184 Dr. Francis Hamitton’s Commentary 
subtus reticulata, supra pilis brevissimis raris, subtus longioribus den- 
sioribus pubescentia. Petiolus brevissimus, teres, supra planiusculus, 
tomentosus. 
Flores ex anni preteriti foliorum axillis seepius gemini, gemma foliosa inter- 
posita subsessiles, odorati, subalbidi. Bractece squamacez. 
Calyx superus, brevissimus, suboctodentatus. Petala circiter octo, linearia, 
revoluta, imo calyci inserta. Filamenta plura, indefinita, extra germinis 
discum inserta, ad medium erecta, barbata. Anthere lineares. | Germen 
turbinatum, disco magno concavo intra calycem coronatum. Stylus sta- 
minibus longior, incrassatus. Stigma magnum, simplex. 
Drupa nucis moschatee magnitudine ovalis, calyce cylindrico coronata, nigra, 
corticosa. Cortex mollis, crassus. Pulpa alba, mollis, nuci adhzrens, 
dulcis. Nux ovata, acuminata. Funis umbilicalis e basi nucis ad semi- 
nis apicem decurrens. Semen ovatum, acuminatum, amarum. IJntegu- 
menta gemina, tenuissima. Albumen forma seminis album. Embryo 
inversus, rectus. Radicula teres. Cotyledones foliaceze, plane, nerosz, 
vmagnee, tenues. 
In the woods of Magadha I found a tree called Cphota Gandai in the 
Hindwi dialect, which, notwithstanding the difference of name, had a most 
striking resemblance to the above, only its leaves were larger, and smooth and 
shining on the upper side. I did not, however, see either flower or fruit. I 
have given a specimen to the library at the India House. 
Teka, seu THEKKA, p. 57. tab. 27. 
We have here four plants of a native genus called Thekka by the vulgar, 
and Sailo (erroneously on the plate Saiko) by the Brahmans of Malabar; but, 
as Commeline justly observes, they have no similitude, nor do any two of 
them belong even to the same natural order. The prototype of this genus 
produces one of the finest timbers for the shipwright or house-builder, on 
which account it seems early to have attracted notice; and, as Commeline 
mentions, was described by Bontius and Nieuhof, two early writers on the 
Eastern Archipelago, who compare it to the Oak, which, however, it resem- 
bles in the qualities of the wood alone. Plukenet mentions it merely by the 
