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tral India ; a large proportion, and one indicating consider- 

 able elevation. 



6. This plant belongs to the Natural family, Verbenacece ; 

 it is interesting for being allied to the teak, and to which 

 affinity it owes its valuable properties as a timber tree. 

 It appears to me unknown to science. 



Hemigymnia.* Calyx infundibuliformis, striatus, 5- 

 dentatus. Corolla tubus infundibuliformis ; lacinise 5 (angus- 

 tse, tubo duplo longiores.) Stamina 5 aqualia, inclusa. Ova- 

 rium, 4-loculare, 4 ovulatum: ovula solitaria, ascendentia. 

 Stylus bifidus, rami profunde bipartiti, intus stigmatosi. 

 Fructus (immaturus) drupaceus, rostrato-cuspidatus, calyce 

 cupuliformi semicinctus. 



Arbor mediocris ; partibus novellis pube ramosa tomen- 

 tosis. Folia opposita, cordata, vel cordato-rotundata. In- 

 florescentia terminalis, cymoso-corymbosa. Flores congesti, 

 in apicibus pedicellorum brevium articulati, mediocres, albi ? 



Habitus quodammodo Kottlerae, aspectus florum Lythra- 

 ricus, Pemphidis si velis. 



Hemigymnia Macleodii.f 



Habitat : Sylvse Jubbulpore vicinae, pier unique cum Tec- 

 tona consociata. 



Mr. Macleod remarks of this tree, that it is called by the 

 natives Dahman or Dahyan, and is abundant in our jungles ; 

 it is not to be found at a less distance than from thirty to 

 forty miles from Jubbulpore ; it is almost always, if not in 

 every case, in association with the teak, but in less quantity 

 than that tree. It grows to a considerable size, and has a 

 thick stem, not quite so tall as that of the teak, but of great- 

 er proportional compass. The wood is remarkable for its 



* In allusion to its half-naked fruit, in contradistinction to that of 

 Tectona. 



f I have named this after its discoverer, one of the ornaments of the 

 distinguished service to which he belongs. 



