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glaber, W. et A., is a very luxuriant form, with larger leaves and a more lax habit, 

 but is certainly not distinct. To the numerous lists of synonyms already brought 

 together by Richard and others, Mr. Miers has added the Cebatha of ForskSl. The 

 fruit of that species is said to be eatable, but it is so small that it can hardly be 

 worth eating. A fermented liquor is also stated to be prepared in Arabia from the 

 juice. 



4. C. Tillosus (DC. Syst. i. 525, Prod. i. 98) ; foliis ovali-oblon- 

 gia Bubdeltoideis villosis, paniculis masculis abbreviatis, floribus femi- 

 ueis in axilla \-Z.—Wall. Cat. 4957 ! ; V. et A.I Prod. i. 13. C. se- 

 pium, Colehr. in Linn. Tr. xiii. 58. C. hastatus, BO. Syst. i. 522, Prod. 

 i. 98. Meuispermum villosum, Lam. {non Roxb.). M. hirsutum, Linn.; 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 814. M. rayosotoides, Linn. 



Hab. Pegu I Ava ! Oarnatica I Malabar ! Maisor ! Dekhan ! Concan ! 

 Bahar, et per totam Hindustaniam et Panjab usque ad basin Hima- 

 layse, ubique in sepibus et dumetis vulgatissimus ; sed e Malaya non 

 vidimus. — (Fl. per fere totum annum.) (». v.) 



DisTMB. Africa occidentalis extratropica, Curror {in Herb. Hook.). 



Frutex alte scandens, ramulis villosis sulcatulis. Folia ovalia vel ovali-oblonga, 

 late deltoidea, angulis rotundatis, vel elongato-deltoidea, interdum subtriloba, retusa 

 vel obtusa cum mucrone, rarius acutiuscula, basi subcordata vel truncata, juniora 

 utrinque molliter villosa, majora ad paginam superiorem fere glabrata, ramorum 2-3 

 poll, longa, 14-2 lata, pedicellis gracilibus vix semipollicaribus, ramulorum semper 

 minora et plerumque angustiora, sa;pe lineari-oblonga, sed interdum fere orbicularia, 

 i-lj poU. longa, acuta vel obtusa, setoso-mucronata, dense incano-villosa. Paniculis 

 mascnlsB in ramulis axillares, solitaria; vel biuse, foliis dimidio breviores, pilis patenti- 

 bus laxe villosse. Bractees lineares, minutse. Sepala laxe villosa. Petala acuta, 

 bidentata. Mores fmminei solitarii vel 2-3-fasciculati, rarius (foliis ramulorum om- 

 uino abortivis) in axiUis foliorum majorum longe raccmosi. Brupm atro-purpurese. 

 Putamen dorso argute carinatum, tuberculatum. 



A very well-marked species, which can scarcely be confounded with any other. 

 According to Roxburgh, ink is made of the hemes, and a decoction of the roots is 

 used in Hindoo medicine as a substitute for SarsaparUla. The first year's shoots are 

 barren and veiy long, and bear large leaves, in the axils of which short flower-bearing 

 branches are produced, densely covered with small leaves. The closely-aUied African 

 species mentioned by Miera in Hooker's Niger Flora, at p. 215, we consider a state 

 of C. sillosus. 



5. C. mollis (Wall. Cat. 4973 1) ; foliis ovatis acutis vel acuminatis 

 subtus albo-villosis, paniculis paucifloris petiolo subbrevioribus. 



Hab. In Nipalia, Wall.! in mont. Khasia, alt. 5000 ped.! — {y. v.) 

 Prutex scandens, ramulis cylindricis striatis molliter pubescentibus deraum glabra- 

 tis. Polia ramulorum sterilium interdum obtusa, mucronata, 2-4 poll, longa, li-24 

 lata, petiolo -J-l-pollicari, basi cordata vel truncata, supra Isete viridia, pilis adpressis 

 sparsis pubescentia, demum fere glabra, subtus molliter tomentosa. Pedunculi axil- 

 lares vel pauUo supra-axiUares, tuberculo tomentoso interposito, masculi irregulariter 

 cymosi, 4-7-flori, bracteis paucis filiformibus, fteminei 1-3-flori. Bractem 3 calyci 

 adpressEB. Sepala ovalia. Petala emarginata. Fructus plerumque secus ramulos 

 (ob folia decidua) nudos pscudo-racemosi. Brupts compvessse, pisiformes. Putamen 

 dorso carinatum et lineis 4 tuberculorum uotatum. 



9. PERICAMPYLUS, Miers 



Sepala 6, biseriatim imbricata, exteiiora minora. Petala 6. Mas. 



2 c 



