on the Florist Malabaricus, Pari I 513 



species with the Consent, (he fruit of which is not like that of the 

 Tetragastru "inftrne in quatuor tobot pulvinnias, dittanies, quasi 

 totidcm ventres, divisa." \\ hether or not the Tetraga$4rU be a 

 Trewia or Rottlera, cannot be decided until the flower is known. 



The Canschi is a very common tree in India, and varies very 

 much in its appearance, so that at times I have thought that 

 several different species, nearly indeed resembling each other, 

 might be traced ; but on a careful examination, I am persuaded 

 that the marks of distinction on which I relied are fallacious. Jn 

 Bengal, the natives usually give names totally different to the 

 male and female trees; and in many cases the foliage U so like 

 that of the Ciunbalu last noticed, that they are often confounded 

 under the same common name, Qumhar. I have also heard the 

 Canschi called Pita/i in Matsya, Bcrkal and Bankcd/i in Cam- 

 rupa, and Banphul in Magadha. 



In the following description all the variations that I have no- 

 ticed are mentioned. 



Arbor excelsa ramis teretibus, nudis : ramulis novis tomentosis. 

 Folia opposita, altero ininore, nunc deltoideo-ovafa, tunc 

 subcordata (utraque forma in tigura Uheedii conspicitur), 

 integerrima, acuminata, quinquenervia, venosissima ; ju- 

 niora utrinque pilis stellatis pubescentia, adulta glabra ; in 

 India boreali ante rlorescentiam decidua. Petiolus brevis, 

 depressiusculus, supra sulco exaratus, primo tomentosus, 

 dein glaber. Stipuke geminae, laterales, setaceae, caduca\ 

 Glandtda plana utrinque prope apicem petioli in pagina 

 folii superiore. 



In masculina arbore Raccmi saepius ex axillis foliorum anni 

 pneteriti, rarius in surculis novis infra foliacei, soJitarii, 

 penduli, elongati. Pedunculus compressiusculus, tomento- 

 sus. Pedicelii terni longitudine florum, squama communi 



solitaria, 



