385 FETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Bhopala, 
large, blunt serrature on each side, texture firm and polished; 
length from four to six inches, by two or three broad. — Racemes 
axillary, and terminal, but chiefly the. former, one, two, or three 
together, nearly as long as the leaves, straight and simple, densely ; 
cloathed with ferruginous down. Pedicels short, two-flowered. 4 
‘Bractes, a small oval one at the base of each common peduncle and 
one about the middle of each pedicel. — Flowers numerous, crowded, 
small, yellowish green.—Calyr none. Petals four, linearly spatu- 
late, revolute. Nectarial scales four, rounded, smooth and distinct, 
—F; ilament short, inserted on the petals. Anthers linear. —Germ 
oblong, very completely a ABS with long, redifieh brown hairs, 
one-celled and containing two ovula attached a little to one side of 
the bottom of the cell. Style filiform. Stigma clavate, entire. 
4. R. robusta. R. uo o 
Leaves alternate, sessile, cuneate-oblong, smooth, remotely sera 
yulate- Racemes axillary, and below the leaves, smooth. rus a 
smooth four-toothed cup. 
Joweea, the vernacular name in Silhet where it is indigenous, and 
grows to be a large, stout timber tree. Flowering in June. 
' Young shoots smooth — Leaves alternate, sub-sessile j , cuueate-ob- 
long, obtuse- pointed, remotely and acutely serrulate, smooth on 
both sides, about twelve inches slong, by five or six broad. —Racemes 
axillary, ahd below the leaves, one, two, or three together, about 
half the length of the leaves, smooth.  Fedicels short, two-flowered, 
— Bractes smooth, one at the base of each common pedicel, and 
one about the middle of each of the proper ones.— Flowers numerous, 
pale, g greenish yellow, and fragrant.— Calyx none, Petals four, lineat- 
iy spatulate, smooth, revolute.— Nectary one-leaved, cup-shag 
obtusely four-tóothed, with the margins somewhat Mi p 
auperior, oblong, smooth, one-celled ; ovula two, attached to one 
side of the cell. Style biiform. Stigma clavate, entire.* 
.* Both this and the preceding species are distinct from R. cochinchinens* 
Brown. Linn. Trans. x. p. 192.—N. W. 
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