606 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.  Calophyllum. 
lower and inner angle of the cell, where the thickened. 
base of the partition forms the receptacle. Stigma pel- 
tate. Capsule size of a crab-apple, nearly round, with 
an acute point, one-celled, the partition being nearly ob- 
literated, two-valved. Valves thick, firm, somewhat 
fibrous, scabrous: on the outside, glossy, light brown 
within. Seeds from one to four, shape conform to the 
number in the capsule, attached as in the germ. Integu- 
ment single, and much like that of the common chesnut. 
_Perisperm none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons two, con- 
form to the seed, fleshy, pale-yellow. Radicle minute, 
patelliform, inferior. 
CALOPHYLLUM. Schreb. gen. n. 1587. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx none. Corol eight-petalled, un- 
equal. Stamina fascicled (polyadelphous,) Germ superi- 
or, one-celled, one-seeded ; attachment inferior. Drupe su- 
perior, dry, globular, one-seeded. Embryo erect, without 
perisperm, 
1. C.. Inophyllum. Willd. 2, 1157. : | 
Leaves oval, with the base round, polished. Flowers- 
polyadelphous. 
_Ponna marum. Rheed. Mail. 4. é. 38. 
Teling. Poona. 
Hind. Sultana-champa. 
This most elegant tree is to be found in a cultivated 
state over most parts of India, and is indigenous neat a 
shores of the southern parts. It is in flower and fruit 
| most .part of the year, and is particularly beautiful. , 
Trunk seldom straight, ‘often as thick as a. man’s bo-, 
_ dy. Branches numerous. Bark tolerably smooth, greet: 
ish-grey. Leaves 6 Opposite, short-petioled, oval, emargi2- 
ate, remarkably _ Smooth, and opening . on. both sides, 
with BUSES: ‘parallel veins ; e four inches long nd irom 
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