238 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Mimusops, 
pointed at the base, the lobes uniting round the radicle; 
above the. radicle they are often entirely divided by the 
large cotyledons, which extend to, or rather through its 
margins. Embryo erect. Cotyledons large, oval. Plu- 
mula minute. Radicle inferior, linear-oblong. 
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2. M, Kanki. Willd, 2. 326, : 
Leaves scattered, petioled, about the ends of sik : 
branchlets, obovate-oblong, obtuse, hoary underneath. — 
Fruit oval, drooping. . seit 
Flowers hexandrous. au 
Metrosideros macassarensis, Rumph. Amb. 3. t. 8° ii 
Manil-kara. Rheed. Mal. 4, t. 25. visi 
Malay. Booa-sow. * 
Achras dissecta. Linn. Supp. 210. Forst. pl. escul.N. 
13. 
A native of the Malay Islands, Malabar, &c. It flowers 
during the hot season ; the fruit is edible, and ree | 
3. M. hexandra. Willa. 2. 326. cen. ol i Nb by 
Leaves alternate, long-petioled, obovate, emarginate, | 
smooth. Flowers hexandrous. 
Tamul. Palle. 
Teling. Palla. oe 
This tree is a native of the mountainous parts of the Cir ao 
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Cars ; it is never cultivated, nor have I seen it near culti- oe 
vated places. It flowers during the hot, and beginning g of ee 
the wet season. pe ee 
Trunk erect, frequently when old it has large rotten - 
excavations. Bark ash-coloured. Branches numerous, 
rigid, spreading, extremities nearly erect, forming a large 
shady head. _ Leaves alternate, petioled, broad, wedge 
formed, or obcordate, deeply emarginate, very hard, both 
sides of a deep shining green; from three to five inches, oe 
long, and one and a half, or two broad. Petioles roun 
one, or one and a half inch long. Peduncles | axillary 
