508 ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ludia, 
ers about the size and appearance of those of the com- 
mon myrtle, many seem abortive, though all are herma- 
phrodite, and in those the filaments are longer and the 
anthers lighter-coloured. | Calyx saucer-shaped; border 
twelve-parted ; six of which form an inner series, and 
are narrower, the whole permanent. Corol none. Fila- 
ments numerous, inserted on the disk or undivided part 
of the calyx. Anthers ovate oblong. Germ superior, 
ovate, one-celled ; ovula many, attached to three equidis- 
tant parietal receptacles. Style about as long as the 
stamina. Stigma three-lobed. Berry oblong, the size of 
an olive. Pulp of a soft fleshy consistence ; the taste of 
which is something like a bad, sweet pear, though some- 
what better. Seeds few, roundish-oval, umbilicus point- 
ed, attached asin the germ, and nestling in soft yellow 
pulp. Integuments two, both membranaceous, Perisperm 
conform to the seed, amygdaline. Embryo as extended as 
the perisperm. Cotyledons round-cordate, three-nerved. 
Radicle oval, centrifugal. . : 
2. L. foetida. R. , 
Arboreous, unarmed. Leaves oblong-serrate, smooth. 
Racemes axillary, longer than the leaves, | compound. 
Stigma four-cleft, cf 
Somer-mera, the Malay name under which it was Te 
ceived from Amboyna into the Botanic garden at Cal- 
cutta, where it has been for fourteen years, and for some 
years past blossoms freely during the rains, but bas not 
yet produced a single full-formed seed-vessel in Bengal. 
The trees are now about thirty feet high, with a perfectly 
straight trunk of a proportionate thickness, covered with 
smooth, olive-coloured bark. Branches numerous, spread- 
ing and dividing much, the whole forming a large, ovale, 
very dense crown, The scent of the tree when near it, 
particularly fetid, sca gary Uk eee 
