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1. HUGONIA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 413. 

 Species 11, tropical Africa, Asia, Australia. 



H. Mystax, Linn. ; Wight III. t. 32. Yern, Kaki Blm^ Tel. 



A scrambling siirnb, branches spreadini^;, set with nnnieroiis short stiff 

 yellow tomentose branchlets, leaf- 

 less below, bearing in the axils of 

 the lowest leaves a pair of woody, 

 reflexed, eirciuate tomentose spines 

 (modified peduncles, occasionally 

 bearing flowers'!, above them tufts 

 of leaves and axillary flowers. 

 Leaves alternate, stipules subulate. 

 Fl. yellow, 1 in. across, sepals 5, 

 unequal, imbricate, petals 5, con- 

 torted. Stamens 10, filaments 

 connate at base. Ovary 5-celled, 

 styles 5 distinct. Drape red or 

 yellow, \ in. lomi;, endocarp bony, 

 grooved, seeds 2-3. 



T^'estprii Peninsula, irom tlip Ivon- 

 kan on tho ^\est, tlif^ Northern Circars 

 on the ea^t sid<» bOutli\\ ards. Fl. Ma\ 

 -Octohpr. Ceylon. 



Reinwardtia trigyna, Planchon, com- 

 mon in noithem India and the Pen in- 

 sula Shan hills, Upper Burma, is a 

 small shruh, leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 entire or nearly so, with large bright 

 yellow flowers, =;epals and petals 5. 

 stamens 10, stvles S, sometimes 4 or 5, 



remarkable on account of the great -^ ^^ ^ • ^r + t- i 



variation in the relative length of i^ic- .u.— nugonm .\lystax, i^inn. ^. 



styles and stamens. Not speeiiicallv 



distinct is i?. tpfragyna, Planchon, Sikkim, Khasi hills, Behar, Chota Xagpoie, Penin- 

 sula. Leaves larger, dentate, styles 8-5, generally 4. 



Ixonanthes kliasiana, Hook, fib, Khasi hills, is a small tree with elliptic-lanceolate 

 membranons leaves, 3-4^^ in. PL \ in. long. In dense fld. cymes on slender peduncle'^, 

 shorter than leaves. 



2. ERYTHROXYLON, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 414. 



Shrubs or small trees, glabrous, leaves alternate, quite entire, sti]mles iutra- 

 petiolar. Fl. bisexual, pentamerous, petals witli a scale, generally bifid, at 

 tbe top of tbe claw, stamens 10, filaments united into a sliort tube. Ovary 

 3-celled, styles 3, often connate below. Drupe 1- seeded, generally supported 

 by tbe persistent calyx and staminal tube. Species 90, tropical, mostly 

 American. E, Coca, Lam., the leaves of which are extensivel3^ used as a 

 powerful stimulant in South America, and which yield the valuable anaes- 

 thetic Cocaine, might be grown on the Nilgiris and elsewhere. 



A. Western species. « 



1. E. monogynum, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 88.~Syn. E, indicinn^ Bedd. FL 

 Sylv. t. 81; Sethia indica, DC; Wight 111. t. 48. Vern. Detadani^ Teh^ 

 Kan. ; SemUcha'ii, Tarn. 



A shrub or small tree. Heartwood very hard, dark-brown. Leaves cuneatej 

 1-2 in. long, dull, not shining, glaucous-brown beneath when dry, stipules 

 triangular, long, acuminate. FL axillary, generally in fascicles of 1-4, style 



