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GENUS V. LINOSTOMA. 



Decandria nionogynia. Sex : Syst : 



Gen. Chab. Kowers pentamerous : calyx coloured, half-5- 

 cleft, deciduous, tube campanulate, lobes equal, spreading : scales 

 10, inserted on the throat, alternating with and shorter than the 

 stamens, petaloid, oblong-linear, exserted : stamens inserted on 

 the throat, nearly on one row, shorter than the lobes : filaments 

 subulate, exserted, alternate, shorter: anthers adnate by the 

 back, oblong, obtuse ; ovary sessile, ovoid, hirsute, ovule pendu- 

 lous : style terminal, capillary, exserted : stigma capitate, papil- 

 lose : drupe (?) naked or a dry berry. — Shrubs : leaves opposite : 

 floral ones membranaceous, of different shapes : umbels terminal. 



(1) L. BECANDKUM. (Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XIV. p. 599. 



Syn. Neetandra deeandra, Roxh.flor. Ind. 11. p. 425. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves opposite : lower ones coriaceous, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, veins thm, parallel, densely transversely lineate, 

 floral ones cordate-oblong, rather obtuse, loosely veined : calyx 

 externally glabrous, tube hairy within : ovary villous. 



Silhet mountains, near Chittagong. 



GENUS VI. AQUILARIA. 



Decandria Monogynia. Sesc: Syst: 



Deriv. The wood is called Sois d'Aiffle, from the Latin Aquila, 

 perhaps from its strength. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft : scales of the throat 

 10, exserted, pilose, connate at the base into a crown : stamens 

 10 : filaments adnate to the tube of the calyx, shortly free at the 

 top, somewhat exserted : anthers fixed by the base : ovary sessile, 

 1-celled, ovule 1, pendulous from near the apex : style none, or 

 exceeding the stamens : stigma convex or 2- cleft, papillose : 

 capsule woody, obovate, compressed, 2-valved : seeds 2, or solitary 

 by abortion, flat-convex. — Trees : leaves scattered : flowers ax- 

 illary and terminal, umbellate or subsolitary. 



(1) A. Agaliooha. {JRooch.) 



Ident Dec. prod. XIV. p. 601. II. p. 59.— Eoxb. fl. Ind. II. 

 p. 422. 



Engrav. Eoyle Ill.t. 36. fig. 1. 



Spec. Chab. Large tree : leaves short-petioled, elliptic or 

 lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, attenuated at the base, glabrous : 

 umbels subsessile. 



Silhet. Assam. Eastern Bengal, near Goalpara. 



