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pidate-acuminate at the apex, entire, glabrous : flowers more or 

 less sessile, axillary, subglomerate and arranged in short axillary- 

 interrupted spikes : calycine segments oblong-oyate : petals simi- 

 lar, shortly unguiculate, cuneate-obovate, acutish, hairy at the 

 back : bracts cSiated : ovary hairy : capsules at length rough -with 

 tubercles : gynophore dilated, hairy. 

 Circar mountains. Courtallum. 



(2) C. OBLONGiroLiTJS. {Muller.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 506. 



Spec. Chae. Mowers glomerate and arranged in terminal 

 spikes or usually small lateral ones: calyx glabrous: petals 

 shorter, dbcordate, tridentate : capsules smooth, glabrous. 



Var. a. scabee. — Leaves beneath very shortly pubescently 

 scabrous. 



Eastern Bengal. 



Var. h. GEHTjiNTJS. — Branchlets slender, straight : leaves shortly 

 petioled, oblong-ovate, acute, entire, subglaucous beneath : bracts 

 hirsute : flowers numerous, small, pale : calycine segments ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate : hypogynous urceolus 5-toothed : shell by 

 abortion 1-seeded. — Oluytia oblongifolia, Roxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 

 73J. — Bridelia oblongifolia, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech, p. 212. 



Silhet. Khasia. 



(3) C. CHAETACETJS. (Muller.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 507. 



Syn. Amanoa ehartacea, Baill. Htud. p. 582. 



Spec. Chae. Branchlets pubescent : leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 shorter at the_ base, longer acute at the apex, at flrst hairy and 

 somewhat silvery shining above, afterwards glabrate, pale brownish : 

 flowers glomerate, sessile, glabrous : calycine segments ovate : 

 petals narrow, glabrous : bracts rusty-silky : capsules subglobose, 

 glabrous : rudimentary ovary glabrous. 



Silhet. 



(4) C. Malabaricxts. {Muller.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 508. 



Syn. Lebidiera Malabariea, Mull. Arg. in Idnneea, v. 32. 

 p. 81. 



Spec. Chae. Branchlets rufous-villous : stipules long, narrow : 

 petioles densely rufous-villous, at length glabrate : leaves obovate- 

 lanceolate, shortly cuspidate-acuminate, narrowed at the base, 

 beneath crisply rufescently pubescent : stipules exceeding the 

 petioles, linear-lanceolate, subulate-acuminate : flowers glomerate, 

 subsessile : calycine segments glabrous, narrow-lanceolate : petals 



