SG6 Remarks on a few Plants from Central India, 



The genus appears to me to partake of the characters of 

 Callicarpa, and to a certain extent of those of Tectona. 



Glossocarya, Wall. Calyx infundibelliformis, 4-5 den- 

 talus. Corolla subhypocrateriformis (tubo cylindraceo gracili,) 

 4-5 partita, laciniis subaequalibus. Stamina 4-5, exserta- 

 Ovarium 1, — loculare (!) placentae bilamellatae, lamellis recur* 

 vato-incurvatis ; ovula 4, pendulo-appensa. Stylus filiformis, 

 exsertus. Stigma bifidum. Capsula (semi-exserta) 4-valvis ; 

 valva quaeque cum placentae parte supera seminifera sece- 

 dens. Placenta pars inferior, libera, persistens. Semina. 



Frutex cano-pubescens. Folia cordato-ovata. Flores parvi, 

 in corymbis terminalibus congesti. Corymbi fructus magis 

 expansi. Capsulae pilosa, ascendentes, secundae. Valvae se- 

 mina basialata simulantes. 



Glossocarya mollis, Wall. Catal. No. 1741. 



Hab. Rupes calcareae ad speluncas Demithawt editas flu- 

 minis attran, provinciae Molmain, regni Burmanni, (No. 805, 

 of a small Molmain collection, sent home several years ago.) 



The ovarium, unless I have mistaken its structure, is one- 

 celled from want of cohesion between the placentae, which 

 do meet in the axis. The placentation is much like that of 

 some Cyrtandrese, it is, however only to be considered as the 

 maximum amount of a placentation of common occurrence in 

 Verbenaceae. 



The separation of the fourth part of the upper-half of the 

 placenta, (in which the abortive ovula are to be found,) with 

 each valve of the capsule appears to me remarkable, espe- 

 cially when taken into consideration with the integrity of the 

 lower part of the same organ. It is, perhaps, a curious way 

 of adhering to the nucamentaceous dehiscence, character- 

 istic of many genera of the family. 



The above descriptions are only to be considered as tem- 

 porary; they are only given to assist such Indian botanists 

 as have had no access to the plants, which they are intended 

 to characterise. 



