consisting of five oval leaflets, slightly jagged at the edge, 
Male flowers with a wrinkled, fleshy disk in the centre, 
which bears several stamens: Filaments white; Anthers 
oblong, yellow. Female Flowers, according to Dr. Rox- 
BuRGH’s drawings in the East India Company’s Museum, 
with a similar perianth, and annular disk, surrounding a 
rounded, three-lobed germen, crowned with three spread- 
ing, wedge-shaped stigmas, lacerated at the extremity. 
Introduced from the East Indies to the Royal Gardens of 
Kew, whence specimens and a drawing were kindly com- 
municated by Mr. Arron. It exists probably in other col- 
lections ; for Mr. Arron observes that it bears the name of 
Saracopa glabra in some gardens :—and by that generic 
name it was probably Dr. Roxguren’s intention once to 
distinguish it ; for he observes in the Flora Indica, where 
two other specimens are mentioned, (G. bifarium and lan- 
ceolatum) that the Telinga name is Soora-gada. It flowers 
in August, and requires the heat of a stove. I have only 
seen specimens of the male plant. The pistil I have copied 
from Dr. Roxsuren’s figure in the India House. 
Fig. 1. Flower-bud. 2. Portion of the glandular body of the Male _ 
Flower, bearing Stamens, 3 and 4. Anthers. 5. Pistil from a Female 
Flower (copied from Dr. Roxsurcn’s drawing) :—more or less magnified. 
