptic, or long-oblong, acute or acuminate, glabrous or shining 

 above, beneath tomentose or puberulous : umbels axillary, fasci- 

 culate-agglomerate, each furnished with a 4-leaved involucre. 



Goalpara. SUhet. 



GENrS XV. APEEULA. 



Sioecia Enneandria. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chae. Flowers dioecious, involucred : calyx 4 — 6-parted, 

 lobes unequal, deciduous. Maie : stamens 6 — 9, inner 2 — 6 

 biglandular at the base : anthers introrse, 2-celled. Female : 

 stamens 9, rarely 6, spathulate, inner ones or all gland-bearing : 

 style short : stigma peltate, 2 — 3-lobed : berry placed at the disc- 

 shaped base of the calyx. 



A. ASSAMICA. (JfeM««.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XV. p. 240. 



Spec. Chab. Small tree ; leaves chartaceous, elongated-oblong 

 and lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, above or on both sides 

 minutely reticulated, beneath glabrescent : umbels subumbellate 

 on a very short common peduncle, long-peduncled, pedicels longer 

 than the flower, silky-hoary. 



Assam. 



