674 MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. Phyllanthus. 
nectary as in the male. Stamens generally wanting, though 
there are sometimes one or two, seldom more, and unlike those 
of the male, Germ superior, ovate. Style scarcely any. 
Stigmas from three to four, spreading, two-cleft. Drupe 
fleshy, from three to four-lobed, generally four, from six to 
eight-grooved, of the size of a gooseberry, which they are not 
unlike, Nut from three to four-parted, each part one-celled, 
and one-seeded. 
This has much affinity with the Phyllanthi, particularly 
Emblica ; the Telingas, though no great Botanists, are sensi- 
ble of it, and call many of them, with this, by the same fami- 
ly name, Userekee, 
The fruit of this species ismore esteemed then that of Em- 
blica. The natives therefore call it Russa Userekee. They 
are universally used as an article of food, either raw or dressed 
in various fashions, also pickled or made into preserves. 
24, P. tetrandrus, R. 
_ Shrubby. Leaves pinnate; Jeaflets numerous, lanceolar. 
| Flowers \eaflet-axillary, crowded, filiform. pedicelled ; male 
calyx four-leaved, and tetrandrous; female five. 
Angrua, the vernacular name in Silhet where it is found, a 
small ramous shrub, common in the forests of that country ; 
it blossoms in April and May, and the seed ripens in Sep- 
ae: 
Young shoots clothed witha small portion of ferruginous 
‘pubescence. Leavesalternate, and alternately pinnate; length- 
ening to two feet by the time they are full grown, Leaflets 
numerous, alternate, expanding in succession, short-petioled, 
broad-lanceolar, entire, smooth, from two to four inches long. 
Petioles round, villous, Stipules triangular, two to each 
petiole and petiolet. Flowers leaflet-axillary, much crowd- 
ed, filiform, pedicelled, minute, purple, generally male in the 
lower axills, and female in the superior, though sometimes 
reverse or mixed, Bractes numerous at the base of the fila- 
ments, collecting them into bundles, Male calyx four-leav- 
