142 MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA, Heritiera. 
yellow. Cotyledons chrysoloide, contorted, triplicate. Radi- 
cle inferior, curved, with its apex immediately to the umbili- 
cus. In fact it is a Malvacee, but with a real perisperm. 
HERITIERA. Hort. Kew. iii. 546. 
Hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same individual. 
Hermaphrodite. Calyx campanulate, five-toothed. Corol 
none, Stamens five pairs. Germs five, one-celled, one-seed- 
ed; attachment interior. Drupes from one to five, keel-wing- 
ed, one-seeded, Embryo centripetal, no perisperm. 
1. H. minor. PR. 
Leaves broad-lanceolate, cinereous underneath. Drupes 
obovate, flattened, inside furrowed, outside keel-winged. 
- Balanopteris minor. Gert. Sem. ii. t. 98. f. 2. : 
-Heritiera fomes. Buch, in Symes’ Ava, Willd. v. 372. 
Atunus littoria. Rumph, Amb. iii. t. 63. 
Hind. and Beng. Shoondree, or Sundra. 
Samandara. Linn, Flor. Zeyl. 433, 
A native of the lower parts.of the Delta of the Ganges, 
where it grows to be a large tree. Flowering time the hot 
season, 
Trunk straight, often deeply sulcated. Bark slightly 
cracked, Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong-_lanceolar, 
entire, smooth, of a deep green above, cinereous underneath, 
from four to six inches long. Panicles axillary, shorter 
than the leaves, crowded, rust-coloured. lowers numer- 
ous, small, of a dull orange colour. 
2. H. littoralis, Willd, vi. 972. 
Leaves oblong. Drupes oval, inside kécled, outside 
winged, - 
Balanopteris Tothila. Gert. Sem. ii, t.99.  ~ 
Nagam. Rheed. Mal. vi. t.21. 0 
A native of Malabar, Mauritius, &c. 
cas tae os ata 
