Roydsia, | POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 643 
OCHNA. Schreb. gen. n. 891. 
Gen. CuHar. Calyx inferior, five-leaved. Corol from 
five to twelve-petalled. Germ from five to twelve-celled, 
one-seeded ; attachment inferior. Seeds several, affixed 
to a large roundish receptacle. Embryo erect without 
perisperm. 
_ ©. squarrosa. Willd. 2. 1158. Corom. pl. 1. p. 62. 
f. 89. 
Panicles lateral. Leaves oti finely serrate. 
Kunuk-champa the Sanskrit name. 
Teling. Yerra-juvee. 
Japotapita cinnamomifolia. Burm. Zeyl. 128. t. 56. 
~ A small tree, anative of the mountainous parts of Tn- 
dia. Leaves deciduous in the cool season, and appearing 
with the sweetly fragrant flowers i in February and March. 
The seed ripens in sep? and June. 
ROYDSIA. R. 
Grn. Cuar. Calyx inferior, six-parted. Corol none, 
Stamina on a column or receptacle, Germ pedicelled, 
above the insertion of the filaments, three-celled ; cells 
many-seeded ; attachment interior. Drupe pedicelled, 
one-seeded. Embryo erect, without perisperm. | 
This elegant, strongly marked genus is named _ in 
honour of Sir John Royds, one of the puisne Judges 
of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Bengal, an emi- 
nent benefactor to the science. 
R. suaveolens. R. 2 
~ Madhuavee-luta, the vernacular namein Silhet, where the 
plant i is indigenous. Flowering time the month of March, 
when its numerous blossoms diffuse a strong, but plea- 
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