190 Dr. Francts Hamirton’s Commentary 
Foem. Calyx et corolla maris. Stamina octo circiter sterilia. Germen supe- 
rum, oblongum. Styli quatuor remoti, brevissimi. Stigmata simplicia. 
Drupa oblonga, compressa, punctis quatuor prope apicem notata. Mux soli- 
taria, monosperma. 
Katou KarrsJAM, seu Caru CarEsJAM, p. 69. tab. 33. 
Commeline considers this as having a greater resemblance to the Sorbus 
than to the preceding plant, with which it has been arranged by the people of 
Malabar, but in this he is I think mistaken, as this plant is one of the order 
of Terebinthacee very nearly allied to the genus Schinus. Ray and Plukenet, 
however, continue (Alm. 355.) to call this tree Sorbus spuria Malabarica, 
Katou Kalesjam dicta; nor do I find it mentioned in subsequent authors 
until it was quoted in the Hortus Bengalensis (33.) for the Garuga pinnata of 
Dr. Roxburgh, of which no description, so far as I know, has yet been pub- 
lished. I shall therefore here describe it, premising that in 1801 I collected spe- 
cimens in Mysore, which I gave to Sir J. E. Smith under the name of Ekeberga 
serrata, while I have since presented to the library at the India House speci- 
mens from the North of India ; for it is one of the most generally diffused trees 
in that country. In the Hindwi dialect of Kankana it is called Mau, a redu- 
plication of which forms the word /Moemoe used by the Brahmans of Malabar. 
Arbor mediocris. Rami succo albido scatentes, cicatricibus obcordatis exas- 
perati. Folia decidua, alterna, conferta, cum impari pinnata.  Foliola 
novem circiter utrinque, oblonga, latere posteriore ad basin angustiore 
longiore obliqua, opposita, serrata, acuminata, costata, venosa, lateralibus 
subsessilibus, impari petiolato: insuper petiolo communi utrinque insi- 
dunt foliola duo vel tria minuta, faleata, quorum duo infima stipulas 
mentiuntur. Petiolus imam versus incrassatus, obsolete trigonus, foliolis 
longior, non stipulaceus. 
Panicule plures, patentes, congestz, terminales, ante folia prodeuntes ; ramis 
subangulatis, pubescentibus, patentibus. Bractec squamiformes, caduce, 
sparse. 
Calyx deciduus, coloratus, ad basin intus disco hypogyno decemstriato vesti- 
tus, quinquefidus laciniis erectis acutis. Petala quinque oblonga, calyce 
. paulo longiora, apice revoluta, ad calycis incisuras inserta. Filamenta 
