502 ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Alangium, 
branchlets in all directions from diverging to erect. Bark 
on all smooth. Leaves alternate, in the bud equitant, pe- 
tioled, recurved, oblong, tapering equally at each end, ve- 
ry finely gland-serrate, considerably acuminate, smooth, 
from two to four inches long, and from one to two 
broad, in Bengal deciduous about the close of the year. 
Stipules from the base of the petioles, ensiform, gland- 
ciliate. Flowers very numerous, rather small, and white, 
short peduncled, regularly three from each bud, and 
there are generally two of those buds in each of the old 
axills, with a leaf-bearing one in the centre. Bractes, 
the scales of the bud, cordate, scariose, and nearly cadu- 
cous. Calyx, segments five, oblong ; margins glandular. 
Petals oval, short-clawed, the length of the peduncles. 
Filaments about thirty, shorter than the petals. Germ 
ovate, one-celled, containing two ovula attached to the 
same side of the cell. Style the length of the stamina. 
Stigma large. Drupe cordate, with an obtuse rising at 
the apex, the size of the common plum, and of the same 
purple colour, covered with a similar bloom, grooved on 
one side. Pulp in large quantity, ofa pale reddish yellow. 
Seed single, conform to the nut, Integument single. 
Perisperm a thin covering on one side only. Embryo 
inverse.  Cotyledons unequal, the small one eet 
- and embraced by thn larger, subequitant. 
ALANGIUM. Juss. 
_ Calyx from six to seven-toothed. Corol from six tO 
seven-petalled. Germ inferior, one-celled, one-seeded, 
attachment superior. _Drupe one- seeded. geese in 
verse, furnished with a perisperm, “é 
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