642 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Humea. 
between them and the germ, opposite to its five grooves. 
Filaments numerous, slender, shorter than the petals, very 
slightly, or rather, scarcely united at the base, and insert- 
ed round the apex of a short turbinate receptacle. Germ 
superior, and elevated on the turbinate receptacle consi- 
derably above the insertion of the calyx and corol, and 
very hairy, conspicuously and deeply five-lobed, five-cell- 
ed, each containing two ovula attached from their middle 
to the inner angle of thecell. Style single, five-furrowed, 
the length of the filaments. Stigma simple. Capsules from 
one to five, two or three most frequent, round-oval, about 
an inchand a half in diameter, and one inch thick, ofa firm, 
fibrous, woody texture, surface grey or ash-coloured, and 
somewhat downy, one-celled, two-valved. Seed one, rarely 
two; conform to the capsule. Integuments two, the eX- 
terior one light-brown and friable; the interior one mem- 
branaceous. Perisperm none. Embryo conform to the 
seed, erect. Cotyledons two, nearly equal, amygdaline. 
Plumula small, villous, two-lobed. Radicle oblong, in- 
ferior. 
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OBSERVATIONS. 
An sbcheipnate drawing and description of this very 
Stately tree, were sent to England (with my other draw- 
ings,) in 1804, numbered 1482, under the name Pleros- 
permum paniculatum ; they were taken from excellent spe- 
cimens in flower received from Chittagong, but unfor- 
tunately, the seed vessel ofa Pterospermum, was BO doubt 
brought, tied to the specimens for that of Maus-jot, and 
as such given in the above-mentioned drawing and de- 
scription. This error has only been discovered during 
the last year (1810), by procuring not only plants for the 
Botanic garden but abundance of specimens with flowers 
and seed vessels. in all stages, from bear ene and 
Silhet, : 
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