364 Remarks on a few Plants from Central India. 



great strength and elasticity ; its properties appear to re- 

 semble those of the lance wood." 



In answer to my enquiries, whether the timber might be 

 introduced to some of the great marts of India, Mr. Macleod 

 states : " Both this and the teak are found on the banks of 

 the Nerbudda, and are floated down to Jubbulpore as late 

 as the month of December ; from hence I apprehend they 

 might be floated in the rains, (unless the falls at Bhera 

 Ghat should be an insuperable obstacle,) to the sea. The 

 wood from above Mandla, however, cannot thus reach us, 

 as near that place there are falls which form an insuperable 

 barrier at all periods. As far as I can judge, I should doubt 

 whether the wood, either of this or of the teak, are either in 

 size or quantity, sufficient to render them available for gene- 

 ral export from this remote locality." 



This genus appears to me more nearly allied to Tectona 

 than to any other of the same natural family : it differs, 

 however, abundantly from that genus in its calyx and corolla, 

 the not exserted stamina, the division of the styles, and 

 half-naked fruit like those of Tectona ; its leaves are rough 

 from siliceous ( ?) deposits. The other regular-flowered ver- 

 benaceous Indian genera, with which it may be necessary 

 to contrast it, are Sphenodesme, Symphorema, Callicarpa, 

 Hymenopyramis, and perhaps Glossocarya. 



The two first, with Congea, are at once known by their 

 remarkable involucrate inflorescence. Callicarpa is dis- 

 tinguished by the quaternary number of parts of the calyx 

 and corolla, by the exserted stamina, and berried, highly 

 coloured or white fruits. Hymenopyramis by the same 

 characteristics affecting the calyx, corolla, and stamina ; by 

 its bilocular ovarium, and by its capsular, 4-valved fruit, 

 enclosed in an enlarged scarious four-winged or angled 

 calyx. Glossocarya, which varies with quaternary parts, 

 will be known by its one-celled ovarium, and its peculiar 

 placentation; and by the very remarkable capsular fruit, 



