Bradleia. MONOECIA MONADELPHIA, 697. 
valves, as there are cells, the inner one is of the colour and 
consistence of parchment, and divides into double the number 
of portions, these drop off together, leaving the seeds in. pairs, 
in a circle round the large convex receptacle to which they 
are attached, and separated by very thin, white partitions, 
which were united to the inflected margins of the inner tani¢ 
of the capsule. Seeds two in each cell, obovate, flattened, 
sharp on the inner edge, enveloped in a soft, whitish, pulpy 
aril, which is covered with an orange-coloured pellicle. In- 
teguments, proper, nuciform, rugose. Umbilicus an elevat- 
ed point on the inner edge, Perisperm soft, of a pale azure 
colour. Embryo straight, nearly as long and broad as the 
-perisperm. Cotyledons two, round-cordate. Radicle cylin- 
dric, pointing directly to the umbilicus, viz. inferior, — 
2, B. lanceolaria. R. 
Arboreous, smooth. Leaves short-petioled, lanceolar, ob- 
tusely acuminate, glossy. lowers axillary, the male ones 
numerous, and long-peduncled, the female ones few and ses- 
sile. Anthers from four to six, ina sessile head ; germ about 
six-celled. Style lengthened. — 
- Angooti, the vernacular name ‘in Silhet, where it is indi- 
genous, and grows to bea large, useful timber tree; the wood 
being hard and durable is often employed by the natives in 
constructing their habitations. It ought to be compared with 
Cavanilles’ Bradleia Philippica. See B. Philippensis, Willd, 
iv, 592. : 
~ Tender shoots glossy, in habit tending to erect and straight. 
‘Leaves alternate, short-petioled, from narrow-lanceolar to 
oblong, entire, firm and glossy, acuminate, from three to six 
‘inches long, by from one to two broad. Stipules triangular, 
permanent, Mare rrowers long-peduncled, and collect- 
ed in a crowded fascicle in the lower axills, or from those of 
last year, also mixed amongst the few sessile female flowers 
‘in the exterior axills, colour of both sorts pale greenish yel- 
low. Calyx in both and 9 six-leaved ; the exterior three 
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