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in form ; but the peripheric carlna is not so sharp and promi- 
nent, and has on each side a deeper groove. The drupes are 
said to be of a blackish-purple colour ; but the pulp has little 
solid matter in it. The leaves are 2-2| inches long, with a 
basal sinus 2 lines deep, 1^-2 inches broad, on a petiole 4-5 lines 
long. The inner sepals are cuneately ovate, the two outer series 
oblong or almost linear ; the petals are cuneately ovate, cordately 
and deeply emarginated between two rounded lobes at the apex, 
and with two distinct inflected lobes on the middle of the sides, 
quite glabrous and maeulated by interrupted longitudinal lines. 
3. Holopeira auriculata, nob. ; — ramuhs tenuibus, flavido pubes- 
centibus; foliis late ovatis, imo sinu levi paulo cordatis, an- 
gulis basalibus rotundis, mox in auriculis brevibus obtusis 
summum spectantibus productis, hinc subito angustatis et 
deltoideis, apice rotundiusculis, emarginatis et mucronulatis, 
e basi 5-nerviis, supra pubeseentibus, subtus molliter cano 
vel griseo tomentosis (junioribus parvis, simplieiter ovatis aut 
subtrilobatis) ; petiolo tenui, griseo pubescente, limbo 5-plo 
breviore : inflorescentia ? in ramulis novellis axillaribus, foliis 
minoribus ovatis munitis; racemulo in axillulis solitario, brevi, 
simplieiter 1-2-3-floro, pubescente ; floribus pedicellatis ; 
sepalis 6, exterioribus cuneato-ovatis, interioribus longioribus, 
cuneato-oblongis, utrinque longe sericeo pilosis ; petalis 6, 
sepalis sequilongis, imo ad medium cuneatis, apice latis et in 
2 lacinias acute dentiformes profunde fissis, lateribus breviter 
auriculatis, obtusis et inflexis, superne glabris, extus ad un- 
guem pilosis ; staminibus sterilibus dimidio brevioribus, apice 
clavatis ; ovariis 3, glabris; stigmate tereti, horizontaliter de- 
flexo, superne crenulato-sulcato. — In India orientali : v. s. in 
herb. Lemann. (ex hort. bot. Calc, cult.) . 
A plant bearing a general resemblance to Nephroica triloba, 
but with differently shaped leaves, more sericeously pubescent, 
on much shorter petioles, and with flowers quite difierent. Its 
leaves are 1| inch long, including the basal sinus I hne deep ; 
they are 1^ inch broad across the lateral lobes, which are sepa- 
rated by a narrow sinus from the middle lobe, which at its base 
is Ig inch broad, diminishing upwards to the rounded summit, 
which is 3 lines broad; the lateral lobes extend 1 inch beyond 
the point of insertion of the petiole ; the projecting apex 2 lines 
long and broad; the slender curving petiole is 4 lines long. 
The $ i-aceme is 4 lines long; the pedicels, bracteated at base, 
are -^-I line long; the flower in bud is \ line in diameter; 
the sepals, densely clothed with long hairs, are pale and 
membranaceous; the breadth of the petals across the lateral 
auricular lobes is equal to their entire length, they are cleft 
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