Erythroxylon, DECANDRIA TRIGYNiA. 449 
underneath, Panicles axillary, thin, villous. Samara or- 
bicular with a small wing on the back. 
An extensive perennial, woody rambler, a native of 
Chittagong. It flowers in March and April. 
ERYTHROXYLON. Schreb. gen. n. 783. 
Calyx five-toothed, Corol five-petalled with emargi- 
nate scales over the base on theinside. Nectary campa- 
nulate divided into ten antheriferous filaments. Germ 
superior, three-celled ; attachment superior, Drupe one- 
seeded. Embryo inverse, furnished with a perisperm. 
1. E, monogyum. R. Corom. pl. 1. p. 61. t. 88. 
Leaves subsessile, cuneate, entire. Stipules conic acute. 
Flowers axillary, one or two. Style single. Stigmas three. 
Drupe oblong. 
‘Teling. Adivi gerenta, 
2, E. sideroxyloides. Lamark Encycl. 2. f, 390. Willd. 
2. f. 748. 
A native of Coromandel, Ceylon, &c, It flowers dur- 
ing the greater part of the year. 
From Ceylon General Macdowall sent it to the Bota- 
nic garden at Calcutta, under the name of the Fen tree. 
3. E. laurifolium. Willd. 2.749. ; 
Arboreous. Leaves short-petioled, oblong, obtuse, lu- 
cid. Peduncles axillary, crowded, longer than the flow- 
ers. Nectarial scales with truncate, porous nee Sta- 
mina monodephous. 
Found by Colonel Hardwicke indigenous on the Mau- 
Titius in flower in August, 
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