Elaeocarpus. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 593. 
of the Malay Archipelago. The following description 
of the tree was made from one growing in the vicinity of 
Dacca, which was brought to that place by a fakir some 
years ago, and there planted in his garden, and is now 
according to the information of the Honourable Charles 
Andrew Bruce, about the size of a large apple tree. It 
blossoms in February and March, and the fruit ripens in 
November. 
Leaves alternate, approximate, short-petioled, lanceo- 
lar, serrulate, smooth on both sides, but while very young © 
slightly sericeous, about six inches long, and about one 
and a half broad. Stipules minute, conical, caducous. 
Racemes from the former years branchlets below the 
leaves, and rather shorter than them, simple, drooping, 
one-flowered. Flowers of a middle size, drooping, white. 
Bractes of the pedicel solitary, one-flowered ; of the calyx 
two, opposite, oblong, villous, having the anterior mar- 
gins dentate and all dropping off at an early period. Ca- 
lyx five-leaved, leaflets lanceolate, acute, the length of the 
petals, slightly villous on both sides; on the inner a 
small longitudinal rib runs down the middle. Petals five, 
sessile, oblong, the length of the stamiria ; the exterior 
half divided into numerous, subulate segments, somewhat 
villous. Nectary none, unless the receptacle of the germ 
and stamina can be so called, it projects into five obscure 
lobes, between the insertions of the petals. Filaments 
about forty, short, inserted on a large, convex receptacle 
on which the germ sits. Anthers linear, two-celled, gap- 
ing at the apex, where there are sometimes a few distinct 
hairs. Germ superior, ovate, villous, five-lobed, five- 
celled, with about four seeds in each, attached to the up- 
per end of the axis. Style longer than the stamina, five- 
groved, Stigma simple, small, acute. Drupe perfectly 
round, smooth, of the size of a large cherry, and of a deep 
purple colour ; pu/p firm, rather dry and of a dull brownish 
yellow colour. Nut spherical, thick, very -hard, having 
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