212 HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Andersonia,. 
ed ; leaflets wedge-shaped, expanding. Stamens uniform- 
ly six. Germsthree. Capsules with one, or two round 
seeds in each, 
ANDERSONIA. R. 
Calyx three-five-parted. Corol petalled. Nectary | 
globular, with the sessile anthers aflixed to its inside. 
Germ superior, three-celled ; cells two-seeded; attachment 
interior. Capsules three-celled, three-valved. Seeds so- | 
litary, arilled. Embryo inverse, without perisperm. 
1t was named in memory of the late Dr, James Ander- 
son, Physician at Madras. It differs from Cupania in 
having a three-petalled corol, and globular antheriferous 
nectary; and from Guarea and Persoonia in the calyx 
and pericarpium. 
1. A. cucullata. R. 
Polygamous, Leaves unequally pinnate; leaflets op- 
posite, from two to four pair, obtuse. Hermaphrodite 
peduncles axillary, few flowered, male panicled. 
Beng. Umut. 
A tree of considerable size, but of very slow growth, & 
native of the Delta of the Ganges. Flowering time, the 
latter part ofthe rainy season, and the beginning of the 
“ cold season. 
Trunk in young trees straight, with few branches ; the 
bark ash-coloured, and smooth ; young shoots also smooth. 
Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate, from six to eighteen 
inches long. Leaflets opposite, two, three, or four pair, 
short-petiolated, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, un- 
equally divided by the nerve, polished on both sides, 
and of a firm texture ; margins entire, from three to six 
inches long. The terminal leaflet is often cowled at the 
base, hence the specific name. Petioles nearly round, 
and pretty. smooth. Stipules none. 
MALE tree. Panicles axillary, solitary, ions about 7 
