Canarium. MONADELPHIA HEXANDRIA, 137 
obovate-oblong, smooth, while in the bud imbricated. Necta- 
ry, a three-lobed, hairy cup round the lower part of the germ, 
and within the tube, formed by the filaments. Filaments 
six, united into a tube for half their length. Anthers oblong, 
erect. Germ superior, ovate, small, three-celled, with two 
ovula in each attached to the top of the axis. Style short, Stig- 
ma three-cleft. Drupe oblong, size of a large olive, smooth, 
one-celled, Pudp in considerable quantity, firm and yellow- 
ish ; surface dark purple, covered with bloom like the com- 
mon plum. Nut conform to the drupe, pointed, obscurely 
three-cornered, with an aril from the apex to the base, runs 
down each of the three sides or faces, thick and very hard, 
three-celled, &c. almost exactly as in Geertner’s Canarixnm 
sylvestre, ii. p. 98. t. 102. except in the ribs onthe three sides, 
not repesented in his figure. Seed one, rarely two, in each 
cell, oblong. Integument single, rather spongy and brown, 
Perisperm none. Embryo inverse. Cotyledons intricately 
folded up as represented by Geertner. adicle superior, 
oblong. . 
2: C. commune, Willd. iv. 759. Annals of Botany, i. 360, 
wR F. 2. eo 
Leaflets from seven to nine, long-pisialiidy ied 
smooth, entire. Stipules oval, permanent, Panie/es termi- 
nal. . : a: 
- Canarium vulgare. Rumph, Amb. ii. t. 47. 
_A native of the Moluccas, from thence brought to the Bo-- 
tanic garden at Calcutta, but does not thrive, the winters be- 
ing too cold for it, for in fourteen years the plants are not 
more than ten feet high, with but five branches, and have not 
yet blossomed, 4 | : 
Fe ©. sylvestre, Willd. iv. 760, 
ad wee: from seven to nine, short-petioled, from ovate.ob 
long to ovate-lanceolate, smooth, entire, acuminate. Stir 
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