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nescio an non steriles? Rudimentum pistilli in fundo ca- 
lycis hemisphæricum, setis undique obsitum. 
In arbore masculina pedunculus axillaris, recurvus, incrassatus, 
petiolo paulo longior, tomentosus, solitarius, 3- seu 4-florus. 
Flores albidi, cernui, extra tomentosi, squamis geminis ova- 
tis minutis bracteati. 
Calyx cyathiformis, laciniis ovatis obtusis planis quinquefidus. 
"Corolla campanulata, oblongo-ovata, calyce multo longior, 
ore patulo, et laciniis obtusis altero marginum exteriore 
obliquis quinquefida. Filamenta disco calycino inserta, 
circiter octodecem, brevissima, erecta, simplicia. Anthere 
solitariæ, mucronate. Germen nullum. — 
The differences between this description taken in Mysore and 
that taken at Mungher are too trifling to establish even two 
varieties of one species. From the structure of the filaments, 
not only this plant, but the Mabolo should, according to the 
characters laid down by Brown (Nov. Holl. i. 525.), be more 
nearly allied to the Paralia, and even to the Royena, than to the 
Diospyros. These characters, however, seem rather insufficient 
to mark well-defined genera. | 
It must be observed that I have met with another tree of 
nearly the same name, which has a stronger resemblance to the 
Panitsjika than that above described. From its leaves being 
carved as it were in a similar manner, I have in the catalogue of 
specimens presented to the India Company's library (No. 2388) 
called it Dyospyros insculpta; and, although I have not seen the 
flower, I shall here give a description. 
Diospyros insculpta. 
Kendu Bengalensium. 
Habitat in Camrupæ orientalis montibus. 
Arbor mediocris ligno albido. Ramuli teretes, glabri. Folia 
| alterna, 
