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tered or rarely opposite, coriaceous, evergreen : fascicles or heads 

 of flowers 2 — 8-flowered, terminal, rarely lateral, sessile or pe- 

 duncled, sometimes involucrate, very rarely panicled, axillary, 

 racemose: calyx vrhite or rose-coloiired, yellow, or greenish, 

 often very fragrant. 



(1) D. "Wailichii. {Meissn.) 



Ident. Dee. prod. XIV. p. 540. 



8yn. D. involucrata, Wall, in As. res. XIII. t. 6. — Eriosolena 

 Wailichii, Meissn. Gen. II. p. 242. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, veined, and 

 with the branches glabrous : peduncles short : involucre 2-leaved, 

 somewhat tomentose, caducous : leaflets obtuse : calyx silky- 

 villous, lobes oblong, acute, many times shorter than the tube, 

 inner ones smaller : ovary bearded at the top. 



Khasia hills. Pundua. 



(2) D. LONGIEOLIA. {Meissn.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 540. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves long-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends : 

 •peduncles somewhat tomentose, many times longer than the 

 petiole : involucre 4-leaved, leaflets acuminate, pubescent, ca- 

 ducous : calyx downy, -lobes oblong, acute, nearly equalling the 

 narrow tube, inner ones shorter : ovary glabrous. 



Pundua. Silhet. 



(3) D. PAPTEACEA. {Wall.) 

 Ident. Wall. ap. Steud. Nom. ed. 2. p. 483. — Dec. 1. c. p. 537. 



Syn. D. odora, Bon.flor. Nep.p. 68.— D. cannabina. Wall, in 

 As. res. XIII. p. 315. and t. 7— 8.— D. papyrifera. Ham. MSS. 



Spec. Chae. Tree : leaves lanceolate or oblong, veined, gla- 

 brous: fascicles terminal and lateral, sessile, bracteated: calyx 

 funnel-shaped, pubescent, lobes ovate-oblong, shorter than the 

 tube : ovary glabrous. 



Khasia. 



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Var. a. latifolia. — Leaves lanceolate-or elliptic-oblong : lobes 

 of the calyx acuminate. 



Pundua. Silhet. 



Var. h. PAETiroiiA. — Leaves smaller, oval-ohlong. 

 Khasia. 



