162 MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA, Pterospermum. 
mula minute, conical. Radicle cylindric, inferior, its point 
immediately opposite to the umbilicus of the seed. 
I am not at present possessed of any information respect- 
ing the uses the natives make of any part of this tree, nor of 
the quality of its timber. It grows fast-to be of considerable 
magnitude, and is at all times ornamental, being clothed to 
the ground with numerous branches, abounding i in beautiful 
foliage. — : 
4. P. canescens, R. 
Leaves cuneate-obovate, anterior margin often slightly 
lobed, hoary underneath, Cells of the capsule with as far as 
four seeds each. 
A native of Ceylon, from thence introduced by sae 
Hay Macdowall, into the Botanie garden at Calcutta, where 
it flowers in May, and the seeds do not + ripes till the Apel 
following. 
Trunk of trees eight years old, straight, and about as 
thick asa man’s thigh, Bark smooth, ash-coloured. Branches 
nearly erect, forming a tall, slender head; young shoots 
round, and hairy ; general height of our young trees about 
twenty-five feet. Leauel iit short-petioled, cuneate- 
obovate, with an obtuse point, and often tending to be lobate 
towards the apex ; smooth, lucid green above; hoary under- 
neath; about two inches long, Stipules linear, generally 
entire, caducous. Peduneles axillary, generally in pairs, 
one-flowered, round, hoary. Bractes few, small, conical. 
Flowers smaller than in any of the other three species de- 
scribed by me, white. Calyx divided to the base into five; 
linear, revolute segments, which are ferruginously hoary 0D 
the outside, and hairy within, Petals falcate, obtuse, long- 
er than the calyx. Filaments fifteen, with anthers ; and five 
larger, abortive, all united near the base, and inserted on the 
elevated receptacle, round the base of the germ, Germ 
ovate, hairy, five-seeded, five-celled, with four seeds in each, 
attached to the axis. Sty/e longer than the stamina. St#g- 
