Liriodendron. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 653 
serratures become more remote scallop-dentate, they are 
finely pointed and hairy on oa ee as well as 
round the margin. 
6. D. scabrella. R. | 
Leaves petioled, cuneate, lanceolar, acutely serrate, 
ribbed, both sides harsh with short hairs. 
A stately timber tree, a native of the mountains on the 
eastern frontier of Bengal. 
LIRIODENDRON. Shreb. Ben. n. 942. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx three-leaved. Petals nine. Germs 
numerous, one-celled, two-seeded ; attachment interior, 
many imbricated so as to form a strobile, winged, one- 
celled, from one to two-seeded. Embryo centripetal, with 
ample perisperm. 
1. L. grandiflora. R - 
- Leaves oblong, witha tapering base, entire. Flowers 
terminal, solitary; calyx of several deciduous spathes. 
Corol pine petalled, the exterior ones green on the outside. 
- Doolee champa, the vernacular name in Silhet. 
A middling sized, “very. ‘ramous tree, a. native of the 
hilly countries in the vicinity of Silhet and ‘Chittagong, 
where it blossoms in April and May, and perfumes the 
air to a considerable distance with the fragrance of its 
fine large flowers; the seed ripens in October and Novem- 
ber. Young shoots strongly marked with the annular 
marks left by the stipules, otherwise smooth. Leaves al- — 
ternate, oblong, tapering most to the base, entire, hard, 
and void of pubescence, but glaucous, particularly un- 
derneath, obtuse, ribbed with large, simple, expanding 
ag between which he small ones are a ale reti-- 
