692 MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. Sapium, 
celled ; cel/s one-seeded ; attachment superior. Style three- 
cleft. ‘Cinntiale bi-tricoccous, Embryo i inverse, and furnish- 
ed witha rns Se ison 
= s. eu: Willa. iv. 572. 
| Arboreous, branchlets often ending in a spine. Jiedies 
siete broad-lanceolate, serrate, smooth. Male-flowers 
amentaceous, triandrous. Female ones solitary. ae 
drupaceous, 
Beng. Hoorooa, 
Bengieiri. Rheed, Mal. iv. t. ae boll 
- Asmall tree, a native of the Delta of the Ganges. It flow- 
ers at various seasons, and ripens its seed in from twelve to’ 
eighteen months afterwards, _ The branches are numerous, 
spreading in every direction, and covered with smooth, ash- 
coloured bark, The smaller short ones from the trunks, and 
longer branches often ending in a strong sharp thorn... 
Leaves alternate, petioled, sub-pendulous, broad-lanceo- 
late, serrate, smooth, of a deep shining green, from two to 
four inches long, and broad in proportion. Stipules small, 
caducous, MALE FLOWERS on terminal, cylindric aments, 
Scales of the ament glandular, from three to four-flowered. 
Calyx three-parted ; divisions sub-cordate, expanding. Co- 
rolnone, Filaments longer than the calyx. Anihers ovate, 
FEMALE FLOWERS at the base of the aments, often solitary. 
Calyx from three to four-parted. Corol none, Germ above, 
ovate. Styles three-cleft, divisions entire, and recurved. 
_ Stigma enlarged. Capsule, or nut globular, of the size of a 
nutmeg, three-celled, six-valved, thick and exceedingly hard. 
_ Seed solitary, affixed by the apex, oval, smooth, 
The juice of this tree is reckoned of a very poisonous na- 
ture. The taste of the fruit is nauseous beyond description. 
The seeds are used by the natives for the nefarious = 
of i ae — the 
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