Moacurra. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA, 69 . 
HERMAPHRODITE. 
Calyx or corol four, five, or six-leaved ; leaflets spread- 
ing, small, oval, caducous. Filaments seven, eight, or 
nine, exceedingly short. Anthers linear, erect, two-lobed. 
Germ superior, obovate, emarginate, compressed. Styles 
two, short, incurved, permanent. Stigmas acute, woolly, 
Capsule pedicelled, orbicular, leafy, compressed, emargi- 
nate, one-celled, one-valved, not opening. Seed none. 
MALE FLOWERS mixed with the hermaphrodite. Calyx 
and Stamen as above. Pistil, no rudiment of one. 
Observation. The first part of the flowers that appears, . 
is the anthers ; they are then reddish ; next the calyx 
increases, and becomes visible to the naked eye, but is 
at all times small, and unless looked for, is waite ob- 
served. 
The wood of this tree is reckoned of a good quality 
by the natives, and is employed for a variety of uses. 
MOACURRA. R. 
Polygamous. Calyx five-leaved. Corol dieipenanath 
Neetary a scale within the base of each petal, Germ su- 
perior, two-celled, cells two-seeded, attachment superior. 
Capsule two-lobed, two-celled, two-valved. Seed solita- 
_ nese ote. inverse, with SRE 
M. "elon R. . Dae 
Moakurra, is the vernacular name in Silhet, sanaie iti is 
indigenous ; it grows to the size of a small tree. Flowering 
time April and May; the seeds ripen in December. Bran- 
ches numerous, ascending. Bark of the old woody parts 
rather rough with little whitish dots ; that of the young 
shoots villous, and yellowish. Leaves alternate, short- 
petioled, broad-lanceolar, entire, long, taper-pointed, of a 
thin texture, and smooth ; three or four inches — : 
one and a quarter broad. Stipules subulate, villous. — 
