Gyrocarpus. _ TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, A445 
four-cleft ; divisions ovate, expanding, coloured, © Corol no 
* other than the above, except the nectary be such, Neetary 
four-leaved, obcordate, notched, inserted into the mouth of 
the calyx. Filaments four, short, hairy, inserted into the calyx, 
alternate with the leaflets of the nectary.. Germ globular. 
Style length of the tube... Stigma four-lobed. Berry globu- 
—— of a large pea, smooth, juicy, black, when ripe one- 
seeded. 
Obs, Birds. sronity eat tthe berries, by which means it is 
propagated extensively. I do not know that the wood of this 
small tree is ever used as a perfume. 
x, | GYROCARPUS. Jacg. Gert. ee 
biolye superior, four-leaved, unequal... Corol none. ae 
tary of four clavate glands, alternate with the stamina. Berry 
dry, one-seeded, ending in two ak ae “salina shades 
ely rolled uP ; no PATER mons ’ 
fseglio ‘a shag 
rok. G. PI Roxb. cm, ak i. ™. i. 
Polygamous. Panicles dichotomous, 
Gyrocarpus asiaticus. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd, iv. p. 982. 
_ Teling. Tanukoo.. e 
Grows to be a very tes tree, is chiefly a native of the 
mountainous parts of the coast of Coromandel. Leaves deci- 
uous about the end of the wet season. | Flowers during the 
-cold season when the trees are naked ; the leaves come out 
soon after. pie) 
Trunk generally erect. Bark smooth, alien h-co. 
ation Branches thin, irregularly spreading in every. di- 
* rection. . Leaves! apne about the extremities of the — 
ed, broad-cordate, three-nerved, often slight- 
Fie lobed, above cada ilo downy, with two pits on the 
upper side of the base ; length and breadth various, but in 
general about five or six inches each way. Petioles round, 
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