540 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Symplocos. 
tringent. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, from ovate- 
oblong to broad-lanceolar; margins serrulate, both sides 
smooth, of a thick firm texture, fromtwo to six inches 
long, and from one to one and a half broad.  Stipyles 
none. Racemes axillary and terminal, single and gener- 
ally simple, shorter than the leaves, many-flowered. 
Flowers solitary, approximate, small, short-peduncled ; 
colour a lively yellow. Bractes three to each flower, 
ovate, villous, one, viz. the largest under the pedicel, and 
two placed opposite at the base of the germ. Calyx 
superior, five-parted, permanent; segments broad-ovate 
or nearly round-obtuse. Corol one-petalled, rotate. 
Border five-parted ; segments oval, deeply divided, con- 
cave, smooth, thrice the length of the calyx or more. 
Filaments numerous, as long as the corol, and inserted into 
its base. Anthers small, two-lobed. Germ inferior, tut- 
binate, three-celled, with from two to four ovula in each, 
attached to the inner and upper angle of the cells (up- 
per end of the axis.) Style shorter than the stamina. 
Stigma three-lobed. Drupe oblong, smooth, with @ 
- beautiful purple pulp in small quantity, when ripe purple, 
crowned with the permanent calyx. Nut conform to the 
drupe, three-celled. Seed generally solitary, (with the 
abortive integuments of the other one or three close by 
its apex) linéar-oblong, attached to the inside of the top 
of the cell, Integument scems single, tough, and thick, 
colour on the outside light brown. Perisperm conform 
to the seed, rather soft. Embryo cylindric, inverse. 
Cotyledons small, oblong ; radicle three or four times 
longer than the cotyledons, cylindric, superior. 2 
. The bark of this small tree is in request amongst the 
diets of red in Calcutta, and is met with in the persue in ! 
that city fora trifling price. z 
_ Ttseems to be used asa mordant only. To dye yoo : 
Munjeet (East India madder,) in which the bark oe 
Lodh is an ingredient. — ¥or three yards of cloth take ~ 
